GURPS High Tech G3 vs M14
In GURPS high tech, the m14 is JUST as good as the FN fall and better than the G3 at less than half the price. A battle rifle at $600!?…
Read more →Month: June 2010
2010-06-28
Playing
6-27 KM18
Got a legit kill, that makes for 7 total. Again, a marshal’s call. I had a probable kill at 40 paces since there seems like no one else could have…
Read more →Advice on Purchasing Mags; Lipoly Batteries
I got new a AK Mag. It seems that I should put a date on the Mags because over time spring strength goes down. My first mag came with the…
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2010-06-24
Uncategorized
Boring Skills and what they are Good for; Player Skills
From the perspective of adventurers, livelihood skills are boring. Administration, Organization, Diplomacy and Management have a back seat to subsistence and productivity skills in lower tech environments. Merchants is a…
Read more →Realistic Encounters Duration
its been staring me right at the face the whole time. Human endurance works in a range band because it factors in the group and the weakest brings down the…
Read more →GURPS Talents, Multiple Intelligence, and Geekdom
lately my readings about Emotional Intelligence got me thinking more about the Multiple Intelligence Theory (note the difference between Theory and Hypothesis). the more I read about it, the more…
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2010-06-18
Uncategorized
Busy with Warsims (airsoft)
Airsoft can be seen as Larping with Guns, of course few airsofters would like to admit that or look at it that way. I know there is that stigma with…
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2010-06-18
Uncategorized
Upgrades Breakdown
Costs are in Philippine pesos, currently exchange averages Php45 to $1 DF metal Bushing P400 Shims (G and P) P100 Madbull Hopup Rubber P300 Stock Type 0 Cylinder P100 CA…
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2010-06-18
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Getting a friend into the Hobby; my budget broke
Buyers Regret. If you value your friendship then the first thing you want prevent is your friend having buyers regret/remorse when getting into the hobby. Relative to the Philippines which…
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2010-06-18
Playing
It is the end of Gun Ban.
I invited a friend to get into Airsoft and he took to it very well. The lessons I learned when I brought a friend to the hobby. Water pack. Seeing…
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2010-06-15
Uncategorized
China and Technology; Gaming Assumptions
When ever there is talk about technology in ancient times, it seems there is always some misplaced reverence to china. Yes, china did have paper, crossbows, printing press, and other…
Read more →Kitchen sink setting
How do you calibrate a Kitchen Sink setting? I would begin with a survey of players, and how challenging they want it. Basically the players interested in the game should…
Read more →Gaming, the Future of Education
It is easier and easier to cheat understanding with all the access of the internet. In one of the forums I’m part of, someone tried to use it to get…
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2010-06-11
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Airsoft Season is back in the Phils; Economic perspective substitutes for Common Courtesy in GMing
The elections gun ban is over and now its time to get back to some warsims. Experimentation and Scientific Investigation into mundane things are what fuels much of my sense…
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2010-06-06
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Rifts for $0.24 at Amazon and Kitchen Sink Setting
Rifts is at $0.24 and about 70 copies being sold. Its possible to basically just use the Core Book of Rifts for fluff and just use GURPS 4E (ultra tech,…
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2010-06-06
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If there was only Harn in the Philippines
Having seen the quality of Harn up close, I am sad to wonder why it never came to the Philippines. Or if it did, why is it so inaccessible. Having…
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2010-06-05
RPG kaizen
Living with One Self: Introspection and Education from RPGs
I’ve bought myself some introduction to Criminology as part of my Emotional Intelligence studies and I find it interesting how it compliments my understanding of Economics. What intrigues me is…
Read more →1st to Sell RPGs China?
What RPG group will be the first to penetrate the China Market? I’m not saying small bits, but really a Line of books. Dialects in China are mostly spoken. Putonghua…
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2010-06-02
RPG kaizen
Copyright and Game Systems
Copyright and Game Systems Copyright is tricky because, it can lead to stiffling of innovation instead of rewarding it. Paladium suing of the use of the term “Rifts” in a…
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