Another week in the life of GURPS

[dr_kromm]

Here we are at the end of the week. So . . . what's happening with GURPS? Good of you to ask!

• <pimp>My latest PDF, GURPS Action 2: Exploits, is now uploaded!</pimp>

• We did our final review of Phil Masters' GURPS Thaumatology: Age of Gold PDF this week. I foresee no delays at this stage . . . look for it soon.

• We reviewed the rough PDF of Jason Levine's GURPS Dungeon Fantasy: Allies this week. It's looking very good! I honestly don't see it being held up, either.

• I continue to edit David Pulver's GURPS Mass Combat. It's about half-done as of this writing.
 
• The final draft of David Pulver's GURPS Abydos is in and Nikki is editing it.

• We've finally got internal movement on GURPS Low-Tech. Normally, I don't share far-future information such as this, but I think you'll agree that this news is truly significant.

Comments

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

1. You're the only person I know who still listens to Curve (other than me).
2. Can you share who's writing Low-Tech?

[dr-kromm.livejournal.com]

1. You're the only person I know who still listens to Curve (other than me).

What can I say, other than:

• Why doesn't itunes.ca have any Curve?
• Toni is hot.

2. Can you share who's writing Low-Tech?

Top men. Top men. I really can't say anything before we've signed contracts. Once we've done that, the writers will be free to name themselves!

[peterdellorto.livejournal.com]

What if their parents have already named them? It'll get tricky.

[dr-kromm.livejournal.com]

"Name themselves" in the sense of "step forward," "identify themselves," "speak up," etc. We don't hire nameless people, simply because it makes the contract hell to draft. Lawyers don't approve of "Some nameless guy, henceforth called Author . . .".

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

There goes that supplement by Noman, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Captain Nemo. And I was looking forward to it, too. (On the other hand, John Galt was the fourth author's real name!)

[peterdellorto.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay, Here I thought maybe it was like a trade deal.

"We gave up 2 PDFs and a hardback, and in return we got two authors to be named later."

[greatbuddah.livejournal.com]

Good times ahead!

Exited about just about all of this!

[douglascole.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Mass Combat AND Low-Tech. Yummy.

LT is definitely something I'd like to be in on the playtest for, in any capacity (from kibbitz to LP).

Again with the yum.

[dr-kromm.livejournal.com]

Since I've had several requests in private, and since it's at least vaguely relevant to the above comments:

• Mass Combat is basically done but for the copyediting and layout, so of course there's no playtest left in that one.
• Low-Tech isn't quite contracted yet, much less written, so I can't even predict what our playtest policy will look like by the time we're ready to test it, much less who will be invited to playtest it.

[philreed.livejournal.com]

Mass Combat, the editing hell of November.

[dr-kromm.livejournal.com]

Mostly done, though. I hope to have it done before November gets very old. It's mostly a matter of making sure all the stats and tables line up. This one is . . . crunchy.

[peterdellorto.livejournal.com]

Side effects include dizziness, drowsiness, low sperm count, and low-tech internal movement. Do not take while eating, breathing, or moving. Use only as directed.

[dr-kromm.livejournal.com]

Do not look directly at Low-Tech.