Author: justinaquino
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GMing Back to Basics: Gming with very Basic Mnemonics – Active Listening GMing
The most basic mnemonic of GMing is being a good listener. Effective and Scientific Communication Skills are easy to take for…
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Running GURPS like Fate, and a conundrum
So I’ve been running GURPS like Fate… this would tear the hair out of any GURPS GM. But then I…
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Jan 11 2015 Game KM14
Jan 11, 2015 CTO vs 4 opfors, including myself. First time to use my WE AK74NU. A GBBR ak carbine…
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Gravity in everything the PCs do. Some mnemonic tools for your consideration
Things in a game goes along faster when we deal with what is important. We do this in summaries and…
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Sins of the Crusade: Episode 4, Season 2 – Byzantine Enemies
Thanks to +Willy So , +Milan Runic , +Il Pella , +Thunder Clonch , +Dan Mungham , and +Mike Dulay for joining the game. When the lion cannot fight his own…
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December 14 2014 Game
Notes:First use of our own Cheap Go Pros: the SJ4000 and the PixPro Mercury by Kodak. 2nd CTO hosted event…
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Scanning and Observation Notes
I like how Insurgency has a lot of dust and visibility penalties and the bots have good sneaking AI. They…
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Committed Phase, Game Theory-ish
I talked about schelling point before and I learned to put to words something recently: Committed Phase. Basically its a…
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My Ideal Work Style: The German Cultural Work Model
My Ideal Work Method. I know the article oversimplifies things but here are my thoughts on the matter. Goal Oriented…
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Sins of the Crusade Episode 03, Season 02
Thanks to +Il Pella , +Wilton Heath , +Dan Mungham , and +Mike Dulay for playing. Summary of Events After the events in Taranto, we fast forward 3…
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More thought into things
A lesson in my safety training, which has been enforced in other disciplines, is that doing something should include the…
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October 26 Game Reflections
Lesson from I should do more of the basic Gun Familiarity Drills before the others arrive. I will have the…
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Sins of the Crusade Season 2, Episode 2: Desperate Enemies
Thanks for +Mike Dulay , +Il Pella , +Alais Legrand , and +Thunder Clonch. +Wilton Heath was unable to join but gave a heads up early. I…
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Pistol Day with GMan.
Basically hung out with Gman to shoot in his back yard. I live in a condo so I dont have…
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Sins of the Crusade Episode 01, Season 02
Thanks to+Il Pella, +Wilton Heath, +Mike Dulay, +Thunder Clonch, +Matthew Cruz, and +Alais Legrand The week the party sworn themselves to Bohemmon, it feels a…
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DIY Sports Camera Mod for the NOTE 2
Is that a Note 2 on your head or your just happy to see me? Cons: Heavier than a Sports…
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Cylcing of Attention, Reflection between fractions of a Second.
Short Bursts vs Long bursts is more about how much “attention” and “tunneling” we allow ourselves in a situation. My…
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Jaded with Journalism
Strangely the people who argue against the 40:60 doesnt seem to work in BPO area or Law (so far in…
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Nylon Webbing, Fabric, and Polyester
After working with my mom on my weight vest and researching on nylon fabric its like all the vests I…
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Aggressive Rhythm, Concentrated Aim, and Fatigue Rhythm Disruption
Aggressive Rhythm is what I am calling the conditioning to Attack when: the defender takes the action to defend, an…
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The Two Me’s, Lessons, Weighted Vests
Last game was an unusual experience, because I was hitting at reacting from lessons from the other game while not…
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Gaming and Visualization
There is a study about Visualization and Learning [1] and Mindfulness Meditation [2] that seems to a pretty good mental tool for…
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[Open RPG notes] Narrative Fact , Yes-And, and Yes-But
Basically some definitions. I broke down Player Agency into some conceptual units – Fact, Yes-And, Yes-but, Gambit/Gamble. It is in…
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Tactical Boots Research
One of the hardest to find: 8″ high (for ankle support, because this is the small bones and the first…
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Sometimes I talk about Philosophy – Impossible Standard Argument, New Memetic Weapons
In a previous argument, someone used on me the Impossible Standard Argument – or what is basically “Moving Goal Posts”…
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Changing the Safety Game
Our safety standards are very close to international standards, what is different is enforcement. So if you are at least…
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Excellent News from CTO R&D
I just came from the plant an saw our machine shop. Currently researching how much it costs to machine the…
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Experimental Game Hypothesis – Mental Health Care
Gin no Saji aka Silver Spoon gave me an idea of how Cognitive Dissonance can be healthy. The anime is…
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Fallacies and Biases: Attacking the Source and not the Argument.
My brother loves DnD 4e, and I’ve not run as much games in 4e as he has. So I’ll take…