Deeps of Lyrae Table of Campaign Spaceships 13 Jul 20196 Jul 2019 To keep things organized in my mind, I made a printable table of all of the spaceships I expect to use in the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. This is in…
Land of the True Game Rank, Status, and Social Stigma (Among Gamesmen and Pawns) 27 Jun 201922 Jun 2019 In The Land of the True Game, the "True Game" is a place, a game, a political order, a religion and a military hierarchy similar to feudalism. Since this is…
Land of the True Game Codes of Honor and a Vow (For Gamesmen) 26 Jun 201919 Jul 2020 In this post I cover some codes of honor, a vow, and related disadvantages relevant in The Land of the True Game setting. Code of Honor (Gamesman) The ethos of…
Land of the True Game “True Game ESP, -20%” and The Heat Limitation (Gamesman Magic Modeled as Psionic Power) 23 Jun 201923 Jun 2019 "Where do you think you're going with all those ovens, friend?" One of the neatest things about The Land of the True Game setting is that most of the magical…
Land of the True Game Handling Player Magic (As Psionic Powers and Ritual Path Magic) 21 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 One of the interesting things about The Land of the True Game setting is that there are so many possible overlapping and contrasting gameplay mechanics. In this post, I'll outline…
Land of the True Game Religion of the True Game (Setting) 20 Jun 201920 Jun 2019 Most educated people in The Land of the True Game will have been forced to memorize these two chapters during their schooling. These two chapters and the story of "the…
Land of the True Game Vocabulary and Sayings (Setting Flavor) 19 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 The setting background in this post is suitable for sharing with players excepting the "GM Information Only" section at the end. It does not give away any setting or campaign…
Land of the True Game Mysteries of the World (Campaign Plot, Who’s Who, Adventure Seeds) 17 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 These are my early campaign plot notes. Warning: This whole post is likely tl;dr for you. The source material for The Land of the True Game campaign provides a wealth…
Land of the True Game Campaign Planning Form (Land of the True Game) 16 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 I'm still not sure if anyone else actually fills out the official GURPS Campaign Planning Form, but I do. So here it is for the Land of the True Game…
Land of the True Game What the Players Need to Know (Campaign Setting) 15 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 Unlike my normal character design prompts, which are pretty open-ended, in The Land of the True Game campaign I'm going to use templates and lenses to give players a pre-set…
Land of the True Game What’s Crunchy About The Land of the True Game 28 May 201917 Jun 2019 In comparison to my other campaign, The Deeps of Lyrae, the Land of the True Game is a very different animal to GM. I thought I'd go over the potential…
Deeps of Lyrae Organization: The 261st Imperial Fleet 8 Apr 20194 Jul 2019 (a.k.a. “The Fierce Falconets”) I decided to use the organization statistics rules in GURPS Boardroom and Curia to be sure I understand the capabilities of the organization commanded by Fleet…
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… 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 201922 Jul 2020 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 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 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…