The GM just blew up our Ship!
The Pathfinder Chronicles: So Last Nights Game of Traveller Hit Hard: I do not normally do this as I figure that I record the sessions so if you are keen…
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GURPS Modern Fantasy Session 06
+Matthew Williams and +jj123382 joins our band of “big damn heroes” in the latest session of GURPS Modern Fantasy. JJ plays Vash a streetwise thug working for Knuckles, who is friends with Matt,…
Read more →False Sensations
Tao of D&D’s talks about Hearing Checks. GURPS B358 has a similar table but only in ranges. Decibel reference would be useful. Since the Average person should be able to…
Read more →Schelling Point again
Learning a new system, WH40K, I see the same Talents = Feats (d20) = qualities (SoIF) = advantages (GURPS) while skills are similar to skills in D20 and GURPS. Basically…
Read more →Minorities in my stable of pregens
Exploring the modern world through games, I’m considering making my next batch of Pregens of something far less common and rather mundane considering Disenfranchised/Disadvantaged Minorities (to distinguish it from Elite…
Read more →Host and Guest Protocol in RPG session
Talks with +Ken Kthulhu regarding technical set up for his Dark Heresy game made me think about why its a hard job being the GM. I can compare it to being…
Read more →50+ requests and counting to join in Roll20 game
+Ken Kthulhu warhammer game just opened my eyes to how powerful a Gateway hobby Warhammer 40k. I thought WoW to DnD was powerful, but WH40k blew me away by the…
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2013-08-28
GMing
Emotional Energy in a Game
Energy is usually what I can try to offer in a game, even if I suck at prep and puzzles. Sophistication is nice but I have to be a little…
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 →Combat Roles for Sci-Fi Ship Combat; hard Sci-fi hacking
In theory one can make combat roles for every position on a ship, the same way you have it in a tactical miniatures game: Gunners – Point Defense ( Blocker/Intercept) and Striker…
Read more →Faith is a vice to some philosophies (NWOD)
Faith is a virtue in NWOD but I have to point out that to some philosophies it is a vice, especially to people who value reason or compassion of faith.…
Read more →GMing – example of mastering a lot of skills fast
How you use your time can be optimized, some activities use more of your brain and are made up of more skills that can be carried over to other aspects…
Read more →Persuasion vs Core Beliefs
The first requirement of persuasion or diplomacy is that everyone have the same goals or motives. That what is asks furthers a belief or takes nothing away from the character…
Read more →Power Creep and Universal systems
This can be addressed by the same approach. Approaching systems with a stronger game theory understanding allows one to understand the dynamics specialized systems do to enhance and developed a…
Read more →Quicker Play Ideas; Musing a different kind of podcast
So I hit a lot of major edits. Right now the LibreOffice is slowing down. I plan to revert them to single column while I do edits because of the…
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 →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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2011-12-29
GMing
How can one prevent players being too character Invested?
Too Invested? Being too invested means getting into a rutt when a character dies. Why can’t players have the same investment in their characters as the GM? I’ve taken this…
Read more →Combat Leader’s Field Guide as a GMing tool
This is how I see using this field manual as a Gaming tool. Of course it would be helpful to at least read the first few chapters which deal with…
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2010-07-08
GMing
Visualizing Mastery of a skill – GM Narrative Tool
My wife makes me watch project runway, and such competition reality shows have good examples of cognitive biases and how they can manifest in what the participants tell themselves. A…
Read more →GURPS: What Knowledge of Philosophies Do
This is an oversimplification or bottom line to what each Philosophy discipline does. Philosophy Skills Default: IQ-6. This is the organization of bodies of knowledge in ancient times. Natural: the…
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2010-05-27
GMing
Experience is WORK!
Its not the killing and Not the treasure that give people experience. Someone doesn’t just transform incrementally by every creature or person they kill in a few minutes of combat.…
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2010-05-25
GMing
How much magic would I tolerate?
When I do allow magic, only allow the subtle communications, empathy, and mind spells (GURPS). Basically spells that do not affect economics, politics, and technology so adversely and can be…
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2010-05-24
GMing
RPG Kaizen: Game Definitions and Continuous Learning
Old school Role-playing is asking a lot of questions and critical thinking. Its not really the “game systems” but the attitude to challenges and learning. Game Definitions and Real-World Definitions.…
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2010-05-01
GMing
Is Being a Wet Blanket a Good thing?
I can’t help being a wet blanket. I would like to think that I’ve have trained myself not to be surprised by learning to look for problems and all the…
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2010-03-13
GMing
How GMing was my Management Training, Old lessons
The reason i can emphasize so well with bad management was because there was a time I was a really bad GM and I lost all my players. Its hard…
Read more →War Campaign musing
I’ve joined Arm Chair Generals forums to work through some of my campaign problems. One of them, I’m stuck on is military readiness. Using GURPS mass combat, plotting the precise…
Read more →Management and Role-playing II; Problems with Pure Evil Races
Continuing The use of the Art Critical Thinking in RPGs. 1. Making High-Stakes Decisions – This is the introduction to the lecture and poses to the listener how people decision…
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2010-02-19
GMing
The Art of Critical Decision Making
The Art of Critical Decision Making is another gem from The Teaching Company that is really useful in gaming. I know gaming is fun, and its supposed to stay fun,…
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