THE TAKEOUT MENU #002
THE TAKEOUT MENU: Flyaway Missives from T Bone's Games Diner#002, December 29 2006 Hello again, kind readers and collaborators. This issue, slipping in just before the new year: site news, and the...
View ArticleT Bone's Rules of Dilettante Game Design, Part II
More navel-gazing, following an earlier inward journey of pretentious self-discovery (aka Part I).While moving old site and GULLIVER FAQs to a new FAQ page, I extracted some "GULLIVER game design...
View ArticleTHE TAKEOUT MENU #003
THE TAKEOUT MENU: Flyaway Missives from T Bone's Games Diner #003, March 11 2007 Read more...Spring tidings! It's Issue 003, and isn't your mailbox just *bursting* with excitement? The last issue was...
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THE TAKEOUT MENU: Flyaway Missives from T Bone's Games Diner #004, March 23 2007 What? Another one? No big newsletter this time, just one notice: Last call for testing/comments on GULLIVER Mini for...
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GULLIVER rules expansion for GURPS
Many a GURPS newcomer (and some experienced players too) ask: Can the game handle huge and tiny creatures?You bet! And it does so well, too. But even in GURPS 4e, the built-in tools are lacking in...
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It's here! GULLIVER Mini for GURPS 4e!
We interrupt your browsing for a special infomercial from T Bone's GURPS Diner.Hmm. Well, since we can't run actual infomercials here, I can at least show you the script. Read more...
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GULLIVER Mini download broken and fixed
A friendly reader from sunny (?) Greece informs me that the GULLIVER Mini download was not working. I don't know how long it's been kaput – as long as a week? – and had thought that, with downloads...
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Godzilla is stronger than you.
Well, sure, you knew that. But how much stronger?I was browsing John Woodward's nifty GURPS Godzilla page. His is no mere lazy stab at a handful of stats (like... well, this post is), but is a thorough...
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Gaming Notes: Playing Giants in any Game System
IntroductionOgres. Hulking Trolls. Tree-sized Giants. Mountain-sized Jotun. If they're defined by a size bigger than us, then for this article, they're all Giants. Because whatever the specifics, they...
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Summary of ways to handle power-vs-weight in GURPS creatures
Responding to this thread on the SJG forums, I started listing the different ways to handle the design issue of power-vs-weight in creatures. But my would-be post was getting farther from the focus of...
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RPG science: Biology fun for creature design!
Clearing out some old links I'd noted, here's some good reading for game designers (or just detail-happy GMs) wanting to give good, hard biology a friendly nod:The Biology of B-Movie...
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Minor update for GULLIVER Mini
I'm calling it v1.1, though even that's a stretch. There's no new content in the updated GULLIVER Mini ('cause, hey, none's needed!). The changes are:Some wording changesRow order in Agility Table...
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Minor update for GULLIVER Mini: Links fixed
Whoops. An earlier post announcing a minor update to GULLIVER Mini had broken links. (My own dumb fault, not the software's.) The break probably didn't throw off many people, but for new visitors, here...
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RPG science: Designing dinosaurs just got easier?
Dinosaurs may not have been as heavy as previously thought. Those are the words of scientists who found flaws in the models used to estimate weight:"Palaeontologists have for 25 years used a...
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RPG science: Character tails
Got a game character with a nice fluffy tail? Those things can be good for more than just Furry decor, you know. At a recent TED conference, biologist Robert Full presented research into the wonders of...
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Very tiny GULLIVER LITE for 3e update
The old GULLIVER LITE distillation of my GULLIVER for GURPS 3e rules is still available for all the retro 3e players out there. I noticed an embarrassing boo-boo in the text, though: long-outdated URL...
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Sports throwing skills in COSH
The old GULLIVER for GURPS 3e details throwing skills for use in sports, not combat. Generally, these gain a hefty distance bonus in exchange for several drawbacks: encumbrance penalties, a Ready...
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Handy links for articles related to creature size
Tiny improvement to the GULLIVER page: A short compilation of links to other items on this site related to building and gaming creatures of any size. If odd-sized critters are your thing, you should...
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RPG science: Dinosaurs heavier than thought?
"Dinosaurs may be lighter than we thought!" That's the news item I welcomed in RPG science: Designing dinosaurs just got easier? a couple of years ago. I liked the sound of that discovery, as the...
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