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The Lounge III.

Posted by Mad MickFor group 0
BlueDwarf
player, 150 posts
Sat 6 Aug 2022
at 00:05
  • msg #277

Re: The Lounge III

In reply to Plonk (msg # 272):

You are always welcome for a GURPs Traveler game at

link to another game
Gwythaint
player, 19 posts
3rd edition gm for 15yrs
happy to be playing
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 16:54
  • msg #278

Re: The Lounge III

In reply to Plonk (msg # 276):

If interested in DF, there is always this...
link to another game
Mad Mick
GM, 169 posts
Thu 29 Sep 2022
at 22:43
  • msg #279

Re: The Lounge III

Douglas Cole is releasing three more GURPS bestiary volumes in Nightmare Fuel. One book focuses on snakes, one on bugs, and one on evil plants: https://www.backerkit.com/call...da45cf35f016/landing
YYKN
player, 1 post
Fri 30 Sep 2022
at 18:50
  • msg #280

Re: The Lounge III

Girl Interrupted:
pop by Tomb of Horrors.

That's a great RPG, just checked the thread and it's got a lot fine details!
Mad Mick
GM, 172 posts
Tue 18 Oct 2022
at 18:16
  • msg #281

Re: The Lounge III

Currently, Bundle of Holding is offering a GURPS Horror bundle. The first tier comes with GURPS Horror, Creatures of the Night 1-5, and Infinite Worlds: Worlds of Horror. The second tier also includes The Madness Dossier, 5 Monster Hunters guides, and GURPS Zombies + Day One.

Also available is the GURPS Essentials bundle that was offered not long ago.
YYKN
player, 4 posts
Fri 21 Oct 2022
at 15:23
  • msg #282

Re: The Lounge III

In reply to Mad Mick (msg # 281):

I've been wondering, have you been to "GURPScon" in Austin? Is it like a comic-con?
Mad Mick
GM, 173 posts
Fri 21 Oct 2022
at 16:56
  • msg #283

Re: The Lounge III

GURPScon? Do you mean FnordCon? SJ Games has hosted FnordCon periodically since 2019, but I've never attended. Maybe someone else here in the Lounge has been to one.

 FnordCon 6 is going to be online November 11th and 12th: https://www.sjgames.com/fnordcon/
Big Brother
player, 33 posts
Fri 21 Oct 2022
at 17:28
  • msg #284

Re: The Lounge III

It makes me sad that I just discovered Fnordcon was a thing. I've lived in Austin for a decade or more now (even visited their offices when I first arrived), and I just moved out of the country three months ago.
YYKN
player, 5 posts
Tue 25 Oct 2022
at 17:10
  • msg #285

Re: The Lounge III

In reply to Mad Mick (msg # 283):

Right, FnordCon! Have any of you been there? Was it fun?

In reply to Big Brother (msg # 284):
I know! A friend used to live very close to Austin and he had no idea as well!
Mad Mick
GM, 180 posts
Sat 19 Nov 2022
at 05:34
  • msg #286

Re: The Lounge III

Some lost (e.g. spoof) GURPS titles: https://tabletop.social/tags/LostGURPSBooks.

I'd probably buy all of these. =)
Anachronist
player, 27 posts
Sat 19 Nov 2022
at 05:45
  • msg #287

Re: The Lounge III

Oh man. I broke into a broad grin at "Cod Wars"

Seafood and Honor in North America.

I can just see the trawler stat blocks all laid out.
Girl Interrupted
player, 31 posts
Fri 25 Nov 2022
at 16:41
  • msg #288

Re: The Lounge III

Mad Mick:
Some lost (e.g. spoof) GURPS titles: https://tabletop.social/tags/LostGURPSBooks.

I'd probably buy all of these. =)


Nearly peed myself laughing when I read the one about "GURPS - A Man Called Sloane".  When superfans showed the actor the game materials and invited him to play himself in an adventure based on the book and show, Conrad said:

"Get this nerd shit out of my face.."

LOL. I laughed so hard!

Now THERE'S a man's man!  lol
Jeffrywith1e
player, 16 posts
Tue 6 Dec 2022
at 06:48
  • msg #289

Re: The Lounge III

Sadly, I think some of these would be legitimately awesome!
YYKN
player, 6 posts
Tue 3 Jan 2023
at 21:34
  • msg #290

Re: The Lounge III

Hey there, I hope you had an awesome holiday season!
I wish you an amazing year 2023!
pdboddy
player, 1 post
Wed 4 Jan 2023
at 16:03
  • msg #291

Re: The Lounge III

Happy New Year!
Mad Mick
GM, 181 posts
Mon 16 Jan 2023
at 06:15
  • msg #292

Re: The Lounge III

Steve Jackson Games posted an interesting response on TikTok. (I'm actually surprised, horrified, and a little intrigued that they post things on TikTok!)

