Prepping for a Game… and the rest of the Month
Preparing for the month I invite co-workers and friends to airsoft. So I have to prepare WAY more guns than I usually do. Normally I prepare 2 guns, one spare…
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Some Pix of what I’ve been upto.
if you’re comming from C5, then this is the 3rd pedestrian overpass as you make your way to edsa/makati. From makati this is the first overpass. This view is towards…
Read more →Repairs 8/10 guns repaired by tomorrow; Curiousities
So I’m getting all my guns fixed. Currently 7/10 guns fixed, My gunsmith Shadowpersona retired. He was not only my gunsmith but my captains gunsmith. I guess its not so…
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2012-08-30
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Rolling Diplomacy; Been Busy
A recent event has made me aware that Diplomacy Rolls, social circumstance, rolls can be varied in difficulty (like Duh). I think we are able to detect nuances in social…
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2012-08-28
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When a Game becomes Hidebound
This is a big deal to me, specifically because it is one of the contentions I had that made me leave a group. I know games are supposed to be…
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2012-08-25
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13,000 people ordered 225 minis for $100
Well its almost done and I guess I’ll have to wait for March 2013. The Bones KickStarter is going to give gaming companies a benchmark on how much people will be…
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2012-08-24
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Kazam a Open Source Screen Caster for making tutorials
Found Kazam through Nixie Pixel if you use ubuntu you can download it in the Software Center. too bad this is an awkward freeze frame. Anyway, it was awesome and easy. If ever…
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2012-08-24
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Some Drawing Updates
I’m drawing some mountain to be made into vector Icons. I can only work at home where I have a large screen and my new tablet. Anyway, learned some things…
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2012-08-21
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Getting a Graphics Tablet for Mapmaking
I got this 10″ tablet only to find out that its not compatible with my Ubuntu 12.04 home PC. I even went out of my way to track the OEM…
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2012-08-17
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Methods of Resolving Dramatic Actions
Combat is not the only Dramatic Action we will experience in an RPG and the interactive games in life. There are races, contests of will, social maneuvering, politics and diplomacy, and…
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2012-08-16
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GMing and Personal Brand; and other ideas
Ok I’m heavily under the influence of a lecutre. I got to thinking about GMing and a Personal Brand. There is really no point in selling GMing and to Pander…
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2012-08-15
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USP: Using real world skills in a game so that we can hone them.
I am using hours as my “Character Credits”. My system uses the Term “Character Credits”, to differentiate the kinds of hours a character spends. Again my system emphasizes and puts…
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2012-08-13
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Arn: The Knight Templar Movie Trailer
very relevant to my interests
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2012-08-12
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More Adventures Hooks for your GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople
I wasn’t satisfied with the hooks in the GURPS hotspots: The Nika Riots Wiki the Nika Riots and you have the understanding of the Race Factions that practically controlled the…
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2012-08-11
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Review of GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople
Review of GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople My Praise Its a great introduction to Byzantine World and its Core City: Constantinople. As a great Introduction, it does very well to focus and highlight all…
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2012-08-09
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Maslows Heirarchy of needs in an RPG; My Preferred CC license
I can imagine the flack I would get making a system where the GM can enforce the Maslow’s Heirarchy of needs. Its a hypothesis, I know, its just a really reasonable one…
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2012-08-08
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Frustrations with Art
I don’t know what artistic directions to go. I guess I should have thought about it more. I was making icons but I dont know if I should make it:…
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2012-08-06
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Experiments with Inkscape and Form Controls
Nicu’s Open Clip Art is indispensable but its missing some things. I have to improve his city clip art. basically making it more elements and detailed. I will have to…
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2012-08-04
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Organizing Outlines – What do i want to achieve?
Its kinda a mix blessing the freedome to do what you want but no one to give constructive criticism (or may not be able to act on constructive criticism). After…
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2012-08-03
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Bloating of Word count; trying to prevent being overwhelmed
Bloating word count, normally this cripples a project. Will try to keep things organized and develop a way to prevent the project from escalating to the point of being to…
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2012-08-02
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Audio Books to Get – on the topic of cogntion
since its 42Php to $1 its a good time to buy audio books. Deciding between the two… Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When…
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2012-08-02
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progress report – anatolia and levant mapping; Interactive PDF books
in terms of expectations I hope its pretty low, since I’m doing this in my limited free time. anyway here is what I’ve done so far: I was able to…
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2012-08-01
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Open RPG project – how many and how big are the maps
Ok this is my guess: it will take about 19 maps. each map is a letter sized hex map with 1″ hexes each hex being 32km (1 days march). Constantinople…
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