Cost of Living in Haven 2
Haven is supposed to be based an amalgamation of 3rd worlds. Such that the cost of living defaults 20% to purely housing (no utilities), but in a wealthier country CoL…
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2013-12-13
Game design
Problem Solving is the Dungeon Crawl; Mature Theme: Financial Security
Problem Solving is the Dungeon Crawl The idea behind debt is leverage future earnings in a way that when it us invested it multiplies productivity and a strategy that nets…
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2013-12-04
Game design
Putting yourself Out there; Hosting some Hangouts OnAir
Well you heard about nothing ventured and nothing gained? So its kinda true when I’m trying to sustain my gaming hobby. Life keeps changing and everyone’s schedule, priorities, and problems…
Read more →Philosophy is how the Brain is Wired; Wishing
I am a fan of Philosophy, especially after all learning on my own when my entire education consistent in metaphysics of Saint Thomas Aquinas. If you grow up only being…
Read more →Design Philosophy: No Counter-Rolls or Interrupt Rolls
I have many unfinished projects related to gaming but despite that I consider them a part of a learning process *cough *bull$#! +*cough* Anyway they helped me slowly identify several…
Read more →Transparency in Communication and in Deals
TL:DR i noticed that you can spend time and money on marketing or transparency in game kickstarters or biz projects. I’m in favor of smart transparency, less noise and simpler…
Read more →Supernatural Tansparency
I’m running a Kitchen Sink Setting and magic and psionics are usually very hard to balance. One thing that makes it a BIT easier is Supernatural Transparency. I’m taking a…
Read more →Sunk Cost Effect and Benchmarks
Observing my players, myself, everyone I play with is one of my favorite parts of RPGaming. I admire those players who really RP their decision making and really taking on…
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2013-09-27
Game design
Burn! Wait, I’m burned too!
This basically reminded me that I form an opinion completely on egocentric reasoning. I understand its only natural, since we know ourselves better than we know the opinion of other…
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2013-09-27
Game design
Using PC Gaming lessons in RPG Gaming
Learning from Gabe Newell’s presentation about PC gaming and looking at how it applies to RPGs and the rest of the technology Industry. I sound like a Business Student Lolz,…
Read more →Paper expenses, and RPGs with Trade
TL:DR What’s this relation in Gaming, particularly Trade Games like Traveller or any Game where there is trade and negotiations value is pretty arbitrary with bench marks made by the…
Read more →IMTU to IMSU (In My Sci-Fi Universe)
It was recently I was introduced to the existence of “In My Traveller Universe” Setting Codes. Then there is the really cool GM badges. I guess one’s GM style and…
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2013-07-29
Game design
“Self Reliance” is a personal philosophy and a game theme
“Albert Einstein – “Never memorize something that you can look up.” Socrates on Writing – “[It] destroys memory [and] weakens the mind, relieving it of…work that makes it strong. [It]…
Read more →My 10 year old RPG thesis
+Alexander Osias in Armchair Gamer happens to have on of the few surviving copies of RPG thesis. Looking back it was a very good experience, unfortunately it was a very very…
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2013-07-10
Game design
What will you pay for?
I pay for most of my game material not because I need it, but because of the effort, creativity, care, and craftsmanship these guys put in it. I’m aware of…
Read more →Very Flexible Gaming Schedules
I used to mind it if players or the gm can’t make a game… but that’s because of all the traffic and the “heaven and earth” I had to move…
Read more →Burden of problem solving
One of the things that take time is asking permission. It was in Happy Jacks where I heard of a GM that required players to take a lot of initiative,…
Read more →IMTU existential problems in scifi, jump ghosts
I’m a fan of the prestige and I Iike the dilemma it poses. What if the designers of the jump drive have a big secret, that you really stop existing…
Read more →Game of the Right Question: Gaming Psychology Skill
I can be so annoying. a post in 2007 this is why I’m such a munchkin. One serious critique is that this is punishing to a GM. what GM would…
Read more →Details and Problem Solving
I’m not good with details, I’m just average. the only reason I’m considered “good” is because details are something people don’t like to deal with and my mediocre work is…
Read more →Gender bending without creeping out people
In another game I played a girl character, Sibila Wuchenco. By Playing i mean, i used “I” not “She” and it was not awkward or creepy. I’m pretty happy about…
Read more →Traveller – Merchant Team
The Broker or Merchant Team is a different approach from the Traveller setting as the ship is optional. Instead of buying and selling goods, they set up Logistics Networks for…
Read more →Threshold vs Attrition Systems
Hit Points vs Hit Threshold; Fatigue Points vs Fatigue Threshold There is a BIG system difference between the two, but they are easily overlooked. I prefer to use Hit Threshold…
Read more →Framing makes you Win!
Framing Framing is so freaking powerful as a life skill but as a Game skill. Framing as a powerful Coping mechanism. It allows you to ignore the Cognitive Bias of…
Read more →First Time to Play House of the Blooded
First time to Play House of the Blooded. Thanks to our GM +Tobie Abad and thanks to the players +Rocky Sunico, +mahar mangahas, +Rachel Jerilyn Teng, +Erich Lichnock for playing. Sorry we didn’t get to have a…
Read more →Libreoffice Chapters
Libreoffice Chapters are by Heading 1 (not Heading). So if I want a table of contents or index that is limited to a chapter I have to organize by Heading…
Read more →Castle Falkenstien after so many years
Thanks Erich Lichnock, Arj Berenguer, Carl Michael E. Moullard, Rachel, Tobie Abad, and Rocky Sunico for playing; thank you to our GM Tobie for running Castle Falkenstein. Castle Falkenstein was one of the first games I…
Read more →Dramatic vs Challenging Occasion to Roll
Working on my ORP I’ve made some breakthroughs in definitions, particularly defining Dramatic vs Challenging occassion to roll. Risk and Consequences Both dramatic and challenging occassions to roll very…
Read more →Character Point Inflation
I was going over GURPS martial Arts and comparing martial arts to a mental and complex pursuit. After pulling back and trying to look at the realms of combat and…
Read more →System Design Ideals, some guiding principles
Small Sized Character Sheet I want all the key information to fit in half the letter size character sheet. I want nice statement sized booklet whose pages I can fill…
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