[RPG]: GURPS Dragons, reviewed by Frank Sronce (4/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10871.phtml

Frank Sronce's Summary:

The Great Wyrms are coming... to GURPS. A big, classy hardcover GURPS supplement.

Go to the full review for more information.

Post originally by Shanya Almafeta at 2004-11-29 12:06:31
Converted from Phorums BB System

Indeed!

Post originally by committed hero at 2004-11-29 14:54:04
Converted from Phorums BB System

Doesn't Goblins have color interior art?

Post originally by Count_Zero at 2004-11-29 16:46:45
Converted from Phorums BB System

Well, as it is, GURPS is notorious for having craptacular interior art. There are some exceptions, but they're a little tricky to find.

committed hero wrote:
-------------------------------
Doesn't Goblins have color interior art?

Post originally by Poisson Resistance at 2004-11-29 21:03:39
Converted from Phorums BB System

< For example, a cold-blooded dragon (in a realistic game) would probably have the disadvantages of Cold-Blooded and Sleepy and would receive fewer levels of Increased Life Support than their template normally offers.>

Technically, it would depend on how large the dragon is and how the dragon moves. Mass homeothermy and positioning of the body could make the trait "cold-blooded" more of a quirk, and maybe even a straight-out advantage. For instance, the "cold-bloodedness" of the Reptile Men from Fantasy Folk, which is defined by their Temperature Tolerance window.

Post originally by Phil Masters at 2004-11-30 00:23:17
Converted from Phorums BB System

Of 3rd edition GURPS books, *Goblins* does indeed have full colour interior art, but it's softback. *Alpha Centauri* is hardback, AND has full colour interior art (though perhaps not enough of it, although the page design has an austere beauty). The *Hellboy* limited edition version is hardback, with full-colour (often Mike Mignola) art throughout.

(And as this review implies, there's a very short thesis to be written on the influence of Mike Mignola on SJGames's favoured artists in recent years.)

The new 4th edition line is set to be systematically hardback-and-full-colour in every case.

--
Phil Masters

Post originally by Phil Masters at 2004-12-01 10:20:01
Converted from Phorums BB System

(Oh, and the hardback version of the *Transhuman Space* main book is full colour, too.)

Post originally by Larry Lade at 2004-12-01 17:51:16
Converted from Phorums BB System

Yes. I nominate Christopher Shy for best GURPs artist ever. Gearheads be damned.