Dungeon Fantastic

The Long Weapons in Close Combat rules in GURPS Martial Arts are a gamechanger. In the Basic Set rules (and as far as I can tell, in DFRP...

In some game systems, spells and items will have special effects against certain creatures - more damage against evil beings, or undead, or ...

Yesterday I blogged about when to use magic in AD&D . What about GURPS Dungeon Fantasy ? Here is a basic overview which might prove ...

Occasionally in DF, you'll run into foes that are completely insubstantial, and which cannot be affected by normal weaponry. Here are ...

We had a few fights in Session 115 of Felltower . Generally, I just adjudicate fights. You're doing well, you're struggling, what...

What's GURPS 101? Just basic explanations of the GURPS rules as written, in an attempt to make a specific topic clear to someone just ge...

GURPS has two broad circumstances where you roll against HT in combat to stay active and effect - avoiding unconsciousness (see General Inju...

I've been meaning to post this for a while. A lot of people mix up three terms in GURPS as if they were one - basic damage , penetrating...

The GURPS 101 : Patching Holes series is meant to help players avoid specific weaknesses on their characters. It also is intended to help p...

The GURPS 101: Patching Holes series is meant to help players avoid specific weaknesses on their characters. It also is intended to help pl...

Sometimes players leave gaping holes on their GURPS characters. Sometimes it's assumption - I have high ST, DX, and combat skills, so ...

One of my players runs a Dungeon Fantasy Scout. But he's also not really conversant in GURPS. This generally isn't a problem, but fo...

Doug asked about expansions to Tactics yesterday, and Chris responded. But what does Tactics do already? Here is what it does by the r...

Here are some thoughts on meta-traits, for those relatively new to GURPS and wondering how to use them effectively. Some of the advice might...

How to be a GURPS GM by Warren Wilson (better known as Mook) 73 pages $9.99 in PDF One thing about GURPS is that it is a toolkit gam...

As Douglas Cole pointed out with our fighters in Swords & Wizardry , there aren't a lot of options to choose from. As a result, we ...

This is part of a multi-blog series on the basic and secondary attributes in GURPS. If you're new to the system, what are some things yo...

This is the start of a multi-blog series on the basic and secondary attributes in GURPS. If you're new to the system, what are some thin...

This is the start of a multi-blog series on the basic and secondary attributes in GURPS. If you're new to the system, what are some thin...

The lethality of GURPS can be a positive and a negative. As a positive, it makes for tense combats, adds real risk to decisions, and gives a...