A short musing around the awarding of Character Points in play when using the GURPS rules set. As I move away from traditional "level-based" games, such as Dungeons & Dragons, and embrace the GURPS system, I noticed this interesting quotation from Dr. Kromm in the excellent, "How To Be a GURPS GM": Earned character points … Continue reading Learning GURPS: Awarding Character Points
One of the features of the GURPS game system is the concept of variable power level. Because character creation is done using a points buy system, in which players spend a pre-allocated budget of Character Points in order to build exactly the character they are imagining, one of the first questions the Referee has to … Continue reading Choose Your Power Level
One of the phrases that irks me every time I hear it is the admonition that: "This is just a game." Games matter. They give meaning to play. It is never "merely" or "just" a game. As Huizinga puts it: [Play] is a significant function - that is to say, there is some sense to … Continue reading Role Games Matter
When I was growing up, I used to spend a lot of time in my bedroom. I would close the door of the medium-sized room, just big enough for a single-sized bed, a bunch of wardrobes, and shelves. I would frequently dig out the "borrowed" copy of Risk that I had squirrelled away, taken from … Continue reading Confessions Of A Solo Gamer
This week, given that I had an enormous amount of time to sit in bed and read, I was grateful to receive a book recommendation from one of my awesome Patrons, John Schuhr. The book he suggested was "Refuse To Choose" by Barbara Sher. I have to admit that I approached this with some cynicism … Continue reading Learning To Embrace Scanning
Blimey, its been weeks since I posted and I feel slightly bad about that. But, hey, here I am once again. A walk in the frosty parkland proved inspirational. Last night, over on the Roleplay Rescue Discord, one of the members asked us, "What do each of you want to be playing, but aren't?" This … Continue reading Gaming Desires 2020
