I finished the Fire Gate tower key for the Fire Citadel megadungeon, which I am building for play using GURPS Dungeon Fantasy within a revived rendition of my Mystamyr setting. Finishing the first dungeon key is significant because it marks the beginning for actual play: in other words, from today I have enough to run … Continue reading Megadungeon Mapping
The summer holiday has arrived. I am done with work for five weeks and there are far fewer things for me to be worried about, day to day. With this in mind, I found myself back at the place I often arrive when I stop being a Game Master: I am playing alone. I feel … Continue reading Travelling Solo, Again
This week, I have been dreaming and imagining my true fantasy world for roleplaying inspired by the conversations I have been enjoying with Daniel Jones and others from the community. The other day I was able to pen some initial thoughts, impressions gleaned from the first inklings of that place. I thought I would share … Continue reading Imagining Mykovnia
Imagine the world, a primal place of raw potential, where the magick is strong and true. The People live within the boundaries of a forest glade below an outcrop of rock, within which the tribal elders say the origin of our village is found. There are shallow caves that sit upon the outcropping, delving into … Continue reading Reconnecting Mykovnia
It was the Poetic Map of Harn, itself printed on the back of HarnPlayer, that did it. HarnPlayer is the overview of the World of Harn that covers what any native of that place might well know - a useful tome for any potential player in a Harn campaign. But it was the map, alongside … Continue reading Webster’s Harn
Following on from yesterday's post about random Attributes for GURPS, I've had some positive comments which sparked me to have a go at both a different approach to those attribute rolls and new style of random template. In short, I wanted to create a quick-to-generate "Fighter" for GURPS Dungeon Fantasy (using just the Basic Set … Continue reading GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Fighter
In my ongoing project to strip down the GURPS rules, and make them as accessible as possible for my Open Table games, I have been experimenting with rolling Attributes randomly. GURPS 1e-3e offered the simple system of rolling 3d6 for each Attribute and applying the result directly. Initially attracted to this idea, I tried it … Continue reading GURPS Random Attributes
This morning I allowed a project that has been bubbling around in my mind for ages to pour out into a rough draft for action. Patrons at the Swordbearer tier will become pretty familiar with images of my Project Daybook, but here's the picture from today: Haven't You Been Playing Since The 80's, Webster? Yes, … Continue reading Learning How To Play Traveller
