Monster Hunters 1 & 2 reviewed at Wired.com

PK · 05-13-2011, 02:01 PM

Luke Bennett has reviewed GURPS Monster Hunters 1: Champions and GURPS Monster Hunters 2: The Mission at Wired's "GeekDad" blog:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/05...o-it-with-3d6/

What do you think of his assessment? Is he on the money or totally off base?

Luke Bunyip · 05-13-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

Luke Bennett has reviewed GURPS Monster Hunters 1: Champions and GURPS Monster Hunters 2: The Mission at Wired's "GeekDad" blog:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/05...o-it-with-3d6/

What do you think of his assessment? Is he on the money or totally off base?

To be honest, I started out with a whole lot of text I lifted from email discussions between Dr Kromm, you, and myself. It was technically spot on, but dry....

And then I thought, "Hey, I'm a fanboy. I'll just come out and say it." And I used that to set the flavour for the entire review.

And the only comment so far is from someone that has ONLY said "Rifts" about twenty times. So... If you do have any comments, please follow the link and make them there as well. Ta muchly in advance.

nerdvana · 05-13-2011, 02:23 PM

I cannot speak of his assessment (Haven't gotten my hands on this series of books yet) but I can speak to the energy of the review. Very positive and upbeat. This is not the kind of game I'm looking to run right now but the review made me consider it. :)

Tyneras · 05-13-2011, 02:31 PM

Spot on, I would say. The new magic system and the deduction system were were each alone worth the entry fee for me. I'm not playing a MH at the moment, Tyneras has been charged with a Quest to defeat the dreaded Finals, who have loomed like a shadow over this fair University for many months. Once they are defeated, games shall be had!

nerdvana · 05-13-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

So... If you do have any comments, please follow the link and make them there as well. Ta muchly in advance.

It won't let me comment on your page... says "Please wait..."

Luke Bunyip · 05-14-2011, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nerdvana

It won't let me comment on your page... says "Please wait..."

Mmmn. Please have another go. If it still will not respond, let me know and I'll kick it upstairs.

nerdvana · 05-14-2011, 04:48 AM

No change. Now, one observation I should make is that I am not logged in, I don't have an account there to log into and I don't see making one... perhaps that is why, are non-logged in people disallowed from making comments? (I figured on having to enter my email or something when I made the comment)

griffin · 05-14-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

Luke Bennett has reviewed GURPS Monster Hunters 1: Champions and GURPS Monster Hunters 2: The Mission at Wired's "GeekDad" blog:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/05...o-it-with-3d6/

What do you think of his assessment? Is he on the money or totally off base?

It's a decent review. It's on target, but it's rather brief so not a lot to go on. I also don't see anyone being able to just use GURPS Lite and MH series PDFs to really run a game.

Luke Bunyip · 05-15-2011, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by griffin

It's a decent review. It's on target, but it's rather brief so not a lot to go on.

I was vacillating with a in detail post that was twice my nominal word limit. Which is why I just went with enthused guff.

I was hoping for a bit of comments which I could respond to, apart from 'Rifts....'

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I also don't see anyone being able to just use GURPS Lite and MH series PDFs to really run a game.

Mmmn. That might have been a tad overoptimistic.

Crakkerjakk · 05-15-2011, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

Mmmn. That might have been a tad overoptimistic.

I don't know. Especially given MH's level of abstract combat it might be possible. My first instinct is to take MH and add Psionic Powers, Divine Favor, High Tech, etc, but I don't see why you couldn't go the other way.

Are rapid-fire rules in GURPS Lite? I know hit locations aren't which might be a problem if MH3 doesn't give you specific penalties for how hard it is to hit the vulnerable bits of each monster (vampires in particular).

05-13-2011, 02:01 PM	#1
PK Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dobbstown Sane Asylum	Monster Hunters 1 & 2 reviewed at Wired.com Luke Bennett has reviewed *GURPS Monster Hunters 1: Champions* and *GURPS Monster Hunters 2: The Mission* at Wired's "GeekDad" blog: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/05...o-it-with-3d6/ What do you think of his assessment? Is he on the money or totally off base? __________________ Reverend Pee Kitty of the Order Malkavian-Dobbsian (Twitter) (LJ) MyGURPS: My house rules and *GURPS* resources. #SJGamesLive: I answered questions about *GURPS After the End* and more! {Watch Video} - {Read Transcript}

05-13-2011, 02:23 PM	#3
nerdvana Join Date: Nov 2006	Re: Monster Hunters 1 & 2 reviewed at Wired.com I cannot speak of his assessment (Haven't gotten my hands on this series of books yet) but I can speak to the energy of the review. Very positive and upbeat. This is not the kind of game I'm looking to run right now but the review made me consider it. :)

05-13-2011, 02:31 PM	#4
Tyneras Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky, USA	Re: Monster Hunters 1 & 2 reviewed at Wired.com Spot on, I would say. The new magic system and the deduction system were were each alone worth the entry fee for me. I'm not playing a MH at the moment, Tyneras has been charged with a Quest to defeat the dreaded Finals, who have loomed like a shadow over this fair University for many months. Once they are defeated, games shall be had!

05-14-2011, 04:48 AM	#7
nerdvana Join Date: Nov 2006	Re: Monster Hunters 1 & 2 reviewed at Wired.com No change. Now, one observation I should make is that I am not logged in, I don't have an account there to log into and I don't see making one... perhaps that is why, are non-logged in people disallowed from making comments? (I figured on having to enter my email or something when I made the comment)