Review: BMD - First Blood
These days, few TTRPG products spark any excitement in me. Aside from ACKS II, Brozer, and UMBROS, there were only two things on the horizon that I've been looking for - BMD and Mission X. While the latter remains on the indefinite horizon, the first version of the former has been released. So, what is BMD? It is a tabletop RPG that aims to be a proper, complete game, something akin to AD&D 1e or ACKS II. You get the book, you have everything you need to run the game in it.
BMD is a game about galactic warfare between humans and aliens by RuleOfThule, the host of the
Primeval Patterns substack (check it out, it's full of good stuff). The concept is very appealing to me. A few years ago I tried to wrangle GURPS into this with my semi-stillborn Galactic Havoc project, but I found that the system doesn't really work too well for that sort of stuff without some kind of abstracted combat (See? It all ties back to my current project). Thus, BMD is something that was on my radar. So, let's say #ThankYouRuleOfThule and read the actual book.
These days, few TTRPG products spark any excitement in me. Aside from ACKS II, Brozer, and UMBROS, there were only two things on the horizon that I've been looking for - BMD and Mission X. While the latter remains on the indefinite horizon, the first version of the former has been released. So, what is BMD? It is a tabletop RPG that aims to be a proper, complete game, something akin to AD&D 1e or ACKS II. You get the book, you have everything you need to run the game in it. BMD is a game about galactic warfare between humans and aliens by RuleOfThule, the host of the Primeval Patterns substack (check it out, it's full of good stuff). The concept is very appealing to me. A few years ago I tried to wrangle GURPS into this with my semi-stillborn Galactic Havoc project, but I found that the system doesn't really work too well for that sort of stuff without some kind of abstracted combat (See? It all ties back to my current project). Thus, BMD is something that was on my radar. So, let's say #ThankYouRuleOfThule and read the actual book.