Ran a modified version of it (like everyone else) as part of my Dark Con Endurance campaign. This was one of the "payoff" missions where the players would finally get to see a little bit of the grand conspiracy from the very top. My group never really got that advantage, see. They caused a...

20 years huh? So that's where all those gray hairs came from. I think I first saw it promo'd in either Challenge or GDW's yearly catalog release. The gloss ads were amazing and they really sold it well. Nothing like it at that time existed and if you were a fan of paranormal settings, this promised ...

Coming late to this, I was in the playtesting, and was starved for a new edition. We all thought it would work out and with some of the talent behind the new writing (Mike, Geoff and the rest) the bulk of us were optimistic that these books would be what we'd hoped for. We were sold on the "Lig...

Obviously there are many resources for "lost world" underworld critters and their origins. However, not too long ago, I acquired a book "Caverns, Cauldrons and Concealed Creatures" and got to talk with its author, Mike Mott ( http://www.mottimorphic.com / ). Mike is avid historia...

The armchair warriors remark...I always thought the basic assumption in GDW's rules that it's fairly hard to shoot someone while you and/or they are moving and you're stressed out was about right but agree that the implementation left something to be desired. Calculating STR reductions for recoil p...

Being a little harsh aren't you, Linden? :) I forgot gamers can be rather...direct...in their criticisms. It's fine. I was writing off the cuff when I wrote that blog entry so I generalized a bit. Even under license, it was still a Chaosium product. Let's not pick too many nits. :) Also, at the time...