As my ego reaches critical mass.

[gridlore]

As most of you know, I have on occasion written role-playing games. My biggest work so far was GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces. That book has received much acclaim. People often rank it as one of the best Traveller supplements ever.

This is good for my ego.

Now, we have an oft-delayed book detailing the Imperial Navy. It has gone through several sets of authors. People have started a movement to draft me to take over as primary author. That's rather amazing, in my opinion.

Let's see if the publisher agrees.

Comments

[cleverthylacine]

Where do I sign up for this? I want you to take over! NOW!

[isomeme.livejournal.com]

All *RIGHT*! I'll keep my fingers crossed. You'd be perfect for this.

Oooh. Navy.

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Ships? Wif guns? lots of big cool ships wif guns? Big guns?

Re: Oooh. Navy.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Megajoule lasers, meson accelerators, particle accelerators, and my favorite, the nuclear-pumped X-ray laser warhead equipped missile.

Re: Oooh. Navy.

[kengr]

Megajoule lasers? *yawn*.

Now *gigajoule* lasers would be fun.

"How powerful are their weapons?" asks the captain of the ethically challenged merchant.

"Let me put it this way. If one of their main guns scores a direct hit, the ship will be vaporized."

"Oh.... Sparks! Send 'We surrender!'"

Re: Oooh. Navy.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Actual moment from a game I ran when High Guard was new and the Earth was still cooling.

Me: "The cruiser demands that you prepare to be boarded."

Player: "Ha! We'll never surrender! How tough can they be?"

Me: "They have individual weapon bays larger than your ship."

Player: "Right! Cut power, and everyone into their best uniforms to greet our visitors."

Re: Oooh. Navy.

[kengr]

Ah. That *was* the post I had in mind when I wrote that. Hadn't realized it was yours. :-)

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

Wow... where do I sign? :)

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Cool. Good luck!

My recommendation:

[kshandra]

Don't wait for an answer. Start working on it now. I'd hate to see you paint yourself into a corner again the way you did with Starships.

Re: My recommendation:

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Trojan Reach I had nothing to do with Starships. Understandable error; after all I've been moaning about wanting that book for weeks.

Re: My recommendation:

[kshandra]

The way things have been going for me this afternoon, I should count my fucking blessings I remembered that it was a Traveller supplement.

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

I'm in the camp who agrees that Ground Forces was not only the best Traveller supplement but probably one of the top ten in quality for GURPS releases overall.

If you're going to end up doing Imperial Navy, I'll buy it in a heartbeat. If you're not, I'm going to continue being in general bored with GURPS and save my money for other game system books. I'll bet you a lot of people are going to agree with me on that, too.

[claire.livejournal.com]

I'll keep all my appendages crossed that this works out for you. That would rock!