Deeps of Lyrae… The Long Voyage Eccentricity Table 11 Mar 201917 Jun 2019 Living together with strangers in a small space (a spaceship) while embarking on a difficult new endeavor (space piracy) is mentally stressful. And if you add in space combat, being…
Deeps of Lyrae… Fewer Combat Cards? 4 Mar 201925 Jun 2019 The GURPS Combat Cards (PDF download: free!) are designed to make the combat rules simpler for new players and to help them understand what is going on. I agree it's…
Deeps of Lyrae… The Combat Rules: My Subset 25 Feb 201917 Jun 2019 The GURPS Basic Set invites you, the Game Master, to think of the game as an a la carte menu. While there are hundreds of books of rules, your job…
Land of the True Game Land of the True Game: Campaign Roadmap 18 Feb 201912 Nov 2023 This post is a table of contents covering what I will address in the Land of the True Game campaign and setting on this blog. (Read the one-paragraph description here…
Deeps of Lyrae The Backwater Planet: Family Whee 11 Feb 201917 Jun 2019 As promised in the last post, here is the completed planetary record for Family Whee, completed at great mental cost after my detour with the Planet Worksheet. This is the…
Deeps of Lyrae… Harsh Words About the Planetary Worksheet: Avoid It 4 Feb 201917 Jun 2019 I just tried to gin up the stats for the first planet of the Deeps of Lyrae campaign: Family Whee. This is the backwater planet described at the end of…
Deeps of Lyrae The Universe in One Page 28 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 I tried to write a one-page single-spaced backgrounder on the "Deeps of Lyrae" universe with the idea that I would give it to my players. (To catch up on the…
Deeps of Lyrae Campaign Planning Form (Deeps of Lyrae) 21 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 I'm not sure if anyone actually uses the official Campaign Planning Form but I did fill it out for this campaign so I thought I would post it here. campaignplanning-deeps-of-lyrae-2Download
Deeps of Lyrae Character Creation Advice: Roles and Traits 14 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 Traveller-inspired RPG gameplay in the "Deeps of Lyrae" setting using my character-creation prompt allows a wide variety of roles because the prompt itself is about adopting a new occupation: that…
Deeps of Lyrae Adapting the Traveller Universe 7 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 My "Deeps of Lyrae" campaign is a Traveller variant using the GURPS 4th edition rules. Traveller is a venerable sci-fi roleplaying concept, heavily inspired by the science fiction of the…
Deeps of Lyrae Writing A Good Prompt (For Character Creation) 31 Dec 201817 Jun 2019 It's time to launch the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. (If you like, refer to the last post for a one-paragraph synopsis.) I find one of the key things about launching…
Deeps of Lyrae… Let’s Get Started 24 Dec 201817 Jun 2019 Whoa, here it is! I'm starting a GURPS Blog. After getting so much from reading everyone else's GURPS blog and the amazing GURPS Forums I thought I would give something…
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