Last PDF of 2007, and it's GURPS doozy!

[Paul]

Tomorrow, we'll be uploading the last PDF release of 2007. It's by a Mystery Author, and the topic is Deep and Dark. Actually, not that much – but it's been something he's been looking forward to doing for quite some time.

This release is something a bit different for GURPS – instead of a traditional supplement (like the excellent Changing Times and Shell-Tech), this product takes the system and pushes the envelope (a bit like the superb Supers). GURPS has the potential for genres far beyond those grounded in realism, and this author has taken the first steps in that direction.

(No, it isn't licensed, nor is it anything that's "long-awaited." Sorry. And yes, I may be over-inflating the importance and/or long-term effects of this singular release. But I see the spark of something special here, and I like it.)

If you're magnetically attracted to this release, either because you've figured out the title/author, or because of my magical marketing (ha!), keep hitting refresh on the e23 front page through the mid-day tomorrow (Thursday December 27). If you're just "interested," watch Friday's Daily Illuminator and this week's Pyramid (containing the Designer's Notes for this product).

[Not another shrubbery]

I get the feeling you're hinting about something...

Heh, Thanks Paul :)

[Paul]

And . . . it's online.

Steve Jackson Games is happy to release, as the last PDF of 2007:

Dungeon Fantasy: Adventurers by Sean Punch.

[demonsbane]

Great!

Now checking it...

[Moe Lane]

Originally Posted by Paul

And . . . it's online.

Steve Jackson Games is happy to release, as the last PDF of 2007:

Dungeon Fantasy: Adventurers by Sean Punch.

Oh sweet Jeebus that's funny.

[Þorkell]

Yay... :-(

Color me so unimpressed that I will not spend my money on it.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Yay... :-(

Color me so unimpressed that I will not spend my money on it.

Well, thanks for the feedback, anyway.

In that line of thought: what would you have preferred to see released?

[Mgellis]

It looks interesting. Not at the top of my list, but definitely something I'll pick up eventually.

I really like the concept. It may prove a good tool for getting d20 players to give GURPS a try. I wonder if one of the stumbling blocks with some of them has been that they just don't want to give up their dungeon crawls--the game system was less important than the impression of what the gaming experience and the style of play was going to be like. Now, finally, with this book and the announced sequel, we will finally be getting "GURPS d20," and that may have some interesting results.

Mark

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Paul

In that line of thought: what would you have preferred to see released?

What I could *really* use is a 4/e update of GURPS Cabal. I'm going to run a Cabal-based campaign starting in July, and I'm working on adapting it to 4/e, but it's something of a struggle, given the sheer complexity of the original material. . . .

Bill Stoddard

[Paul]

Originally Posted by whswhs

What I could *really* use is a 4/e update of GURPS Cabal. I'm going to run a Cabal-based campaign starting in July, and I'm working on adapting it to 4/e, but it's something of a struggle, given the sheer complexity of the original material. . . .

The complexity of the setting, or of the magic system? 'Cause the update of the magic system in part of Thaumatology, which is currently in the early stages of layout.