Criteria to make my Careers Consistent.
I realize that anyone can tinker with this, and change the “Controlling Stat” depending on the “Culture” of the Entity/Institution. Someone can just change the INT to a CON and…
Read more →Month: May 2020
I’ve become Fossilized
I use a lot of my work skills in my games. I do Requirements Gathering and apply Interpersonal and Team Skills in meetings and stakeholder and requirement analysis, and apply…
Read more →Distraction in my Alternate Cepheus Engine writing – How to rewrite the Introduction
I got distracted writing my Game Prep. After some thought while I stretched and hygeine I realize I can break the problem down by approaching it Iteratively. This follows the…
Read more →Authority is not the Solution
Problems at work where Authority is NOT the solution. Technical Design – who make the Requirements, BOM, SOW, Drawings, and Site Survey – we have historically made rules and authority…
Read more →Ships and Dimensions. Relearning Blender and some basic flight science.
I was really distracted wanting to know what the layout would be if the ship was blended wing and if it was a hex tube. I got influenced by “The…
Read more →Tinkering around with CE SRD Spreadsheets
Having a chance to Sleep on it, it being the Spreadsheet for CE ship building. The great thing about SRDs is that fixing loose ends are easier without the distraction…
Read more →Schelling Points – Space combat – Same as a real life project at work or a bid, except for the lethality
In COADE or some of these space combat mechanics (Non-Dog-Fight Mechanics) can be simplified as ONE shelling point. The GM works back from that shelling point. There are limited kinds…
Read more →Taxes and Margins – Ways the GM can simplify his Job
I realize that not everyone enjoys the Books keeping, but the problem with not doing the books is CONSISTENCY that bites us in the ass. Novels and Stories are more…
Read more →Trade off of Older Ships: usable in GURPS, MgT2 and CE.
This Exercises the Sense of Technical DEBT of the GM and the Players. If you want to exercise your Total Cost of Ownership Calculations which includes Factoring Technical Debt ( as well as…
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2020-05-14
Traveller
2020 May 13 Review of Old Traveller Notes
Digging up my old Traveller notes is a pain. Classic Traveller ship spreadsheets, Mongoose Traveller, Interestellar Wars, and now MgT2. The more detailed I go the more assumptions I find.…
Read more →Cepheus Engine Tinkering – Scale, Size, Range, and Velocity.
So there are some Tailoring (PMBOK term) I want to do with CE to make it easier for me to run. Every GM is different as they all have their…
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2020-05-03
Traveller
Spreadsheets and Gaming. Cepheus Engine and MgT2.
Lessons Learned after reviewing Traveller and Cepheus Engine after my long hiatus. Traveller is a game where you make a Biz Plan as part of due diligence. Unfortunately, when you…
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2020-05-02
Uncategorized
A lifetime ago i could draw
What did I learn? Using an Ipad6 with 2GB ram of about 500usd would take twice to thrice as long as an Ipad 12.9” with 2000usd (philippines). But these are…
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