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You're right, mea culpa, it was a poor choice of words. And I agree with the rest of your post, except that I've not watched Stargate or Smallville.

I'd figure it's on the table. Movies are a different form from TV series, he doesn't have to worry about who's in his next 15 episodes (or the following three seasons if things work out). In his kind of TV series, "gets lots of screen time without dying" is not far off the definition of "major...

Sorry this has taken so long after I promised to speed up. I had a chest infection, then a campaign restart after a TPK, then another campaign restart with a different system after a semi-TPK, then a two week toothache. I'm now looking forward to root canal surgery on Monday. It's all go, this...

Act V: Kerin's Tyr - Railroad Date: 196-993 Imperial. Location: Kerin’s Tyr (0620), Confederation of City-States, Unity Downport. “You need the civil records office, sir. They’re responsible for archiving government information.” … “No, that’s not us I’m afraid. The starport keeps that. I...

I agree, that's a large part of what I've been driving at. Traditional RPGs on the wargame model (D20, GURPS, Traveller) are not especially good at creating events like the ones TV shows create. You need a different approach if you want to truly recreate the TV show. A collaborative...

Hmm. I seem to remember Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander finishing the series as alive as they started it. I seem to remeber an interview with Joss Whedon afterwards where he said something to the effect of "Of course, we couldn't kill off any of the core characters in the finale because that...

And yet somehow none of them die. Well, except for 30 seconds in a torture chamber with a resuscitator on standby. However many drop, they get back up. Handy, having a scripwriter between you and any lethal wounds... It's synthetic grit, like buying pre-faded jeans with pre-sown patches. [So...

There is nothing at all deadly about Firefly -- PCs have script immunity -- so I wouldn't use any gritty system like the various Traveller editions or Grim Tales. Traveller/Grim Tales mechanics are meant for "low SF" and Firefly is "high SF" (in the manner of low and high fantasy). Traveller...

Is that grinding noise I hear the sound of a new player (me) taking over Vasilii? ;) George took over Vargas at this point, too.

Ooh err. Looks like a good game, here.

I woke up with a horrible toothache. As I finished reading this update, it went away.

Only mild regrets, not real horror: 3.0 DMG: It just wasn't that much use for NWN. I hoped it would help with balancing opponents/gear/loot/XP as I went up through the levels into unfamiliar territory, but it didn't really. NWN is too different. Blue Planet Essential Collection: Somewhere in...

Dang, is that "Shards of Honor" or "Barrayar"? Or one of each? Can I interest you in a GURPS Vorkosigan PBEM when it comes out, Ron?

Oh, that Vasilii...

This Westgate is a dangerous place... Perhaps you should get them to read The Liberation of Tenh for Heydrichus's maxim on not splitting the party. ;) What sort of level are these guys anyhow? Would they have the gold and contacts for a Raise Dead scroll or two? [Not that that seems especially...

Include them, in a separate section, with one per page to simplify selective printing. Be generous with page breaks in your PDF, the space is free. For example, player and GM information should never appear on the same page. Anything with handout potential should have page breaks before and...

GURPS is 3d6 roll low for most things. The very fist check of the GURPS Traveller campaign I play in was my ex-crook picking a lock to avoid the opening (burger) bar brawl. I rolled 1+1+1. I'm hoping it was symbolic.

What, Ewoks in Georgia? I'd think it would be kind of warm, with all that fur.

That should be along in due course. One of my very favourite things about Traveller is the way you can go straight from TL0 planets where they think you're a god because you've got an electric torch to TL15 contragrav-cities floating in the sky, and all things in between. And there are always...

Westgate always looked like a fun setting. Interesting stories coming together here. Keep it coming.