https://dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/agoncillo-history-of-the-filipino-people/AGONCILLO%20-%20History%20of%20the%20Filipino%20People.pdf Teodoro Agoncilio’s History of the Filipino People (HOTFP) – This is the standard History book of every Philippine School. Yet go anywhere else in the Internet and its like…
Read more →30 minutes, interrupted a bit. Its really hard to do these audio recordings since I need a relatively quite background, time to concentrate, and this is written by an 19C…
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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 →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 →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 →I’m narrowing my gaming related writing to my Mahadlika blog… and not so much gaming related writing but Story-writing. I’ll focus on putting down the setting of Mahadlika and moving…
Read more →Why is she unmarried? Women are typically forced to marry by society, an admirer or her relatives. Some reason why she is unmarried would be helpful. At default assume, she…
Read more →Another character for the game. Will try to come up with one more tonight. Alesandro here is shrewd businessman and negotiator. On of his key strategic strengths is the diverse…
Read more →This is a sample character for my mahadlika game for the Saturday the 21st. Giving Ideas for my players and options for others to check out. Character: Diego Bautista Archetype:…
Read more →Crime, Society, and The State in the nineteenth century PhilippinesThis is a great resource insight and ideas. Reverse engineering the anecdotal stories of crimes, contraversy, and deviant and dangerous behavior…
Read more →Gaming and Its Uses. I was able to figure out a few things thanks to the help of the SJ forum. Particularly the VERY hard to find topic of Spanish…
Read more →Emerging from a purely domestic figure, the woman’s place in 19th century Spanish Philippines is centered around family. The role of a woman in then was pretty much the same,…
Read more →I’ve been reading up on a lot of novels lately. A lot of them military sci-fi, but as my favorite author (GRRM) would say about settings, they are just dressing.…
Read more →The terms Courtier or Power broker are not appropriate in the islands of Ma’ai, this is because brokering power is the salt and rice of almost all of the elite…
Read more →I remember in 2003 when I posted my Mahadlika Thesis website there was nothing about it online. Now, I’m glad that more and more filipinos are furthering their own study…
Read more →I need to find a writer or two who I can work with to further develop mahadlika.Can’t find any writers so far. My parameters are simple– Filipino, and lives nearby–…
Read more →I have a business plan where I will use mahadlika as Proof of concept. Basically i will taking some business courses (Post grad management course) where I will (among other…
Read more →Felizimo Saavedra Arguelles was the youngest child of Crisostomo Arguelles and Felicia Saavedra. His father comes from a mestizo family that traces its roots to Cuba, while his mother comes…
Read more →Juan Guerrero was born of an illustrado family from Calamba Laguna. Juanito was not a very academically inclined student as evidenced by his mediocre grades in the Ateneo de Manila…
Read more →Character Creation Parameters.Game Date: 2nd week of Jun 2008Power Level: (Exceptional Individuals) 125cp, -75 disadvantages, +25cp only on social advantages.Character options: Realistic (no exotic advantages.Genre: Historical shifting to HeroicTheme: Heroes…
Read more →In Teodoro Agoncilio’s: The History of the Filipino People you will find the term Mahadlika. Mahadlika is described as a Free people, not to be confused with Maharlika who are…
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