Answering some Puzzles: Empires and Economics
I was stuck at how does an empire of millions stretching thousands of miles get its funding. One of the most interesting pieces of data I stumbled across is in…
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2010-03-29
OSRIC
My Osric Character: Dwarven Fighter Thief
Rolled using http://www.pbegames.com/roller/ sending my GM the results simultaneously as I get them. As a one shot, a lot of things are simplified. Long term character design build is out…
Read more →Game Design: an Expression of Understanding
I always try to express what I have just learned in my own words or game systems. Its a learning trick that allows me to build up an intuitive understanding…
Read more →Physics of Fighting
I’m doing some exercises right now both physical and in math. Just testing out my understanding of physics and comparing it to games and real world. In wikipedia i found…
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2010-03-25
Inspiration
Comparing History and Games in contexts of Civilization
After finishing a book on Ancient Empires before Alexander the Great and short nostalgia of Civilization I’m recounting my lessons. It is possible to run a Empire Building Campaign. Having…
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2010-03-24
System Mechanics
Reimagining the Shortsword
I got a problem trying to imagine a shortsword. Warswords, as we know them, evolved from shortswords. This is an evidence of metallurgy than fighting style, since you can’t develop…
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2010-03-23
Inspiration
Civilization 5 as your Mapmaker
I’ve missed Civilization for a while. It sucks too much time. Seeing the new Civilization 5, I found my new map maker. Since there are Authoring tools, I can just…
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2010-03-22
Game Theory
Coordination Game and Battle of the Sexes.
I’d like to talk about game theory and how it relates to RPGs. The coordination game is very simple. You see it in any interaction where being on the same…
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2010-03-19
Uncategorized
Games Saving The World
This TED video sums up also my ideals and how I design games.
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2010-03-18
Inspiration
What is the Bronze Age?
I got confused when I learned Alexander was using Iron weapons. I thought the glory days of Hellenism was the Bronze age. I was very wrong. If I were to…
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2010-03-17
Tools
Framing in Games
In psychology of video games, Jaime related how framing works out in WoW and in business. I discussed Framing in the review of the Art of Critical Decision Making. Anyway,…
Read more →Test run for Random Lord Generator
Experimenting with Random Lord Generator. I used this dice roller to generate a list of d6 rolls. Following the step by step aspects in the table, I will just use…
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2010-03-15
Uncategorized
Female Warriors
One of the better threads, particularly since it is very constructive to me. Taking to account, biology and how it affects culture and the role of women in warfare. I…
Read more →Random Lord Generator and Empires before Alexander
The Random Lord Generator is meant to allow for the quick, simple, and detached creation of NPC lords as allies, patrons, or adversaries. They are also designed in mind of…
Read more →Mass Combat Low Tech Templates
Made a bunch of GURPS 4e Mass Combat Low Tech templates. They feature the basic Ally cost and some lenses. Right now I’m constructing a way to randomly roll up…
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2010-03-14
Uncategorized
Pacifism: Cannot Harm Innocents
The Pacifism: Cannot Harm innocents Disadvantage is common through out all cultures. Innocents and Humanity is diffused by the lense of culture and moral perspective. A person, may love his…
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2010-03-13
GMing
How GMing was my Management Training, Old lessons
The reason i can emphasize so well with bad management was because there was a time I was a really bad GM and I lost all my players. Its hard…
Read more →Sacred Oaths
The humble Serf, as well as Husbands and Wives, to entrepreneurial Peasant and Yeomen, to loyal Retainers and Vassals, the Knights, Lords, Dukes and Princes… all these people have one…
Read more →War Campaign musing
I’ve joined Arm Chair Generals forums to work through some of my campaign problems. One of them, I’m stuck on is military readiness. Using GURPS mass combat, plotting the precise…
Read more →Wold Building Research Mind Dump
I broke my own home brew rules. I’ve gone back to the basics and tried again. This time a little bit more detailed. As I’ve always got game in the…
Read more →Levant aka Modern Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Syria.
Checking the wiki about each country and using google maps I found out that Israel and Palestine: 22,000 sq km and 350 people per sq km Lebanon: 10,000 sq km…
Read more →GURPS Mass Combat – Fief Manpower tables
Manpower is produced by a warlord’s fief or province. They don’t have a cost to raise because these are duties peasants and nobles owe the master of that realm. This…
Read more →GURPS Mass Combat Cards
GURPS Mass Combat is a tool so that you can run a fun and exciting War Campaign. I’ve trying to run a war campaign for the longest time. I’ve made…
Read more →[Strategikon] War Band of Adventurers
Strategos (Military Rank 8; Status 4) The General of the Army. Strategos mentioned are Belisarius, and Narses. Hypo Strategos (Military Rank 7; Status 3) Second in Command to the strategos,…
Read more →Strategikon: Teasing out and its Details
The winds have died for my Crusader Era write ups. I’ll wait till the winds blow back at them again. Meanwhile. The translation problems are plenty in the strategikon and…
Read more →Management and Role-playing II; Problems with Pure Evil Races
Continuing The use of the Art Critical Thinking in RPGs. 1. Making High-Stakes Decisions – This is the introduction to the lecture and poses to the listener how people decision…
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