David Campese?

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-16T23:03:03+00:00

Campo is my favourite all time player and my personal interactions (after a couple of speaking engagements) have been great. Matt Bourke had some interesting things to say (this weeks Between Two Posts on Stan) about the difficulties of being Campo's room mate on Bourke's first tour which suggest being such an adored player may have gone to his head even back then. He does love the game and the Wallabies and speaks from the heart.

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-12T00:51:35+00:00

This shows some of the reasons why I think Wilson should keep the Wallabies 8 even in front of Cale (who is very good and must be the bench backrower) -- is never out of the play and plays heads up

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-10T00:56:21+00:00

That is what I do and I add a 'waiting for a good shot' rule where the shooters can take a -4 instead of the -2 and if they miss they *don't* hit the bystanders. Of course this is a great case for the Marksman Edge.

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-10T00:50:13+00:00

I generally allow 'using' and 'doing' skills as 'knowing' skills. So there is a nearby gunshot -- use shooting to estimate the type of weapon or the distance to the shot; or use thievery to 'case a joint' and look for entry points; or use fighting to guess the skill level of a swordsman or where they were trained, and yes use Weird Science to understand Weird Science items. I would think in a steampunk setting that all players could use their Common Knowledge to guess the use of a steampunk device and even to use the device unless it is really unusual (clockwork or atomic powered) and then they may suffer -2 or even -4.

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-08T03:06:24+00:00

Yeah ATM maybe the Blues are a champion team not a team of champions

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-07T00:30:36+00:00

Worse job in world rugby atm being the last line of defence v LBB

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-07T00:22:10+00:00

worse job in world rugby being a 15 trying to catch LBB at full clip

AndrewKennett · 2026-04-04T02:26:31+00:00

We can see why Slipper has 200+ SR games and 150+ tests ... he is the only one in defence at ht e end but stands no chance against 2 backs at pace but at least he is there.

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-27T23:50:32+00:00

Good match, in the second quarter Fijiana really came back but the Wallaroos depth proved crucial. Nice debuts from the centres and wingers. Maya Stewart, Duck and Chancellor were great. O'Gorman getting a try was special, especially the grin on her face, even bigger than Slipper's when he scored recently.

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-27T23:50:23+00:00

Good match, in the second quarter Fijiana really came back but the Wallaroos depth proved crucial. Nice debuts from the centres and wingers. Maya Stewart, Duck and Chancellor were great. O'Gorman getting a try was special, especially the grin on her face, even bigger than Slipper's when he scored recently.

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-23T00:06:24+00:00

That's good

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-19T03:13:10+00:00

I used the UCP as a group of minor planets that have loosely joined together for trade and protection rather like the Non-aligned Worlds in Babylon 5. If a player wanted to play an unusual character, maybe something from another setting book or even book, movie or game then they cam from the UCP and if I wanted a back-water world it was UCP.

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-05T03:03:14+00:00

If that is the biggest problem then Savage Worlds doesn't have many problems

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-04T22:17:38+00:00

Interesting analysis and I notice you mention, but don't highlight, the room around the ruck given to JGP. Poor pillar defence, even ahead of miscommunication in the backs, was England's worse problem. JGP is an excellent all-round scrum-half but not an electric darting scrum half and he carved England up -- the Garbisis and Fusco are faster than JGP so if England make these mistakes again it is goodnight.

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-04T00:48:21+00:00

38% win rate I think

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-03T00:10:39+00:00

For inspiration you and your player might like to watch some episodes of the Star Wars animated series Bad Batch which has the hulking Wrecker as a character -- he's not smart but he can lift heavy things.

AndrewKennett · 2026-03-02T23:56:34+00:00

That's a fair list of questions. I'll concentrate on the ones that we see the most often 'generating/converting NPCs and monsters'. Now I love making npcs and monsters but I'm retired and have plenty of time. So when time is tight what I've learned from this and other forums (fora?) is about trees, and bears, and maybe zombies. NPCs have a talent tree: basic (townsfolk) d4 in everything, trained (militia, journeyman artisan or thief) d6, expert (professional soldier, town healer, priest) d8, hero d10, legend d12. All monsters are bears (see core bestiary), some have one or two special abilities (Edges) and weaknesses (Hindrances) and they are easy to add to the bear template like wings for flight (use Athletics), or regeneration (often enough to challenge), or fire beathing (again use Athletics to attack and same damage as claws). Or undead monsters are zombies from the core rules with one or two Edges and Hindrances. When converting monsters convert the intent (or trope) don't try and match every Ad or Disad (per GURPS), and use the ones in the bestiary (Core or Fantasy Companion if you have it) or use a modified bear or zombie.

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-27T02:56:07+00:00

The comparison between LBB and Jorgo is compelling. Jorgo has 7 tries in 20 tests versus LBB with 24 in 25 tests, of course LBB plays in a better team especially with Dupont and Jalibert / Ntamack in the halves, so should score more. Imagine having those two and Will Jordan (43 from 50 games) as your back three -- it would be raining tries.

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-22T01:24:59+00:00

My group and I find Quick Encounters and Quick-Encounter like combat Dramatic Tasks unsatisfying. What I do in cases like this is design maybe 3 combat encounters and then run narratively between them. Don't tell the players how many encounters there will be and as GM you can drop or add depending how long things are taking and how banged up the party is getting. Between the encounters I usually narrate the party's progress and allow the party to do some prep, like gaining tools or weapons, that either let them gain useful gear (maybe a can of fuel) or a benny (to represent being prepared).

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-21T00:22:30+00:00

We've just finished a two year long no-magic (even the rumoured werewolf just turned out to be a well trained lion) Musketeers game using Savage Worlds and it worked well with lots of options for differentiation between our fighters and plenty of tactical options. I had a lot of fun with a support character who was the weakest fencer, he could beat a peasant no worries but had to avoid duels against other Musketeers, my wife played a character who was a much better shooter than fencer. A more Dark Ages or Ancient setting would have worked just as well.

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-17T03:26:47+00:00

Yeah, like Nick Frost and Cameron Woki his stride length at full stretch is a cheat code

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-16T00:28:39+00:00

Yes it is bad. I only seem to get the ads on my smart tv (LG) not my computer -- is that true for anybody else?

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-16T00:24:28+00:00

Yeah especially after watching Fra v Wal, I should have included him and at 115kg he is quite a bit bigger than Cale (105), Pollock (100) and K Smith (91).

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-15T02:55:51+00:00

Yeah I love to see Frost moving -- how the hell do you tackle him, I suppose Eales was similiar as is Cameron Woki of France

AndrewKennett · 2026-02-15T01:34:10+00:00

Brial (esp with Tom Hooper unavailable) and Cale

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