Delta City Blues

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by TheNinjaD

Vehicle Design will be nice to have when it comes out. If I see things going more toward ED-209s and whatever, Spaceships might be worth the investment. How are the mech rules in the later release?

Small-size vehicles are somewhat lacking in resolution, and the SM gradients allow little differentiation between similar-sized craft. For example, the Battlemechs from the classic FASA wargame would all fall into SM+4 (10t), SM+5 (30t) and SM+6 (100t) with no way to distinguish between, for instance, a 50t and 60t mech. This can make it difficult to convert existing designs to GURPS. However, if you convert based more on the spirit of the design than the exact numbers, it works well enough. It's also very simple to use, with 20 equal-sized "slots" for the various ship systems.