RE: GURPS (WAS RE: [DL] Deadlands - Flagship vs. D20)

[DEHAIS Bertrand <DEHAISBE@cic.fr>]

I haven't got "Aces and Eights" yet, but I bought "Wanted : Undead or
alive", Gurps DL dime novel #2.
I personnally didn't enjoy the story much. I had quite the same problem as
Matthew with the way all the weirdness seemed to be known and accepted by
people. I felt the relics described were more like classical magical objects
than the typical DL casual item transformed by some event or person into a
powerful yet tainted version of said item.
But that's just me, I was certainly biased and disappointed with the fact
that Ronan Lynch wasn't featured...


bertrand

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	I got a copy of "Aces and Eights" in the mail the other day.  In
case you
	haven't heard, GURPS has licensed Deadlands and is producing not
only GURPS
	Deadlands but also a line of miniatures (in support of its Steampunk
and
	Atomic Horror sourcebooks) and Dime Novels.

	You heard it right, folks.  The Dime Novel format is back and "Aces
and
	Eights" is the first of the line.  It's a good first opening,
although I
	have some quibbles with the story.  It has a much more open
knowledge of
	magic than I personally use in my game (Hucksters are known about
but not
	approved of).  That being said, it may just be the company being
kept at the
	start of the story -- it centers on an Agency operative following
his
	partner's killers' trail to New Orleans.  Even though I don't like
the
	interpretation of the Deadlands world, it's well written and kept my
	interest.  The adventure seems sound, although I haven't run it for
anyone.
	Most importantly, however, is the conversion system that translates
between
	Deadlands and GURPS at the end of the Dime Novel.  With that handful
of
	pages, you can work between all of the GURPS supplements and
Deadlands.