09-20-2020, 10:02 AM | #31 |
Night Watchman
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
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Re: GURPS books / authors
RogerBW and I edit a GURPS fanzine, The Path of Cunning (link in signature). Our standards are not as high as SJ Games, and we use entirely different layout, but we do want clear, properly explained material. We are a potential first step in writing for GURPS.
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09-20-2020, 10:07 AM | #32 | |
GURPS Line Editor
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Montréal, Québec
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09-25-2020, 05:14 PM | #33 | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
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I do want to note that, with one exception, in every playtest I've done including "peer review" ones, I have done actual in-game playtesting. During the initual read-through of the manuscript, I specifically look for things to try in game. The one exception was Discworld Roleplaying Game. My job was that of a more-or-less "blind playtester." I knew GURPS, but had never read anything in Discworld.
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Kerry Thornley: Dwarf Planet Eris, Discordianism, and The John F. Kennedy Assassination Without Thornley, there would never have been the Steve Jackson Games edition of Principia Discordia Top 12 Clues You're a Role-Playing Old-Timer My humorous (I hope) article that also promotes SJGames/GURPS GURPS Fantasy Folk: Elves My first GURPS supplement |
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09-25-2020, 06:36 PM | #34 | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
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I agree with Dr. Kromm, but I would point out an exception. Vignettes in GURPS books are creative writing; most of them I've seen are "flash fiction."
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Kerry Thornley: Dwarf Planet Eris, Discordianism, and The John F. Kennedy Assassination Without Thornley, there would never have been the Steve Jackson Games edition of Principia Discordia Top 12 Clues You're a Role-Playing Old-Timer My humorous (I hope) article that also promotes SJGames/GURPS GURPS Fantasy Folk: Elves My first GURPS supplement |
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09-26-2020, 09:19 AM | #35 | |
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(It’s also much easier than writing proper fiction, even in proportion; stories require plots, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Vignettes just require an incident.)
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