[UA] Getting into the Madness

[S. Ben Melhuish]

Hollis McCray wrote:

> Hi there everyone. My name is Hollis McCray, and although I don't have 
> UA yet, I'm getting interested in it and thought I'd join the list to 
> get a 'feel' for the game.

Welcome aboard!

> Has anyone ever created/considered a character generator for UA? If not, 
> I might take up the task. (Any chance of free stuff from Atlas if I do? 
> :) )

I don't know of any; I imagine that UA's relatively freeform skill 
system, combined with its simple mechanics and chargen rules, might make 
it more trouble than its worth.

Not to speak for Atlas, but I don't know that they give free stuff for 
fan contributions, though they're good about linking to (and giving 
credit for) cool stuff from their web site.

> Could I get a list of common acronyms used here? That way I'm not 
> confused. ;)

Um.  IMUAC is In My UA Campaign.  BOHICA and OACOWA are left-over terms 
from UA1e, "bend over, here it comes again" and "open a can of whup-ass" 
for critical failures and successes, respectively.  WECHBY is sometimes 
used as the "woman everyone can have but you".  I'm sure there are 
others, but I can't think of any at the moment.

> Last, and mostl likely least, is there a GM's screen for UA? I didn't 
> see one in the catalog.

I know there's not an official one.  http://www.unknown-armies.com/ (a 
great resource if you don't know about it) has several cribsheet PDFs, 
along with some art; if you're feeling industrious, you could print 'em 
out on good heavy paper at Kinko's and hook them together somehow.

Enjoy!  This is one of the best RPG lists around.

-- Sben

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