Mailanka's Musings

Quite some time ago, I released a commissioned GURPS work: the Orphans of the Stars (If you’re a patron, check it out . If you’re not, fe...

"You were the chosen one"? Or maybe "Strike me down and I shall only become stronger." Forgive the provocative titl...

This will be my last "design notes" post for Orphans of the Stars.  I'm going to post the actual draft next week at this tim...

We know what the overall themes of gameplay are now, but we need to know what the PCs, themselves, do with it.  The ruling noble might dec...

After I had laid out my plans for the pieces of the game, I found it necessary to think my w how the game would play .  This turned into a t...

The first thing we chose to focus on, and what this series will devote all of its attention to, is politics.  I wrote the following post a...