e23 News

e23: A Compendium Of Critters

Legend and lore have filled the woods, waters, and winds with all manner of strange and wonderful creatures. GURPS Classic: Fantasy Bestiary brings those beasts to your gaming table, with meticulous research married to GURPS game stats. Discover the "truth" behind chemosits, kelpies, pookas, sphinxes, and more.

Whether frightening heroes or filling a menagerie, GURPS Classic: Fantasy Bestiary has enough oddities to strike fear in the core of any mortal mind.

-- Steven Marsh

e23: High-Utility Nobility

If you ever need a batch of royals in a pinch, check out The Royalty. It includes a full set of nobility ready to use in any game world, complete with histories, personalities, and plans. It includes 213 individuals to populate any castle or capital that comes your way. Thanks to The Royalty, your banquets will never be empty again!
– Steven Marsh

e23: Just What The Captain Ordered!

It's another issue of Captain's Log, the support magazine for Star Fleet Battles. Captain's Log #19 warps in from 1999 to deliver 112 pages of galactic goodness. Shore leave is on hold; this issue's too fun to miss!
– Steven Marsh

e23: Three Cheers For Conan!

Now that we have GURPS Classic: Conan available on e23, it makes me want to cheer!

(ahem) "We've got Conan! Yes, we do! We've got Conan! How 'bout you?"

Hmm. Maybe I'm not cut out for this. And I admit the cheerleading outfit probably isn't doing me any favors. Still, GURPS Classic: Conan is pretty awesome . . . and you may want to check it out before I'm tempted to rhyme "Crom" with "pom-pom."

-- Steven Marsh

e23: More News Is Good News!

As a gamer, I have a fascination for game-company newsletters: What was on their mind, what were their plans, and how did they turn out? That's why I enjoyed perusing Star Fleet Times #1-#5, a collection of newsletters for Star Fleet Battles.

These five issues are all from 1995, and in addition to nostalgic news they also contain other bits of game info as well as tidbits from behind the company's curtain. Pick up these issues and become up-to-date on the past!

– Steven Marsh

e23: Tentacle Difficulties

The world ends. Nearly everyone is dead. How could it get any worse?

Oh, did we mention the Cthulhu mythos is involved? Yeah . . . it's officially "worse."

Once you dare unleash the mysteries of Cthulhu Apocalypse: The Apocalypse Machine, you'll have the tools you need to build your own private armageddon for Trail of Cthulhu – then try to survive in it. Horror-minded GMs can also harness the gamerly power of the Apocalypse Machine itself.

With Cthulhu Apocalypse: The Apocalypse Machine, you just might live to see tomorrow. Anything beyond that is dicier!

-- Steven Marsh

e23: Ashen To Ashen, Stars To Stars

Think of Ashen Stars as the "grim and gritty" reboot of a space-opera series that never existed. It's a huge full-color RPG written by award-winning author Robin D. Laws. It's big, it's bold, and it's in need of heroes. That's where you come in.

Mind you, I've been a fan of the original Ashen Stars since I found some of those old comic-and-record collections back in the 1970s. (I'm kidding, of course . . . or am I?)

-- Steven Marsh

e23: I Was Born On A Pirate Ship!

In the right campaign, you can be forced to come up with the details of a pirate ship at a moment's notice. If your world's waters run red, use So What's The Pirate Ship Like, Anyway? to generate the ship's name, its flags or figureheads, and what its crew knows about adventure on the high seas. Yo-ho-ho and a fistful of dice!

– Steven Marsh

e23: Enjoy A Talent Show

Even if you're highly skilled, you can never have enough tricks up your sleeve to give you an edge. That's where GURPS Power-Ups 3: Talents comes in. Written by GURPS mastermind Sean Punch, this supplement compiles all Fourth Edition talents to date, then expands on that foundation with new options and abilities. Get talented!

– Steven Marsh

e23: Join Us, Sir Ted! Father Ted And I Were About To Visit Lady Ted!

Whenever I run a campaign, I have to resist the urge to name everyone "Ted" just to keep the game going. Now, thanks to So What's The Human Called, Anyway?, I don't have to! With the roll of two dice, I can come up with Anglo‐Saxon, Finnish, Greek, Roman, or Viking names in an instant. Ted's dead, baby; Ted's dead.

-- Steven Marsh