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2025-05-23 04:35 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Mayu. The news:

• The playtest of Anders Starmark's GURPS Fantasy Folk: Fishmen continued.

• I made great progress on my writing project, which might not be as short as I thought it would be.

• I addressed a number of author queries and questions.


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2025-05-16 10:17 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Fausto. The news:

• The playtest of Anders Starmark's GURPS Fantasy Folk: Fishmen began.

• I worked with a couple of authors to keep their projects moving through the system.

• I made more good progress on my own short writing project.
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2025-05-09 05:10 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Leo. The news:

• The call for playtesters for GURPS Fantasy Folk: Fishmen (by Anders Starmark) remains active, but not for long.

• I started and made excellent progress on a short writing project that I've been wanting to do for over a decade.

• I submitted my quarterly updates to the Warehouse 23 Digital Wish List and the Warehouse 23 Wish List for GURPS.

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2025-05-02 03:19 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Grégoire. The news:

GURPS Locations: Faculty Library left playtesting and is now with John Shimmin to create the final draft.

• I posted the call for playtesters for GURPS Fantasy Folk: Fishmen (by Anders Starmark). Apply now!

• I finished my review of the first draft of GURPS Hot Spots: Victorian London and sent Alden Loveshade my comments.

• The revised first draft of one of the Sekrit Projekts I cannot yet name arrived and went into the playtesting queue.

• I posted the GURPS News for April.

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2025-04-25 10:55 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

GURPS Magical Styles: Traditional StylesThis week is named Koyu. The news:

• We released GURPS Magical Styles: Traditional Styles. You can read about that here.

• I finished editing Nathan M.M. Meluvor's GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School and sent the files to production. Onward!

• I started my review of the first draft of Alden Loveshade's GURPS Hot Spots: Victorian London.
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2025-04-18 09:36 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Emmanuelle. The news:

• My focus all week was editing Nathan M.M. Meluvor's GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School. I am about 80% done and should finish up next week.

• John Shimmin's GURPS Locations: Faculty Library moved into playtesting, where it shall remain for a couple of weeks.

• Behind the scenes, I worked with three other authors on three other projects, doing what I've done best for 30 years: answering questions about GURPS.
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2025-04-11 10:54 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Lya. The news:

• Nathan M.M. Meluvor's GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School is now on my desk for editing.

• The call for playtesters for GURPS Locations: Faculty Library (by John Shimmin) is still up! It isn't too late to get involved.

• I reviewed the first draft of Phil Masters's GURPS Magical Styles: Modern Magic.
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2025-04-04 11:19 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Nell. The news:

• I completed my edit of GURPS Guns and submitted the files. On to production with that!

GURPS Banestorm: Whispers of Tohrent left playtesting and is now with Thomas Pugh to create the final draft.

• I posted the call for playtesters for GURPS Locations: Faculty Library (by John Shimmin).

• I posted the GURPS News for March.


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2025-03-28 11:48 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Dhali. The news:

• My edit of GURPS Guns has approached the 90% mark, and should be done next week.

• The first draft of Alden Loveshade's GURPS Hot Spots: Victorian London arrived and went into my review queue.

• I handled Q&A from writers on two other projects that I probably shouldn't name just yet.


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2025-03-21 11:32 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Halldor. The news:

• My edit of GURPS Guns moved well past the 50% mark.

• Nathan M.M. Meluvor's final draft of GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School arrived, and is now in the editorial queue.

• Phil Masters's first draft of GURPS Magical Styles: Modern Magic also arrived, and is in the review queue.

• I answered questions from and reviewed rules written by a number of writers working on their first drafts.


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2025-03-14 04:10 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Du. The news:

• I started editing GURPS Guns and am past the 1/4 mark.

• I finalized and submitted my latest GURPS Action supplement.

• I devoted significant time to advising writers on and reviewing elements of projects I cannot name yet, and on (virtual) meetings with fellow staff. Things are happening, moving, progressing, etc., but not in ways I can talk about.


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2025-03-07 05:13 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Shan. The news:

• The near-final PDF of Phil Masters's GURPS Magical Styles: Traditional Styles entered production review.

• Matt Riggsby's GURPS Hot Spots: Istanbul moved into production.

• I finished writing my newest GURPS Action supplement.

• I handled Q&A from writers on many projects.


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2025-02-21 11:33 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Eira. The news:

• The final draft of GURPS Guns arrived and is now in the editorial queue.

• We have the playtesters we need for GURPS Banestorm: Whispers of Tohrent (by Thomas Pugh). The playtest begins next week.

• I made further progress writing my GURPS Action supplement.

To be honest, this wasn't my most productive week, owing to record snowfall coupled with high winds and deep cold. Let's just say that neither utilities nor infrastructure worked particularly well here, with knock-on effects for my workweek.
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2025-02-14 04:50 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Clara. The news:

• The call for playtesters for GURPS Banestorm: Whispers of Tohrent (by Thomas Pugh) remains active – you still have a little time to apply.

• I made good progress writing my GURPS Action supplement.

All the rest was behind the scenes . . .
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2025-02-07 10:57 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Derek. The news:

• The GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School playtest ended.

• I posted the call for playtesters for GURPS Banestorm: Whispers of Tohrent (by Thomas Pugh).

• I made some progress writing my newest GURPS Action supplement.

• I submitted my quarterly updates to the Warehouse 23 Digital Wish List and the Warehouse 23 Wish List for GURPS, which will go live once those with the passwords apply my changes.
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2025-01-31 04:06 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

How to Be a GURPS GM: ImprovisingThis week is named Gil. The news:

• We released How to Be a GURPS GM: Improvising. You can read about that here.

• I started writing a GURPS Action supplement.

• I posted the GURPS News for January.
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2025-01-24 09:15 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Lika. The SJ Games Summit to plan everything out to 2027 was everyone's top priority. Although I was not present in person, I participated remotely in all the GURPS parts (and some generic parts). Many truly exciting plans were made for GURPS. These were surrounded by email discussions that dominated my week. They shall be revealed in due time.

• I found time to take care of all the administrative tasks for Bill Stoddard's GURPS Infinite Worlds: Gotterdammerung, which is now in production.

• The playtest of GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School, by Nathan M.M. Meluvor, began on schedule.
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2025-01-17 04:24 pm
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Alton. The news:

• I finished editing Bill Stoddard's GURPS Infinite Worlds: Gotterdammerung. Only administrative tasks remain.

• Matt Riggsby's GURPS Hot Spots: Istanbul went to Nikki for editing.

• There's still a bit of time to apply to playtest GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School (by Nathan M.M. Meluvor). The call for playtesters is here.

• I worked with David Pulver to narrow down his next couple of proposals.


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2025-01-10 11:22 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Stephi. The news:

• I am more than 40% of the way through my edit of Bill Stoddard's GURPS Infinite Worlds: Gotterdammerung.

• I posted the call for playtesters for GURPS Martial Arts: The Bolognese School (by Nathan M.M. Meluvor). There's still time to apply!

• The second (playtest-ready) draft of GURPS Fantasy Folk: Fishmen (by Anders Starmark) arrived and went into the playtesting queue.

• We signed two more contracts for items for the 2026 schedule.
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2025-01-03 10:39 am
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Another week in the life of GURPS

This week is named Ghouti. The news:

• There's still time to take advantage of two GURPS-related Bundles of Holding: Transhuman Space and GURPS 3E Core.

• I used most of the my time since returning from "vacation"* to catch up with writers, confirm receipt of drafts, and review queries. To learn details, see the next item . . .

• I posted the GURPS News for December.



* Which proved not to be restful due to frozen pipes. Winter at northern latitudes isn't always fun.