Phoenix Command & GURPS

chandley · 07-27-2012, 07:35 PM

I break out the Advanced Hit tables (with separate tables for oblique and front shots and everything) for grins when I want to find out exactly which organ and bone was just destroyed by a hit. But I dont use it in any kind of regular game.

I actually converted all of Living Steel into GURPS some time ago, and it plays very well in GURPS. Arguably better, since you dont have old school 80's style "we make up a rule on the spot for every situation" style rules. Plus character creation and advancement is much nicer... But this is a GURPS forum, so that shouldnt be surprising.

I talked to the authors a long time ago, back when they where still making noises about publishing either novels or background (rules-lite to -free) campaign books for the Living Steel universe. They deliberately obfuscated some of the formulas and data points they used. Pen 298 = 1" of RHA Pen 1600 = 4.176" of RHA... The formula, someone actually did some point matching to try and find this out, ended up looking like 49.4*inches^2+182*inches-19.1. Nothing to love about that :)

But I loved the Living Steel universe, still try to get people to play in it from time to time. And we had a one-shot Aliens game that was absolutely horrifying, in a good way. When the GM has a mandate to wipe you out in any fair way he can? Yah, you get scared :). 2 survivors, one badly wounded, a giant melted hole in our cruiser from the queen dying messily... pyrrhic victory at best!

07-27-2012, 07:35 PM	#15
chandley Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Phoenix Command & GURPS I break out the Advanced Hit tables (with separate tables for oblique and front shots and everything) for grins when I want to find out exactly which organ and bone was just destroyed by a hit. But I dont use it in any kind of regular game. I actually converted all of Living Steel into GURPS some time ago, and it plays very well in GURPS. Arguably better, since you dont have old school 80's style "we make up a rule on the spot for every situation" style rules. Plus character creation and advancement is much nicer... But this is a GURPS forum, so that shouldnt be surprising. I talked to the authors a long time ago, back when they where still making noises about publishing either novels or background (rules-lite to -free) campaign books for the Living Steel universe. They deliberately obfuscated some of the formulas and data points they used. Pen 298 = 1" of RHA Pen 1600 = 4.176" of RHA... The formula, someone actually did some point matching to try and find this out, ended up looking like 49.4inches^2+182inches-19.1. Nothing to love about that :) But I loved the Living Steel universe, still try to get people to play in it from time to time. And we had a one-shot Aliens game that was absolutely horrifying, in a good way. When the GM has a mandate to wipe you out in any fair way he can? Yah, you get scared :). 2 survivors, one badly wounded, a giant melted hole in our cruiser from the queen dying messily... pyrrhic victory at best! __________________ My GURPS stuff