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 I’ve made. Right now its pretty much fixed, there are…
Read more →Month: November 2012
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 organizing the text, simply arranging the text from its copy/pasted…
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2012-11-26
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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. I admit these days, I’ve been having productivity issues. Part…
Read more →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 is a more specific definition of how penalties and modifiers…
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2012-11-24
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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 on Friday Today workers who do command such a salary are…
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2012-11-23
Personal Life
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 the doctor. 🙁 I’m at 15th Episode of Season 01…
Read more →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 oppossing side for one’s tribe’s advantage despite playing in mixed…
Read more →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 are my Campaign Setting Books. This would make a great…
Read more →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 GURPS, Open RPGS, HERO, Chunkier version of DnD and other…
Read more →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 our guns. We’ve found Lockers, we even found cheap 2nd…
Read more →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, and in RL experience sometimes the rules fall short in…
Read more →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 something that may be new, or formalizes something that was…
Read more →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.
Read more →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 try. And I was not disappointed, i could relate and…
Read more →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 gurps and like observing humans overcomming challenges, then you will…
Read more →World of History Podcasts
I listen to Laszlo Montgomerys china history podcast, Lars brownsworth 12 Byzantine rulers, Robin Piersons the history of Byzantium and I will be download a whole ton more of history…
Read more →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 more ally airsoft games. It appears there is a market…
Read more →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 uses the same rounds as an M4/m16. In GURPS high…
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2012-11-06
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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 get into one and when hey are looking for a…
Read more →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 world. A coup d’état, a war, a large scale terrorist plot,…
Read more →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 just came up was, how Perception Checks should be handled.…
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2012-11-01
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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 best small engine specialist, and they climbed up the value…
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2012-11-01
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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 pragmatists believe their intelligence and reputation has a higher pay-off…
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