Another week in the life of GURPS

So . . . here we are at the 40th week of the year. Nothing stops the GURPS, though. The latest and greatest:

• We have a rough PDF of Phil Masters' GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics in house, and are making final tweaks on it. This is a sign. The oracle sees a release in the near future. Hallelujah!

• Remember how I was talking about free game aids ages ago? Remember how that just dropped off the radar? Well, I just reviewed one of these. It should be out shortly.

• The GURPS Low-Tech report: My edit is now at the 51% mark by page count. Tons of administrative stuff got in the way of more sensible progress this week, but still . . . I managed to shoot down the low-tech missiles weapons and lay siege to the mechanical artillery.

• The final draft of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables, by Matt Riggsby (wombattery), arrived this week. We've been looting ever since.

• Ken Hite (princeofcairo) updated me on the final draft of GURPS Horror. We should see it just in time for me to start editing it when I get done with GURPS Low-Tech and GURPS Low-Tech Companion 1-3.

• Not enough news for you? I updated the GURPS News this week.

Something other than GURPS

Man, I've been bad about posting anything but updates on my GURPS work and GURPS campaign. I don't have any major personal stuff to report, but for those who read to keep track of me rather than my GURPS-related activities:

• Our landlord has chaps redoing the brick on street side of the building. They started on September 21. They're still at it. They arrive early and start making noise with power tools and mallets. This is not good for sleep. Their work generates an ankle-deep layer of brick dust every day, and sometimes it drifts inside. This is not good for allergies. I will be glad when they're done, as I'm slowly turning into a zombie.

• Bonnie was away September 24-28, visiting with her brother and parents at her brother's secret Canadian base in Nova Scotia (he lives in the UK, his parents live in Florida, and of course Bonnie lives here in Montréal). When she returned, she brought me live lobster. If you love seafood, you'll know just how awesome that is. If it squicks you to eat giant sea bugs – especially ones you have to boil alive – well, sorry.

• On zombies again: I saw Død snø on Wednesday night. Yes, it's silly and doesn't break much new ground. It's still awesome. I mean . . . zombie Nazis. Frickin' zombie Nazis!

• My office chair was giving me a sore butt. Other parts too. I finally did something about it. If you're in the market for a good chair, the one I bought is really quite nice.