So glad I found a new GURPS youtuber, gotta be supportive of all I discover, this was a really cool video.

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Time paradox

run a scenario closing an airlock, similar to combat demos

D&D abstract combat is good for what it is, but excruciating if you actually want to make tactical combat decisions and have them matter.

Dude! It's so nice of you. Thanks

Once again, a banger. Thanks.

At first, I thought this wasn't making sense. However, as usual, when you just give it a shot, the game's rules just end up working.

I am a simple man. I see an easyGURPS video. I click "like." But using grid maps for GURPS? Come on man! It's this kind of compromise that prevents companies from making hex maps. Mostly kidding. Mostly. Looks like fun. Carry on.

Seeing more battle mats is always cool! 🙂

1:40 I'm pretty sure 15/2 is 7.5 ^^° not 10.

there is a custom mana point add on? because the basics only use Fatigue points. how does that fit together? as in, is it dependent on IQ?

Things that people seem to misunderstand is, that, yes, the in game time in combat gets slower, but the real time until the next character can act gets so much faster. Which is a lot more important for me.

Damn this is a neat idea though the big hurdle is keeping the price low enough without sacrificing anything. As for the price I'm willing to pay, I'd say $100, $150 at the most. Foundry is only $50 and Roll20 is free but there is something you lose when you don't have the tactile experience of moving your guy across a map and it is a whole lot easier to inprov stuff on a dry erase hex map then fiddling with the touchy drawing program used by 20 or Foundry so I can see a market for it (especially for people who have a ton of minis and terrain built already), so long as it doesn't break the bank. Now it would even cooler if you could kinda mixed the best of both worlds with this system because while there is a lot of stuff that's just better on a "it feels good man" level with using physical stuff and roles; there are some useful quality of life features that VTT's bring as well. Like when you mix tasteful use of CG with well thought out practical effects in a movie, these are two things that work better when they complement rather then replace one another.

Where did you get those spiral bound mats ? Very cool !

It seems to me the background sounds are maybe just a trifle cheery for an experience in an old church with undead. 😂 Edit: the suspensful music just came on😊

We would play that dodges were just the chance the defenders movement causes the attacker to miss. We would do Preemptive dodges so you could use your last action to dodge and hold that dodge for the rest of the melee round.

Hey where did your character sheet go on Ko-fi? I really love it but can't seem to find it. Edit: Found it under the Rando2Heroes set for anyone else wondering!

I think it would be cool to upload the docs to a LLM and run scenarios

Wow, game mechanics that make sense? Impossible consoomer, give wotc 60$ for three subclasses the intern who doesnt play dnd made in a single afternoon

honstly. I feel like D&D would have taken twice as long for the same combat. Or same-ish at best. Additionally, since every turn is very fast (1 second in game does not allow for many actions to do which is a good thing) turns rotate pretty quickly.

Ranged rapid strike with quick-shot and CQB talent’s is a super strong combo

Easy, I love Space Randos, but will we ever continue the story of Bingledorf and his hapless band?🙂

My fluency in English is unfortunately not that great, but I think your idea of ​​playing GURPS SPACE SOLO is amazing and I watched some videos when I was looking for GURPS material a few months ago, which was my passion as a teenager. I intend to carry out a similar project soon, but using an RPG system that I am creating especially for this and I am very grateful for the inspiration you are giving me!

Immediately i thought of being able to interact with friends and family that live farther away. This method seems more cozy than a vtt. What i'd use it for specifically? 1. Art collabs 2. Rpgs 3. Homework/projects 4. Brainstorming

I'm so down for more space randos content

If someone is paying for the scans, who is and what are they doing with the data? I don't understand how that survey authority doesn't own the claim or defend your claim and tax exploitation?

I realize you're making quick and dirty travel but an au/day/gee made me throw up in my mouth a little! 8-P

the music is great with the gunfight lol. youre really describing the fight!

The problem with the Campaign Planning Form is while it sounds like it is for _planning_ the campaign, it's more a Session -1 form. It gives a bunch of mechanical items that you will want to communicate to your players (and doesn't even do that very well). Even then, it says nothing of what the campaign is _about_ past the basic genre. Will there be travel, will there be lots of (or any) combat? Sandbox, or a single plotline?

I think there's a sweet spot between too detailed but realistic and too under detailed but faster and easier. And to me both systems seem to fail on opposite sides of the sweet spot. Why would every parry be less effective? I don't get that.

1. Absolutely, I have lots of physical miniatures so I'd love this. 2. I think this could be good for schools, especially for collaborative presentations. 3. It would need to be cheap enough to get multiple. The issue is that if you have multiple participants, you need multiple setups. I don't know how realistic under $100 would be. The big roadblock I see is that if the device is $100, I as the GM need one, but also my players need them too. VTT is cheap, and that's what everyone will be comparing it to. If this could somehow be integrated with phones that would be ideal, a kit could come with a stand for your phone, and a projector, and a case to keep everything in. I love the concept.

looks nice

OMFG!!! 1: OH YES!!! 2: I can clearly see 2 kids playing and drawing together even far away! This can be used for ADHD and autism activity between a specialist and a child who is far away. 3: Knowing that a projector is less than 100$, a small cheap computer is about 100$, a camera is 20$, let's say 100$ for the metal table stand, 20$ of cables, I would say 500$ max for the full device program included. But if there was instructions, it could be fairly easily replicated (3D print the stand, BYOD compatibility), the only important thing would be the program, wich could go for about 100$ or a 10-20$ subscribriction, or something like that i don't know. This Is the future of long-distance RPG. This will send Hasbro's VTT to the garbage. Protect it.

