The 2020 Digital W23 Speculation and Discussion Thread

Proteus · 04-11-2020, 06:20 PM

Time for some off-the-wall speculation about upcoming titles!

What's Christopher Rice up to? He has such delicious code-names....

The Dungeon Fantasy: Denizens title formerly known as "Marl Ankh-3": well, "marl" is a term for a rock or color of mixed black and white, and an ankh is a holy symbol, so I’m going to guess that the book covers Holy and Unholy Warriors together, though that doesn’t explain the anomalous "3." Maybe because it'd be the third Denizens book?

"Knight-3": No idea. The number could suggest an Infinite Worlds timeline, except that we see numbers so often elsewhere in Chris' codenames, like "SNO-51" or "Marl Ankh-3". Is there another sub-line for which this would be the third volume?

"Uptight Calimari": A DF volume about Elder Spawn? A Monster Hunters addendum with rules and suggestions for cosmic horror?

"Horsemen": the Biblical Revelations association is awfully tempting: perhaps an After the End volume about religious apocalypse?

And what about David Pulver?

It's been ages since Kromm dropped a mention of David's ongoing work on "Redacted, Vol. 1" and Vol. 2. I wonder whether it's the long-awaited Vehicle Design System, split into two pieces. One with basic rules for ground vehicles and watercraft, and another for aircraft, multi-medium vehicles, and weird tech? My other thought is a two-volume set on mecha, perhaps with one book for campaigns and characters and another for mecha design and combat.

And Bill Stoddard?

He’s stated of his latest that "in a way, this is a followup to a previous project, applying some of its content to a specific topic. And unlike several preceding books, it has a fairly large bibliography.” To me, that says an adaptation of a (probably public-domain) book series. He also had the "need to insert a few cross references to an older GURPS book that covers some related ground." That could be just about anything, alas.

Part of me really wants it to be GURPS: Oz, to go with the Munchkin sets; and would the original art for that be public-domain, too? Another wonders whether it'll be another "sword and planet" adaptation of some pulp series, harkening back to GURPS: Planet Krishna. But who knows?

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Proteus Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston, TX	Re: The 2020 Digital W23 Speculation and Discussion Thread Time for some off-the-wall speculation about upcoming titles! What's Christopher Rice up to? He has such delicious code-names.... The *Dungeon Fantasy: Denizens* title formerly known as "Marl Ankh-3": well, "marl" is a term for a rock or color of mixed black and white, and an ankh is a holy symbol, so I’m going to guess that the book covers Holy and Unholy Warriors together, though that doesn’t explain the anomalous "3." Maybe because it'd be the third Denizens book? "Knight-3": No idea. The number could suggest an *Infinite Worlds* timeline, except that we see numbers so often elsewhere in Chris' codenames, like "SNO-51" or "Marl Ankh-3". Is there another sub-line for which this would be the third volume? "Uptight Calimari": A DF volume about Elder Spawn? A *Monster Hunters* addendum with rules and suggestions for cosmic horror? "Horsemen": the Biblical Revelations association is awfully tempting: perhaps an *After the End* volume about religious apocalypse? And what about David Pulver? It's been ages since Kromm dropped a mention of David's ongoing work on "Redacted, Vol. 1" and Vol. 2. I wonder whether it's the long-awaited *Vehicle Design System, split into two pieces. One with basic rules for ground vehicles and watercraft, and another for aircraft, multi-medium vehicles, and weird tech? My other thought is a two-volume set on mecha, perhaps with one book for campaigns and characters and another for mecha design and combat. And Bill Stoddard? He’s stated of his latest that "in a way, this is a followup to a previous project, applying some of its content to a specific topic. And unlike several preceding books, it has a fairly large bibliography.” To me, that says an adaptation of a (probably public-domain) book series. He also had the "need to insert a few cross references to an older GURPS* book that covers some related ground." That could be just about anything, alas. Part of me really wants it to be *GURPS: Oz, to go with the Munchkin* sets; and would the original art for that be public-domain, too? Another wonders whether it'll be another "sword and planet" adaptation of some pulp series, harkening back to *GURPS: Planet Krishna*. But who knows? __________________ — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — Looking for a GURPS game in Houston, Texas.