Is anyone running, or interested in running, a GURPS Action game?

I've been reading the books lately and developing a strong craving for cinematic action in the vein of James Bond and/or GI Joe.

This is the age of the Third Imperium. In the year 1105, the Emperor Strephon rules over an empire of eleven thousand worlds. On the far reaches of the empire lies the Spinward Marches, the frontier of the Third Imperium. A crossroads for humans and aliens it is a dangerous place, but for those who dare to cross the abyss between stars, fame and fortune waits.

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Sixteen years after the end of the world, the United States government survives as a small council of legislators and a combined armed forces company led by acting President and Secretary of the Interior Rachel Norman.

The Government in Isolation works hard rebuilding the country from the inside out, based in the Midwestern United States. Over the past few years they have brought the survivors from scattered isolated desperates to small agrarian communities. They have done good work, improving the lives of hundreds, but something stands tall, casting a dark shadow across the farmland:

Chicago.

All of the Government in Isolation's efforts to recover the windy city have failed. Only a few tentative expeditions into the city have been made, but rather than grateful survivors scavenger parties have found entrenched and aggressive gangs uninterested in the salvation President Norman has to offer.

Direct attempts at diplomacy and conquest have failed. It's time for different tactics.

It's time to send you in.

Second City is a post-apocalyptic sandbox game set in the ruins of Chicago. Players are an elite group of operatives sent in by the remnants of the US government to infiltrate the gang-held metropolis as a sleeper cell. Once inside, communication with their handlers will be limited, giving the PCs free reign to establish themselves as they see fit... get to know the local power structure, play politics, build up the city, or even start their own faction.

The game is run in GURPS using the After the End books, but players don't need access to these or familiarity with the system to play.

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Are there any GURPS games available based around the Golden Age of Piracy?

I've been getting caught up on Black Sails, and I'm starting to get an itch for the theme.

In reply to Johnny Angel (msg # 467):

Seconded - I'd love to do some Golden AGe of Piracy if anyone out there feels like running it.

In reply to Johnny Angel (msg # 467):

A pirate game would be fun. With or with out magic.

Does M'lady wish to cross swords with a dashing rogue?

I could do a pirate game if someone was running.

Appears several might run within it...

Any interested in a survival game based on Ark:Survival Evolved. Also very realistic game.

And thanks for Argo Navis for showing me this forum!

In reply to Dchsknight (msg # 472):

Not familiar with the Ark survival evolved. Like Fallout but without mutations?

Bunch of naked people running around and trying to build tools to kill dinosaurs before they starve to death.

yes/no/sort of. It's a first person openworld survival videogame. I think perhaps a better description than Fallout without mutants would be Jurassic Park as a sandbox since the setting is an island populated with various types of dinosaurs and other extinct megafauna.

as well as the actual story like finding out how you got there, why you are there, ect....

Might as well just use a colony ship arriving at a distant unknown planet only to find many didn't survive the trip due to power failures... the ship has only limited power, and that isn't going to last much longer. the Power failures are what killed off so many. The ship is in low orbit and can't safely land. There are one or more shuttles with fuel for  X trips.

GM can decide how much the remaining crew can do to make a soft crash ... or that it isn't possible. Planet is up to the GM.

In reply to Aethulred (msg # 477):

That does sound cool but the point of Ark is you just wake up on a beach. you have no memory of your past and no idea where you are. just that you on a beach and there is a surgically implanted implant fresh on your arm.

That is a significant difference; a ship means resources, supplies, cannibalized from the wreckage if nothing else.

In Ark, you need to gather or craft everything from scratch.

Correction, A ship MAY mean resources.... unless it burns in the atmosphere and crashes WAY, WAY over there... perhaps a thousand miles or more away, perhaps in the ocean.  Then you have whatever escape device you used... one of those I saw proposed was a foam cocoon with a parachute. Not much in the way of resources there ... you do have clothes and your memories though... also very useful.
Waking up on a beach knowing nothing would be grim... not my idea of fun at all.

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We've had some excellent GURPS combat-focused games on RPOL, but Ceredyn's have always been my favorite.  If you're interested in fast and furious fighting, I highly recommend this one.

Hey, Northport is always looking for new players. It is a DF game with points either at 125-50-5, 187-50-5 or 250-50-5 builds, preferably on template, or built from DF15. The setti g is Faux medieval France, in a large city on top of a megadungeon.
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This message was last edited by the player at 20:10, Mon 03 Apr 2017.

Got room for another PC or two. Joining at this point means you're teaming up with the PCs already having reached the city, and don't know their mission or that they work for the government.

They might tell you, but their orders are to not do so, and instead "blend in and establish themselves." So at the very least, you're with them, trying to establish yourselves in the city. It really has little practical impact on actual gameplay.

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Looking for Players!



Forget everything you know about Arthur and the Knights of the Round table. Most of it was cooked up to hide the truth.

The Truth...

