Category: System Mechanics
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Concepts I re-learned reviewing the Starter and Essentials Set.
Concepts I re-remembered reviewing the Material. 3d6 Bell Curve. Rarer Extremes, more frequent near the Median. The biggest change is…
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Social Actions – Character Options in Social problems in your games part 2 of 2
What is the Social Equivalent of Flanking? Options in Combat engage us by giving us Power over the situation. I…
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Do you like exploring Status and Wealth – Social problems in your games? part 1 of 2
Status and Wealth in TRPGs give a framework about seeing Social Issues in Action. Especially when the setting is NEAR…
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Mechanics that focus on Prioritization and Agile Thinking
As a gamer, when i see an attempt to do something I think about “rolling to do something”. Now that…
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On Fortifications – DE MUNITIONIBUS CASTRORUM part 1
17-01-12 On Fortifications 1. Nunc papilonum tensionem cohortium supra scriptarum ostendimus. Papilio unus occupat pedes X, accipit incrementum tensurae pedes…
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Studying Authors’ Writing Style
I need to create a good method of researching an Author’s writing style. here is my draft process: Google/Search Author’s…
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Index Card RPG
I’ve discussed Index Cards as a key tool for RPGs before. I’ve not had the inspiration or the framework to…
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Definition of Terms. More useful ones.
This is speculation on what kind of gaming material I’d like to make If I had the time. I’ve improved…
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Core Mechanics can get complicated.
I almost take for-granted how complicated the basic mechanics can be: Determine relevant Scores or Stats for the roll. This…
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Adventuring Skills part 1: Problem Solving Skills
Gaming has been influential in giving me a sense of adventure and exploration. It has helped frame much of my…
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GURPS Lite Character Creation May 31 Report
I’m still hammering away at it. I’ve under-estimated the amount of hours it would take to gamify this. If there…
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My notes in using Zones
Zones (in Fate SRD) is a method of handling the location of a scenario or scene. Instead of working with precise…
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Running GURPS more narratively Part 3: implications
Continued from Running GURPS more narratively Part 2 A more elegant approach to complexity This makes it more elegant to me: the…
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Profession Skill Scope
As work also inspires my gaming, I’ve come to see Profession more differently. Market Knowledge Market Cycles. the seasons of…
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Running GURPS More Narratively Part 2; Faster GURPS Combat April 2016 Update
Quick Review from Running GURPS more Narratively One Roll per Player Scene Non-Binary Consequences (NBC) Success at a Cost Task Difficulty…
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Merchant Skill decoupled in GURPS
Merchant Skill is calibrated for Combat focused game and has been built in too many capabilities that should be delegated…
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Notes on Open Warfare System: The Headache
Open Warfare System is an open rp game system designed to run warfare games that would fairly capture logistics and…
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GURPS Lite Constructive Review
GURPS Lite Review by Colin Design Goals of GURPS Lite by my guess Basic Mechanics Introduce a Playable Combat. Gun…
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GURPS Magic Notes 26: 2016 Update
So I’m listening to Kenneth Hite’s GURPS Cabal using @Voice. I bought the book few months ago and only now had…
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GURPS Languages
Collaborative Gamer’s GURPS Language and Some thoughts Language should be treated like a Real World Superpower. We take it forgranted…
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When Certainty Fails 40% of the time, and Luck has a greater factor to Success than skill.
“But the evidence is unequivocal — there is a great deal more luck than skill involved in the achievements of…
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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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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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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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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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Booklet Creation
Things you can only do with an Open SRD Type System: Splitting up Booklets so that its modular and can…