March 4, 2011: Happy GM's Day

A gamemaster's life is a rough one. You spend hours crafting villains only to have them cut down in minutes by a player's lucky critical hit. You research the social scene of 1920s Chicago only to have the party decide to stay home instead. You work through difficult character concepts only to have the player decide to play a fighter after all.

In honor of you, the beleaguered GM, we celebrate GM's Day with a bonus upload! In addition to the normal Thursday upload on e23, here are six more PDFs to fill that gap in your collection, to give yourself a digital copy of that book you've got in storage, or to get a different perspective on your setting of choice.

• In Nomine: Corporeal Player's Guide. Angels seek to inspire them; demons try to corrupt them. Both know that humans are the key to the Divine War, and this book is your key to them.
• In Nomine Superiors 1: War & Honor. The Archangels of the War Faction are War, Stone, Judgment, and the Sword. No matter what side of the Fall you're on, these four should be on your radar.
• GURPS Classic: Covert Ops. Spies, cat burglars, and assassins -- this tome is your guide to the tools of the shadow trade.
• GURPS Traveller Classic: Ground Forces. Not everyone in Traveller gets to fly fighters -- some march through the mud like soldiers have for millennia.
• Car Wars City Blocks 3. Who needs an arena when you've got the city streets?
• GURPS WWII Classic: Grim Legions. Italy's forces in WWII were unique; this book has all the details.

And remember: the best way for players to celebrate GM's Day is to buy them dinner!

-- Paul Chapman