1st time to play in years
Thanks +Tobie Abad for running Lacuna. It was a great game, and it feels great gaming after years of hiatus. Both +Carl Michael Moullard and I have not played and a long time…
Read more →Month: February 2013
Skill Design – opportunity cost
I was remembering american pie and various other comedies where characters would flaunt their ability to observe undetected, their target gender. I was posing the question here and later here for more…
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2013-02-26
Tools
Blank hex Map for tarp printing
It would cost me about 1090php to get this printed in tarp. its a 50x40x1″ hex map made with isomage’s tools. about 70 inches by 75 inches according to GIMP.…
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2013-02-26
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Books Imported into the Philippines are Tax Free BUT…
Here is the article here is the law here are the real requirements. Prior to the release by the Bureau of Customs of books imported in commercial quantities, the importers…
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2013-02-26
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Editing Company Policies
I’m working on our company’s coorporate philosophy, it has to be in line with the mother company’s but also has to be flexible and practical regarding my own philosophies. I…
Read more →Social Mechanics: Its not just about Skills, its about consequences
Cutting into the meat of social mechanics, it is more about circumstance and consequence. There are many strategies in dealing with people; it gets more complicated when there is…
Read more →How to use my Mongoose Traveller Costs Spreadsheet
‘Splaining why costs of freight in traveller are too low for the ship owner and why the GM has to adjust the price to allow adventurers to thrive. My first…
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2013-02-24
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My Strengths: Logistics
I’m working on my Open RPG system in an A6 format with 0.5cm borders. I’m visualizing this as a small compact booklet of about 300pages, but more importantly a PDF for your…
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2013-02-21
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Social Attrition: Expendable Loss of Face
Loss of face is a hit people do for their bosses or for the company, which ever loyalty resides. I can botch up a deal, and we can still follow…
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2013-02-21
Tools
Phone PDF Dimensions 2
Wondering what is the best fit for my Note 2 or phone browsing of documents. Planning to go even smaller and provide a Phone Easy to Read set of Notes…
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2013-02-21
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Today is World Day of Social Justice according to UN
Day of Social Justice When I think of social justice, i think about “fair” taxation. The funny about “fair” it is pretty arbitrary, unless you have a lot of information symmetry where people…
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Dumping a lot of my Vigan Trip Pictures.
So much to learn but so little time. Vigan was very interesting and the landscape was beautiful. Despite the loss of its prestige to the present times, I could still…
Read more →Open RPG update,
Wow, there are a lot of mechanics to cover. I also pegged it down until gunpowder becomes common use in militia. Character Creation – Random Character creation and Point Buy. Trappings –…
Read more →L5R homebrew rules
Homebrew rules I need if I were to run L5R again. L5R was the first game I played in college regularly, my GM was my High School teacher back in…
Read more →Fatigue and Economy of Effort;
Fatigue is not something for every game table. But to simulations its practically ubiquitous in all strategic decision making. Fatigue affects both mind and body, despite what people may believe (that’s the odd thing about…
Read more →This should also be my Phiippine Travel Blog
Just came back from Vigan. An epic 10hour drive with a 2-year old little boy. No nanny, just me, my wife and our little boy. I have a lot of…
Read more →Revisiting Old Systems: fading suns
I realized that I have a good number of game systems and settings under my belt. It helps that we three brothers were very prolific in gaming and love to…
Read more →Its Alive! 19th Century Philippines is my Signature Game Setting
Hoping to start GMing again, I have to say Mahadlika or my take on the Noli Me Tangere will be part of my signature settings. I have begun trying to record…
Read more →Mongoose Traveller Review of Ops Cost
So this GM has finally got the time to study Mongoose Traveller. I think the numbers as a business are ad-hoc and not really playtested. This has a pro and…
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2013-02-07
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Gamer Meet-up 2
So this is Gamer Meet-up 2. We have Tobie, Clifton, Uril, BJ and Carl. Fred joined us after this pic was taken. we got to talking about what happened…
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2013-02-04
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Gamer Guanxi
In Season 9, Episode 3 there was a question about the kind of relationship you have with the people you play with. Is it transactional or is it really a…
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2013-02-01
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Hope people are Psyched for the next meet up
This is the clinic converted to a gaming room. gaming rooms have the same traits as a huddle room. I can be loud and role-play in this tiny room. Enough…
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2013-02-01
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Too Serious with RPGs: Exercises with moral dilemas
Code of Honor and Personal Ethics and Morals – From S08E04or06 I guess spelling out the priorities needs to be declared moving forward. Before assuming the GM has the same…
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