Author: justinaquino
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GURPS updated Effort level March 2016
Let’s centralize the Rules of Fatigue and to change some In-game incentives and strategies. Rules Modifications Fatigue Levels and Penalties.…
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GURPS Random Character Creation Draft
Its going to take a lot of work to reference and fill this up. I want the Traits to be…
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Games and Dining in the Philippines
There has been a growth of Games and Dining places in the Philippines. Currently the are focused on Board Games,…
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Rationality Tools for Gaming: Thinking Fast and Slow Ch 21-23
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman has been a strong influence in game design of late. Especially since I…
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How Google’s research in Team Dynamics relates to your Game
Let me try to break this 5,000 word article to something easier. Note that I’m summarizing and simplifying its still…
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the Bias we have with the Narrative of Success
Chapter 19 is Called Illusion of Understanding (In thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman). Hindsight makes mistakes appear obvious,…
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Role-Playing Elements as Player Character Cards
Don’t you just hate it if you can’t keep track of your Character’s motives, limitations, nuances, biases, etc… Can I…
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I bought my first set of Weights.
Landmark Makati, 3200php for 80lbs two handlbars I’ve never bought my own weights, my dad had some lying in the…
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More Physical DnD 5E: movement, strength, and exhaustion.
These rules make it harder to travel and perform feats of strength compared to the Rules As Written. This puts…
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Just a Minor ugprade for both Laptops to 8GB each.
Spent months now and then trying to figure out RAM compatibility. Didn’t know they were pretty much standardized. At the…
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It’s all about the agency
In historical settings, where status matters more, it just highlights the adaptability and agency of the character by how they…
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Hangouts Updated 2016
Google System Requirements for Hangouts JUST VOICE 300kbps (kilobit) (35KBps or KiloByte/s) uploading just voice and downloading just 1 other…
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Listening at x2 speed
High Speed Audio. I first began listening to videos at x2 the speed When I first got my Audible App…
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How I would have Done it – Some of my story telling rules
Some of the Story telling Rules I try to follow (with limits of my attention) that is applicable to games…
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High Initiative Narrative
A warrior, a guy in armor, is a vision of Prowess being much younger. But then ones grow up and…
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汉语 课 Chinese Classes for a Long time.
There are Chinese classes in the Ateneo Confucius Institute of basic, intermediate, advance and practical speaking. There are about 6…
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In Medias Res – Why can’t we just have all Action?
The Anime Hai to Gensou no Grimgar triggered this post. It was an experience which had promise at first but…
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Basis, Up2, and Fitbit Charge HR Review
Yes I wear 3 trackers. not Counting my Phone (which has Google Fit) I’ve been using fitbit for a while.…
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Macros or Protein Counting,
So I measure by Meat to Grams. Since most meat tends to have ~20% protein, then 5 meat grams is…
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Adding Yogurt to my Diet, Protien Shake Alternative
You may have heard that yogurt is “healthier”, I’m curious why. Simplified: Yogurt converts the Lactos Glucous into Lactic Acid.…
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Framing and its Ethics; the Framing of Condition Level Systems
The relationship to Games is the GMing Skill in Framing Affect: The ability to Frame in: Opportunity Seeking vs Loss…
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A5/Statement Booklet Analysis Notes: Breaking up Ideas in 5min chunks
I’m currently fascinated by the Statement Sized (half letter) and A5 booklet format. One reason is because it is easy…
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Scoping GURPS Crusades Character Creation and Campaign Book 4E
This is how GURPS character creation crusades would look like if I had the permission/blessing to make it with just…
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Scoping: If I ran GURPS 4E Again
GURPS was my core go to material for a while and because it was too tough to digest I gave…
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Curiously Scoping: If I ran D&D Again
wondering what I would do different. if I would ever run D&D again. If included the time I would do…
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Food Metrics and Trying to be more Frugal
So I looked at my diet and I can barely get the 60g of maintaining protein content I need to…
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Update in Homebrew Traveller SRD, Careers
An exercise of categorical thinking and how I understand my world. This Traveller homebrew has more stats. Str, Dex, Con,…
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HIT vs Endurance my Self Analysis
the draw backs of HIT vs regular Endurance Training (or Lactic Acid tolerance build up) it may take 200hr of…
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Meal Prep Sunday: 50% beef chili
Total Time: set up and cooking was about 1 hour. Sorry I cant seem to order the pictures lolz. 50%…
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Booklet Creation
Things you can only do with an Open SRD Type System: Splitting up Booklets so that its modular and can…