Month: November 2012
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GURPS Lite Setting Specific Polished
I predict that it will be around christmass when I will finish my final polish this this GURPS lite doc…
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Organized some text: GURPS Lite setting specific
I tried to reconstruct my GURPS lite that was specific to Low Tech. I’ve hit a milestone where I finished…
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Life style costs
I think it takes an extr ordinary amount of discipline, forethought and luck to maximize how i spend my time.…
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Some Rules for Open RPG: System Effect of Difficulty and Modifiers
Here are some rules notes: Technical Rules regarding Penalties and Modifiers. Since ORPGS is a Target Number based system, there…
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50 years ago Factory workers were cutting edge, now they are unskilled labor
This article was disturbing in its view regarding factory workers being constant for 50 years. Why You Shouldn’t Shop at Wal-Mart…
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Sorry for no update
My 21 month son is sick, so since I’m the one with flexible time I’m the one taking him to…
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Airsoft Cheating phenomenon used as a microcosm to observe social dynamics in the Philippines
Topics one Can Research Regarding Philippine Airsoft Culture. – Cheating extends to supremacy of one’s Tribe/Team, by providing information to…
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Philippine Cartography 1320-1899 by Carlos Quirino
Philippine Cartography by Carlos Quirino First Edition in 1959, 2nd Edition in 1963, and this edition is 2010. History books…
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Cards as an Organization Mnemonic
Using Cards The cards are meant to concentrate and prepare details that are relevant. In a Top Heavy game like…
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Back to basics – Cheap ass Shotguns for the Gun Ban
The GunBan is fast approaching. Its just a few more weeks. We are currently looking for a site to locker…
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Character Descriptors part 1 (hopefully a series to come)
this is RPGs, and it was always bothering me how perception and notcing things work. Various systems have various takes,…
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Good Content vs Light Content
Getting organized, i realized that it takes me about 4 hours to accomplish a satisfactory piece. Especially when it contributes…
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Happy Game with Team Sandwhich
We had a great game with Team Sandwich in Sitting Ducks! More power to them, and great paying with them.
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Finished my First RPG Podcast; Trying out other History Podcasts
Finished Happy Jacks RPG Podcast se01ep01, I was honestly pessimistic, but it was a GURPS GM so I had to…
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Adventuring Utility vs Real World Utility
GURPS looks at relationships of point cost to Adventuring Utility, and not Real World Utility. If you are familiar with…
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World of History Podcasts
I listen to Laszlo Montgomerys china history podcast, Lars brownsworth 12 Byzantine rulers, Robin Piersons the history of Byzantium and…
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Hosted our First Game
In attendance there were about 22 people who came. There is a real desire by our, CTO’s, allies to have…
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Is there a bias against ak? Scientific damage
Ok GURPS calculates damage based on barrel length, diameter and mass of the bullet. The ak101 is an ak that…
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Leads are Easy; Vetting them is hard
Its easy to get leads, everyone is looking for a deal… even when they are not in the position to…
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Some Notes on Crisis Game
Crisis games are what I call games where things get really really bad but its not the end of the…
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Reflections on GMing after Simulations; Random Generating Flaws and Perks
There are a lot of ideas that come to me from converting my airsoft experience into GMing. One thing that…
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Value Chain Strategy
Arm reminds me of the story of Honda. Honda began making small engines, back in the 60’s. They were the…
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Gov't corruption
– Not everyone is on the take. There are some idealists and far thinking pragmatists out there – far thinking…