Someone said they should think about publishing a new version of GURPS, and SJ Games asked what people would want to see in a new edition: https://www.tiktok.com/@stevej...924320750894?lang=en

I'd love more adventures, personally, maybe make it easy for people to write their own GURPS adventures and self-publish them.
Galen
player, 1 post
Mon 16 Jan 2023
at 14:13
  • msg #293

Re: The Lounge III

Players don't really buy adventures. GMs buy adventures. At the start, you've sectioned your market by 1/4 to 1/5. It's hard to make a business case on that basis.

The idea of making adventures easier to make may have some traction.

What barriers are you running into? Or better yet, what barriers did you tell Steve Jackson Games about?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:50, Tue 17 Jan 2023.
Girl Interrupted
player, 32 posts
Mon 16 Jan 2023
at 20:37
  • msg #294

Re: The Lounge III

Hi, I'm confused on the rule involving buying up the Feint Techique higher than the skill.

If someone has a Sword skill of 12, what does it cost for feint 13, 14, 15 and 16?
Girl Interrupted
player, 33 posts
Mon 16 Jan 2023
at 20:49
  • msg #295

Re: The Lounge III

Girl Interrupted:
Hi, I'm confused on the rule involving buying up the Feint Techique higher than the skill.

If someone has a Sword skill of 12, what does it cost for feint 13, 14, 15 and 16?


In addition to the above, I'm also confused on how you buy Targeted Attacks.

Say I have a spear skill of 12 and I want a Targeted attack spear thrust to eye, its normally -9 to hit the eye.  What would it cost to, say, -4 to hit instead of -9?

Thanks...

Gurps is ... HARD!
BlueDwarf
player, 152 posts
Mon 16 Jan 2023
at 21:10
  • msg #296

Re: The Lounge III

In reply to Girl Interrupted (msg # 295):

Targetted attack are easy enough. Technique is Hard, so you pay 2 points for the first point of penalty reduction, and one point thereafter, up to a maximum of half the original penalty, rounded up.

So for example, Targeted attack, Eye, thrusting attack with knife. (Hot location, attack mode and weapon skill are all needed).

Normal penalty for Hit Location (eye) is -9, half of which is -4.5, which rounds up to -5. So you can buy off a maximum of -5, reducing the penalty with the specified weapon attacking the specified hit location (eye in this case) by 5 to -4 instead of -9.

This will cost 2 points for a 1 reduction in the penalty. For the full 5 point reduction in the penalty allowed, it would cost an additional 4 points, for a total of 6 points. Hope that makes sense.
Mad Mick
GM, 182 posts
Tue 17 Jan 2023
at 14:07
  • msg #297

Re: The Lounge III

Girl Interrupted:
Hi, I'm confused on the rule involving buying up the Feint Techique higher than the skill.

If someone has a Sword skill of 12, what does it cost for feint 13, 14, 15 and 16?


Feint follows similar rules to what BlueDwarf laid out for Targeted Attack. Feint is a Hard technique that can go up to a max of Skill+4. The first level above default costs 2 pts, and it’s 1 CP per level after that.

With Sword-12, Feint (Sword)-13 would cost 2 CPs. Feint-14 would be 3, Feint-15 would be 4, and Feint-16 would be 5. Note that those costs are not cumulative. To improve Feint-14 to Feint-15 would cost 1 CP.
Girl Interrupted
player, 34 posts
Tue 17 Jan 2023
at 15:45
  • msg #298

Re: The Lounge III

Oh, now I get it! Thanks guys!
Jeffrywith1e
player, 17 posts
Fri 20 Jan 2023
at 07:19
  • msg #299

Re: The Lounge III

The Print on Demand ACTION 1 cover is terrible. I think it would be cool for a different setting maybe. But for what I picture the ACTION series, this doesn't do it for me.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/p...URPS-Action-1-Heroes
YYKN
player, 7 posts
Fri 20 Jan 2023
at 15:45
  • msg #300

Re: The Lounge III

Alas, you are right.

I wonder why they stopped using art like Rowena's*.

A matter of budget, maybe? Or perhaps the epic vibe escapes today’s people...

*BTW, did you know that Rowena passed away in 2021? May she R.I.P.
jonasthered
player, 13 posts
Fri 20 Jan 2023
at 23:05
  • msg #301

Re: The Lounge III

In reply to Jeffrywith1e (msg # 299):

Wow, Yeah, that's pretty bad.
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