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Sean Punch ([personal profile] dr_kromm) wrote2009-04-03 08:23 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

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 ([info]waitingforgo) posted the call for playtesters for GURPS Urban Magics, by Bill Stoddard ([info]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.

[identity profile] dr-kromm.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Low-Tech and its support PDFs won't be Who's Who items, so they won't go into any great depth on specific inventors or scientists – they'll mainly name-drop in passing. However, the tools used by such people will be present, and Low-Tech Companion 3 will include some rules for practical craftsmanship.

[identity profile] xambrius.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That's great. I was thinking not so much a "Who's Who" as a roleplaying guide for players who want their own characters to be artisans and/or engineers (or better yet, beleaguered GMs who want to accurately represent artisan and engineer period-appropriate NPCs). If Low-Tech and the Low-Tech Companion series doesn't do that, it's not horrendous omission. I have no doubt that the entire Low-Tech suite will be chock full of very useful info both crunchy and fluffy. But if it can also be used as such a character guide, WOW! That would be a tremendous bargain indeed.

It's stuff like this that reassures me that my fractional contribution to your paycheck and the paychecks of SJG's many authors is definitely money well spent.

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