Guys, did you know that there's a GURPS supplement for Mars Attacks?

Ack ack ack! :)

Yeah!  The book I'd love to use is the GURPS Discworld book.  =)

At this stage, I'd be happy to use GURPS for anything...

Anyone interested in GMing something? Right now, I'm all for spies, conspiracies, as well as horror (even Atomic Horror)...

Sounds like fun.  =)  I tend to stick with fantasy, sci-fi, and modern fantasy, but an Atomic Horror game sounds cool.  I've long wanted to play a modern-day Highlander game.  It would be fun to have flashbacks to the past, maybe with the degree of success or failure in the past influencing the present.

Hey, fantasy or sci-fi, I'd be up for it, too!

In reply to Varsovian (msg # 56):

Have you checked out existing games?

There *are* existing GURPS games here on RPOL?

Also, I admit that I have trouble joining existing games... And I prefer solo games in general...

Yes, there are a number of current games, including at least two that have more than 10k posts.  =)  Most games do tend to be group games, although there are solo games from time to time.  I'm in three active GURPS games right now, and I found two of those GMs soon after I joined RPOL nine years ago (and one of those games is still running).  Both games had already started when I joined them, too, so I've had good success with joining games already in motion.

In reply to Mad Mick (msg # 59):

I also run three games here, two of which have over 6k posts, though 2 have gone quiet (and hece open themselves to solo adventures of new players.) Type in GURPs in the game system of the search engine, should bring them all up...

I also play in 5 others...

Someone else just posted in GMs Wanted that they would like to play in a GURPS: Mars Attacks game, too.  There's definitely interest in one!

Yes, I've seen that ad... I'd tempted to GM it, but this setting really is tricky and demands good writing chops. I'd prefer to play in this setting first...

The Lord hates a quitter ... take a shot at it...

If Lord hates a quitter, *you* take a shot at it ;)

Sorry, I just don't care ... I'm running two and playing in a bunch ... so I'm not a quitter, I'm not a starter!

Is there a setting/terrain type which you feel is underutilized in fantasy games?

I often see campaigns set in the harsh and cold North of a campaign setting or in a temperate forested pseudo-Europe.


...or games in general?


I was thinking about this today, after a conversation with a friend about post-apocalyptic games.  Those particular games tend to be set in wastelands and/or deserts.  I commented that I think a game loosely based on the concept of the movie Waterworld could be fun and different.

In my experience terrain is often a little too "familiar", a little too safe no matter what latitude the setting is based in.

Even relatively mundane wilderness can be really hazardous to the unprepared...maps seem commonplace, weather is rarely an issue, and the seasons rarely change.

I get it, nobody wants to have a character starve to death when the bridge gets washed out and they have to find a way around...losing a character in an avalanche is not generally considered fair.

But it does add an element of realism and excitement that I tend to enjoy.

I'd love to create a fantasy RP set in a warm area such as Greece etc. So that everybody wears sandals, tunics etc. And I could make all of it feel more... ancient than medieval.

I tried but couldn't keep a group together ... but I'll take some blame as I was trying various game ideas out ... I'll play if you choose to run it.

In reply to Aethulred (msg # 69):

Likewise. I was in that game till the end too. Perhaps a desert feel?

Yes and Icky Witch or Pretty kitty or what ever her handle is... Witchy Kat... that's it... she played in that game and might also be interested.

In reply to Aethulred (msg # 71):

Ichy Witch? Oh please.

Yes Varsovian, I would be interested. If you put it in the Mediterranean, you have Greece and islands and desert area to the south.

And I was so careful to avoid some of the less proper possibilities ... it would be easy to substitute a B for the W and be mean ... but you have never been so with any of us in the last ... what, 7 years now?  You are a good gaming companion... whom I enjoy teasing on occasion.

Oh wow, I suddenly find myself with a group of willing players, even though I have no idea what that game I mentioned might be about!

*blushes*

Well Thrace and the Northern Black Sea were Greek areas of control and trade, then there is Greece proper and Sicily, which was Greek held at this point, along with most all of the Dodecanese Islands.

Hmm. Actually, if I were to create such a setting, I'd go for something *inspired* by ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt etc., not these places exactly. I was more thinking of the feel, you know?