Great idea! Happy your company encouraged you to pursue it! 1. For simple games absolutely! 2. Would be fantastic for quick collaborations without the limitation of most virtual white boards if there was a record/snapshot function. I am currently working on a boat project on the east coast and my "sounding board" is on the west cost. Your idea would save enormous time and frustration. 3. No idea at the moment on the cost estimate. Will have to think on that a bit.

1. I wouldn't use it over a vtt as I use vtts because I don't have minis. Maybe you could also "wormhole" a vtt and combine it with physical space too? 2. To play boardgames, brainstorming in business meetings, chess tournaments... 3. 250 dollars

Our Rifts house rules were not many. We did have one big one. We let a dodge be used over and over again until it was that character's turn again. I.E. You lose initiative, and 3 goblins shoot 3 arrows at you. You dodge once, aka you lose one attack. However, we rolled the dice three times, even though it was only 1 attack used up. This wasn't for gameplay reasons. It was to accept the fact that people will simply forget what was rolled literally 5 seconds ago. We're all human, it happens. So, you roll each dodge as they come. Roll for each arrow individually rather than have one dodge roll that every enemy has to beat to hit you. You are in a "dodge state" until it is your turn. Another rule we thought of later (as in we had stopped playing Palladium games) was to use dodge vs gunfire, but only if you have cover to dodge behind (or be super agile or flying). If you are in the open, you can only run, changing the minimum needed to roll to hit you from 5 to 8. After you reach cover, then you can start dodging when somebody shoots guns at you.

Horror Factor is meant to be used with Insanity tables. If you haven't read it, try reading the TTRPG "Beyond the Supernatural" It's like a light weight version of Call of Cthulhu. It's also the basis for what the RIFTS story line was founded on. I also see the previous comment about the peeling book, Suggestion: Try using clear packing tape along the edges of the book and the spine. It makes a huge difference in the books structural integrity.

The basilisk fails his perception check due to the range penalties on it. (range penalties are really bitchy in GURPS) (Basic p550. Penalty for range 21-30 yds is -7. Even if range penalties for perception arent as severe as they are for ranged attacks it should at least be a -1) Spear guy- a 3 or 4 is always a hit and a critical, regardless of skill. (Basic p381) The rogues' knife- A high quality weapon is a good way to help your damage output when a character can afford one. Also, he could use an all-out attack with the +2 damage option to enable possible penetration of the DR.

Love this on my second re-watchind of the full series...

I wish more channels do this with different systems.

I'm late in commenting but nice job in showing how GURPS combat can be fun, fast paced and exciting... other have probably pointed out a number of rules mistakes... like 4 always being a crit and some other small oversights... awesome map and table... I'm planning to build a screen-table as well ... looks great!

GURPS, once understood, is a lot of fun as you say. To answer your question, NO this wasn't too long when you factor in the tension mounting. Although I had to laugh at the wizard going all in for that last Fireball, then completely wiffing! But that is a strong example of why these games are so much fun. I personally love the 1 second round and find it makes combat much more realistic. Keep up the great work!

For any non-GURPS people watching this, parry is skill/2+3 round down, so 15/2=7.5 7.5+3=10.5 round down=10 but easyGURPS has internalized the rules to such a degree that he forgot to mention the +3.

what do you think of Mailanka's space combat system for Psi-Wars?

I did run a GURPS game last night with players that did not know the rules. It was fast and fun. The key was that I'm very familiar with the rules and could tell them what options they have and also did all the math for them. Also I created the characters for them. In case I would have started the session with character creation and by explaining the rules to them (esp. fighting options) they would not have given GURPS a try. So IMO it is really important to not overwhelm new players with all the options. Overtime they will start to look up and learn rules by themselves.

Honestly, at the velocity they're hitting they're gonna cause a significant sized blast anyways. So folks, you know what time it is, it's FUN WITH HIGH VELOCITY PHYSICS time, yaaay! At 2 miles/sec, they're going to cause an explosion slightly greater then their mass in TNT. So according to Spaceships a 12cm railgun round weights 80 lbs. and at a ~3.2 km/s it's going to have a blast effect on par with ~96.8 lbs of high explosives! That's about 6d×20 cr ex damage, that's an average of ~413 points of damage. That house wood house and those two goons would be abstract art after this heh. For those of you who want to use this, just multiply the mass of the projectile by (0.5× (its velocity in m/s)^2)/4.28×10^6. After that use the formula on page 415 of the Basic Set to figure damage. Just set up a spread sheet and you can have high velocity fun at your table top at any time!

far interesting than videogames

Watching all four parts now.