Sean Punch's Journal

This week is named Hugh. The news:

• Another week balanced between writing and project management on things I can't share right now.

• My updates to the Warehouse 23 Digital Wish List and Warehouse 23 Wish List for GURPS went live.

This week is named Beatriz. The news:

• I balanced the week between writing and project management, both on projects I cannot mention as yet.

• My updates to the Warehouse 23 Digital Wish List and Warehouse 23 Wish List for GURPS await the webmaster's attention.

This week is named Hu. The news:

• I updated the GURPS News for January.

• I submitted updates to the Warehouse 23 Digital Wish List and Warehouse 23 Wish List for GURPS. Those will go live after the relevant parties process my input.

• The Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 has not been forgotten . . . its database entry was updated on Tuesday, so stay tuned.

• Otherwise, this was another trying week – and now I'm off to get a third COVID-19 shot during a winter storm, which should be fun – but I managed to get some writing done.

Rather than fill this week's update with minor clues about GURPS – we had meetings, I wrote, various projects moved a tick or two ahead – I'd like to say a few words about something far dearer to my heart.

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After a recent hospitalization, Warren "Mook" Wilson died on Wednesday, January 26. If you're reading this LJ for GURPS crumbs, you know who Mook was. You also know that just as I go by "Dr. Kromm," he went by "Mook." That moniker isn't inappropriate, even at this sad time.

Mook wrote How to Be a GURPS GM. In the course of doing so, he quoted me extensively . . . which led to a 12-year correspondence. His work in turn sparked my creativity; I wrote two follow-ups to his book. I'm not linking to those here because this is about Mook and what he contributed, not my scratching and musing.

Mook also ran the Discord server for GURPS. There were and are others, but that's the only one I know of that attracts freelancers who actually contribute to the game. It's also the friendliest place for new GURPS players to ask questions the forums are too static to handle . . . though Mook was also super-active there (he pulled all my quotes from the forums!).

And Mook did other stuff, too. Like videos to support GURPS. Like working with the creators of character-creation software and VTTs that support GURPS. As I've said several times already this week: I might be the world's foremost expert on the creation of GURPS content, but Mook was the world's foremost expert on using GURPS to have fun.

All of which is to say, I liked Mook, got along with him, and owe him a professional debt. If you play GURPS, you very likely owe him a debt, too. You might not even know it.

Happy trails, my friend, and thanks for everything.

This week is named Eleonora. The news:

• I approved art for GURPS Infinite Worlds: Nightreign, by James Amaral & Joshua Lopez. Expect it soon!

• I delivered a ton of input on a certain Gaming Ballistic project . . . maybe more than I worked on GURPS at least one day this week.

• I managed to do yet more writing.

This week is named Kay. It was another "still alive, still writing" kind of week. I'd love to have more to report, but the vast majority of what I'm working on is either not far enough along to talk about or (for the most part) just not interesting progress on specific projects.

This week is named Don, and he brings stubble, oversized jackets, fast cars, and the first update of 2022. The news:

• GURPS Infinite Worlds: Nightreign, by James Amaral & Joshua Lopez, moved from editing to production.

• I managed to do some writing.

• I updated the GURPS News for December.

In other news: We're locked down where I live, and life is very weird, with a curfew, limited shopping hours, and plenty of doom and gloom. Apologies in advance if the next few updates seem a bit brusque, grumpy, or just plain dreary.

This week is named Zaven. It was an epically bad workweek for me, because I was sick for almost all of it. Still, wheels turned (like my stomach, to overshare):

• We released GURPS Hot Spots: Sriwijaya. You can read about that here.

• The Daily Illuminator will provide full details before the end of the month, but I'm going to scoop it: As of January 1, 2022, the prices on many GURPS PDFs will increase modestly (by at most $1) – not to make us rich, but to keep up with inflation. If you were holding off on buying a few PDFs, you can save a bit by grabbing them before midnight, December 31.

And that's going to be it from me for 2021. As of now, I'm off until I return on January 3, 2022 – originally for vacation, but with my recent illness and a new COVID-19 lockdown where I live, mostly to recover my physical and mental health. I hope you all manage to do at least that much, and preferably more. Go forth and show me up! See you here next on January 7.

This week is named Liu. As with last week, the only news I have is "Yes, I'm still alive and still writing." Looks like we're going to get locked down again where I live, so I guess I'll . . . double down on writing?

This week is named Lin. Really, the only news she brings is that I got some writing done (good!) . . . but my health issues drifted from one body part to another (well, at least it's a change). There was also movement behind the scenes on the release schedule, but I'm not at liberty to talk about that right now.