Another week in the life of GURPS

[dr_kromm]

Caramba, but this was a busy week in the little world o' GURPS. Highlights:

• We reviewed the PDF of David Pulver's GURPS Spaceships 4: Fighters, Carriers, and Mecha. This is just the thing for gamers who like small spacecraft . . . or huge vessels that carry swarms of them . . . or spaceships with arms and legs (what?!). Look for it in early May.

• Steven Marsh (waitingforgo) posted the call for playtesters for GURPS Urban Magics, by Bill Stoddard (whswhs). If you're into magic in urban settings, and meet the playtest requirements, why not jump in?

• I reviewed and wrote up comments on the first draft of GURPS Low-Tech Companion 1: Philosophers and Kings. Those who like thoughtful low-tech games – especially historically accurate ones – will love this GURPS Low-Tech add-on.

• I reviewed and commented on the first draft of GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors, too. Gamers whose idea of historical accuracy is highly detailed violence will prefer this item.

• And then I started my review of GURPS Low-Tech Companion 3: Daily Life and Economics. This veers back into the "thoughtful" category, but at the level of farmers and masons rather than thinkers and leaders.

• I turned in more content for GURPS Gun Fu, which I'm writing with Hans-Christian Vortisch and S.A. Fisher. It'll be in the review and playtest queues before we know it. I need to learn how to review two manuscripts whilst jumping through the week to keep up with all this stuff.

Comments

[cut-copy-paste.livejournal.com]

Just trying to figure out what's in these compared with the main book. Is the main book going to be basically a tech catalog a la High Tech with the supplements filling in the historical info that we all loved so much from the 3e book? or how's it all spacing out? Nonetheless, I royally can't wait. 240+90 pages? sweet. (although looking back it's been a while since a 4e book didn't get bumped up to at least 256)

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

The Companions are a mixture: part historical context, part optional complicated systems for aspects of adventuring gear and game mechanics, partly catalogs of equipment that doesn't have a lot of adventuring applications. Different mixes in different volumes.