In the 5th Century the Roman Empire pulled out of what is now modern day Britain. Left behind was a group of Knights who were natives. There amidst them a man rose up and sought to lead the peoples and make a lasting peaceful nation. The Angleo Saxon armies invaded at this time and his battle mettle and leadership was put to the test. There the young Romano-British commander, Artorius Castus, found and drew an ancient British weapon, The Sword in the Stone also known as Excalibur. With this fabled weapon he rallied the entire nation of the British, even the Woad and their Wizard leader, Merlinus Emrys, stood with them.

After a long campaign the Angleo Saxon Army was pushed back and Artorius was crowned king. It was then that he took up his British name Arthur.

It came to pass that the drawing of the sword also unlocked the gates of Avalon and the mystical denizens of the fey spilled out onto our world. It was then found out that Merlinius, later known as Merlin was found to be the offspring of an Incubus and a human woman. Actually having vast magical power he aided Arthur in forming alliances and conducted diplomacy for the kingdom to the people's of the Fey.

Through treachery and sorcery an evil sorceress known as Morgan La Fey, tricked Arthur into laying with her, committing adultery against his wife. After a child was born, Mordrid. A seed of evil conceived in sin and deceit. He grew up to be a powerful warlock and he took up rule of the dark forces of Avalon. There He waged war against Arthur.

In 518 BC, the forces of Camelot and hordes of Mordrid meet on the fields of Camlann. It was at this battle that Mordrid mortally wounded Arthur. Merlin, who was engaged in mortal combat against Morgan La Fey, broke off combat and rescued Arthur. In the process Merlin and his wizards banished Morgan La Fey to another dimension and her half breed son was captured. Mordrid was sentenced to the worst punishment imaginable. Immortality, imprisoned in a magically warded prison and sent to the bottom of the deepest point in the Atlantic ocean, that Merlin and his wizards could find. After which Merlin and his wizards took Arthur and his family to Avalon where they could live out the rest of his days in peace.

Since then Avalon and the mortal plane have lived in peace. With very little conflict. Until now...

he year is 2017. The month is October.

In a normal mundane world all hell breaks loose as an evil sorcerer long thought to be legend returns. Dark evils of the ancient world are brought to life in a modern age.

This is an Arthurian Legend type of story. Players will be normal humans who wake up one day to find the fantasy world of old was not as fake as we thought. The world is plunged into chaos as all old terrors of the ancient world take hold. These dark forces seem to be lead by a dark figure who remains in the shadows and they seem to be all looking something.

Will the players be able to find out what it is and how to stop these abominations from tearing the world apart? or will they join them and subjugate the world.

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An Email pops up on your terminal screen. You open it. It reads...


"Weyland-Yutani

"Building Better Worlds"

Recently Weyland-Yutani has taken Majority Share control over SEEGSON. With this acquisition Weyland has taken ownership of 2 stations. The first is Sevastopol station that is in orbit of KG347. Along side this Weyland also acquired New Leningrad, the sister station of Sevastapol.

New Leningrad is on the outskirts of the Zeta Reticuli sector on the border of the Zeta Reticuli and the Frontier. It was abandoned about 3 years ago by Seegson and represents a significant dollar investment to Weyland. On board the station was an experimental Computer AI named Ares. A counter part to the Apollo model on Sevastapol. The Ares unit worked wondrously and after it is initial test period it was shut down. All staff was evacuated and the station was set in lock down.

Approximately 3 weeks ago a collision alarm went off on New Leningrad. Something has crashed into the docking ports of the station and as such Weyland is sending out an advanced investigation team to find out what has happened to New Leningrad. No one was supposed to know about the station as all the staff was legal bound not to speak of their work on the station. Almost all work on board the station was highly classified and as such was keep out of the public light.

This team will leave a full 3 years ahead of any salvage crew to investigate and access all damage to the station. They will be accompanied by a division of Colonial Marines to act as security and police in case the station has fallen under pirate control."

It seems Weyland-Yutani is seeking contractor and military assistance in this mission. What do you do?

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The Emperor seeks your service:

The post reads

A necromancer has been discovered on the badlands of Al-Wazif, plotting evil deeds and warfare that could reignite the Border Wars.  A mission is being conscripted of known heroes to travel south across the border and vanquish this threat without provoking open hostilities.  Services of all heroes is requested, those serving in the army will have their service waived during the time of the campaign.

I'm looking for a few players to complement my active cast of three to do a traditional medium-fantasy adventure.  The cast is heavily mage dominated at this point so fighter types would be the most helpful, but any sound concept will be accepted.  The game has been active since 2013 with a modest pace.

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In reply to Raddek (msg # 487):

Running three GURPs games, still willing to take new players.

Sci-Fi, Traveller universe, has 3 active players involved in exploration. See

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Also, one Post Apocalyptic game, we seem to be down to 1 active and one not-so-active player,

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And one Modern day Shadowrun style game, not so active players atm (or perhaps just stuck for ideas?)

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See game info for more information, or feel free to post questions.