Say "Yes, And!" With How To Be A GURPS GM: Improvising
Maybe the players are doing something you didn't expect. Or perhaps you're strapped for time but still want to have fun with your gaming group. Or you may possibly want to see about playing a whole campaign by ear. You can do all these things, and more, with How to...
I'm Moving To Atlanta!
After 50 years, give or take, in the Austin area, I'm packing a whole lot of boxes and moving to the Peach State. There are several reasons. The current Buda climate doesn't really agree with my gardening hobby. The Texas political climate makes it hard to read the news, over...
Rodger B. MacGowan
With all the foofaraw of the past couple of weeks, an important and sad bit of news got by me. On February 21, only weeks after his studio was destroyed by wildfire, Rodger B. MacGowan passed away. Rather than pretend I was on top of things and write a late...
"You're Listening To FNRD – Forever, And Ever, And Ev-"
What if tuning into a specific radio station caused it to stay stuck on that radio station, unable to change the channel? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode; this really happened (as I recently found out and had to giddily post here) to drivers of certain Mazda cars back...
It's Back From The Past: GURPS Classic: Time Travel Adventures
If you're going to go back in time, maybe you want to do something more interesting than traveling to the first Daily Illuminator entry. Maybe you're searching for adventure! We've got you covered. Behold! After being unavailable for decades, GURPS Classic: Time Travel Adventures is back – as a PDF...
Why Are There Game Designers?
I think it's a valuable question to ask! I'm re-reading The Well-Played Game by Bernard DeKoven this week and reflecting on his answer to that question. To understand why we need game designers, let's first understand the process by which games emerge. Let's say you and I are hanging...
Update On Kickstarters
It makes me very happy to see how well the Fighting Fantasy Kickstarter is rolling along – just shy of $185,000 in support as I write this! – and we have an important new announcement coming "real soon now." Please consider backing this project if you haven't . . ....
GAMA Gathering Graded G For Great
The hall doesn't actually open until Wednesday. I'm writing this late Tuesday night, at least by home time, and I am already very impressed. And already out of business cards! This show is clearly bigger than last year's, which was itself the biggest and best ever. I took some meetings...