being a Power-gamer before I’m still hardwired to look for Optimals. As a GM the rules on wealth in GURPS applied intelligently its one of the easy “controls” to master. …
Read more →Step 1: Roll 12d6. Step 2: Assign the 12 d6s to the 12 Attributes and Secondary Characteristics. Attributes (4): ST, DX, IQ, HT 1, 8 2-3, 9 4-5, 10 6,…
Read more →My Dungeon Fantasy Box Set Arrived. I bought D&D starter set and essentials for my son and myself. I have more Material as a GURPS GM to Run Mines of…
Read more →Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! So I’ve been listening to Tyrant Series, I just finished funeral games and I’m now in King of the Bosphoros. I started reading all the…
Read more →These books makes me want to run a GURPS game set in that era (early 5C BCE). Although I would recommend getting the Authors Bibliography, GURPS Low Tech, Greece, etc…
Read more →Hard Mode 60-80 rule was meant to stress direct agency in a situation. It highlights that some situations we cannot control if we have no direct influence in the matter.…
Read more →The mind doesnt like Uncertainty and playing with this bias can be unique role-playing and system mechanic opportunity I call hard mode 60-80. Basically Hard Mode Rule 60-80. Based on…
Read more →A lot of the adventuring skills mentioned here can be pursued out of fitness sake. As a Gamer the pursuit of these skills also means being informed, inspired, appreciating, and…
Read more →Creating a Life Event Table for Any Game System (of course it can be used in GURPS but it will be usable in D&D and in my ORPG) inspired by…
Read more →Gaming has been influential in giving me a sense of adventure and exploration. It has helped frame much of my life experiences in this way and helped me choose some…
Read more →My petty breakthrough is differentiating professional and technical skills. Which is pretty much: professional is about being able to perform multiple roles within a specialty while technical expertise is superior…
Read more →These notes serve to help the GM or Player think and imagine an organization scaled up or down. When the gamer thinks of organizations he can imagine those up the…
Read more →I’m still hammering away at it. I’ve under-estimated the amount of hours it would take to gamify this. If there is a long task in the game system: gamify it.…
Read more →Zones (in Fate SRD) is a method of handling the location of a scenario or scene. Instead of working with precise details instead we work with abstract details and we try…
Read more →The thesis of this post is that Leadership is made up of a combination of Roles that fall under what is conventionally conceived as “leadership”. A person can perform all,…
Read more →Continued from Running GURPS more narratively Part 2 A more elegant approach to complexity This makes it more elegant to me: the GM and players ideate, negotiate, narrate and roleplay their 2-5…
Read more →As work also inspires my gaming, I’ve come to see Profession more differently. Market Knowledge Market Cycles. the seasons of the business, when most of its earnings happen and the…
Read more →Quick Review from Running GURPS more Narratively One Roll per Player Scene Non-Binary Consequences (NBC) Success at a Cost Task Difficulty Modifier (TDM) Agent Basic Abstract Difficulty (BAD) vs Agent vs…
Read more →Merchant Skill is calibrated for Combat focused game and has been built in too many capabilities that should be delegated to other skills. I would say that the Merchant skill…
Read more →I would recommend following +Collaborative Gamer‘s Solo Campaign as your GMing practice Session. Why and Ideas in relation to GMing Practice. With a Timer and Audio or Video recording device his Solo…
Read more →If you want to have less rolls, or probably no rolls as a GM in GURPS here are my notes. One roll per Player Scene. This is the design principle…
Read more →GURPS Lite Review by Colin Design Goals of GURPS Lite by my guess Basic Mechanics Introduce a Playable Combat. Gun or Sword fight. Can be used for low tech…
Read more →So I’m listening to Kenneth Hite’s GURPS Cabal using @Voice. I bought the book few months ago and only now had the time to listen to it. Its 93k words so…
Read more →Collaborative Gamer’s GURPS Language and Some thoughts Language should be treated like a Real World Superpower. We take it forgranted now, but it is a superpower by the amount of…
Read more →Here are some mental models and notes of my progress. I know if I keep needling in useless details my progress will be stalled. 11C is the default. (if you follow the…
Read more →“But the evidence is unequivocal — there is a great deal more luck than skill involved in the achievements of people getting very rich.” – Daniel Khaneman this got me to…
Read more →Let’s centralize the Rules of Fatigue and to change some In-game incentives and strategies. Rules Modifications Fatigue Levels and Penalties. B426 Fatigue affects the Mental Faculties of the character. 1/3 remaining…
Read more →Its going to take a lot of work to reference and fill this up. I want the Traits to be something that would be easy to Write on an Index…
Read more →Don’t you just hate it if you can’t keep track of your Character’s motives, limitations, nuances, biases, etc… Can I try to fix that? You’ve heard of Death by…
Read more →This is how GURPS character creation crusades would look like if I had the permission/blessing to make it with just GURPS Lite material. Its purely character creation and its design…
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