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I've never actually run a Cthulhu by Gaslight game, it's just that I majored in history, even went to graduate school, and the area of American history I specialized in was Reconstruction through 1939. When I'm not busy thinking of the Roman empire, as all men are wont to do, I'm thinking of...

I always welcome another miniature company or a new way to market miniatures into the world. I look forward to seeing what they have to offer.

I'm keeping it edition agnostic here. Just let the information flow.

It really is. It's one of my favorite eras of American history because we really start to see modern life as we understand it today. It's a liminal setting where we're torn between familiar elements including electricity, skyscrapers, elevators, automobiles, telephones, and even fashion that's...

Maybe next time I'm shopping for home furnishings....

You're preaching to the choir here. Even my players understood the number of skills in GURPS is simply the natural result of having a universal set of rules designed to cover, well, everything. It's still a bit overwhelming for those new to GURPS and I see similar problems in other games with...

I've got an organization of epicurean monks called The Fat Boys who refuse to eat anything that was a thinking creature in life. They won't touch the dragon with a 20 foot fork. I'm not doing this myself. I pawned it off on you guys.

Last time I ran a GURPS game, back around 2005, one of the players incredulously exclaimed, "There's a dropping skill!" 60+ skills does seem rather excessive, and it makes me think a good number of them won't be all that useful for "adventurers."

I won't say it's a powerful driving force behind why I make a Kickstarter purchase, but it's certainly played a part in my decision to support some Kickstarters. I've participated in two Zombicide Kickstarters in part because of the exclusive models that came with it. FOMO certainly isn't...

For a while now, I've thought the best way for GURPS to make some kind of come back is to have more self-contained games. Games that have all the GURPS rules needed for that particular genre including powers, skills, or other abilities. The rules for GURPs aren't bad, but if you're just using...

I'd go full alien influence on humanity here and make them the reason the Roman Empire was so successful. All those great Roman structures, their economy, and military prowess are only possible because of alien influences.

Oh, mi! A Jamacian werewolf. A uu eva ier bout soch a ting?

My first thought was, "Stupid, Cupid! Stop pickin' on me."

From where I'm sitting, RPG companies often have much closer relationships to their customers than larger companies do. I've interacted with Steve Jackson (of Steve Jackson Games), Seth Skorkowsky, and of course the greatest luminary in the RPG sphere in the 21st century, Morrus. And this is...

"Skipper Dan" is one of the most realistically depressing songs I've ever heard. In a nutshell, the narrator is a dude who started out as a young man with excellent acting skills who ends up with a mediocre career playing the character Skipper Dan on a jungle cruise ride at an amusement park...

I voted a reluctant no. The idea is sound, but the execution is lacking. Combat in D&D takes too long as it is and adding yet another thing for people to track is a pain in the rear. I'm not going to house rule them into oblivion, but I'm not going to like it either.

When I read that it was a "pirate" game in the OP I thought to myself that John Wick better not see that. He will most emphatically tell anyone who will listen that it's not a pirate game. He's right of course.

If you can afford to live in anything other than the fanciest of cardboard boxes, it means you're charging too much for your gaming products! (You're going after a different market than A&D, so I think you're safe.) AD&D 2nd edition Player's Handbook - $20 in 1989 which is the equivalent to...

Last summer I ran a one shot and a 72 year old woman joined the game along with her 68 year old husband. I'm certainly not going to knock grandmas. I just remember as a youth my parents/grandparents doing their best to get me what I asked for but running into some difficulty because they...