Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
I prefer the Idea of Cloud Habitats and a few hundred Habitats orbiting in its thermosphere with Tethers and Electromagnetic funnels drawing gasses as for reaction mass and fuel in…
Read more →I have a SIMPLE bad mood Mechanic. We have personalities that make us have a Bad mood as related to our dislikes. If I like Games and dont get to…
Read more →Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold My rating: 5 of 5 stars its a romance story more than a fantasy story. as romances go (which is not my preferred genre and…
Read more →Basics First comes the Economic Incentives, the space industry with 100x the investment we currently have in it – because the Technology it produces makes up a good chunk of…
Read more →I can feel Chris Hadfields frustration that the public doesn’t appreciate “Heroic Problem Solvers”. That violence is the only narrative of heroism and watching this interview makes me realize I…
Read more →Taylorism and Scientific Manufacturing is in TL5 While FORD and his improvements in the Assembly Line is in TL6 Quality Management: Deming, TPS, Lean is TL7 Early CNC machines are…
Read more →200504 GITB Blender Basics These are the notes and tutorials we use as our team is making Game Material. This also includes concepts and ideas and our strategies as we…
Read more →One of the 3rd World aspects of Character creation is the role of Status. Developing Countries – Generational change of Social Status sees Education as a key role – there…
Read more →When I wrote Mneme Variant Combat Rules in Cepheus Engine, I was using an Adaptive approach to name design. I wanted to tackle the big Picture of Hard Scifi Traveller, but…
Read more →Is it so weird that I use the Deming cycle in The Mneme Variant Combat rules for Cepheus Engine I made for Cepheus engine? Breaking it down to fractal Cycles…
Read more →http://universesandbox.com/usage/ If others are considering using Universe Sandbox to detail their Worldbuilding (game material). Hope to make hard SciFi more accessible and a lot of illustrations. I tend to run…
Read more →stuff I didn’t know but learned as I got into Hard Scifi TRPGs 1) humans need 1 atmosphere of pressure, that space suits are designed to remain flexible as 1…
Read more →Part of my Designers Notes The Key concepts discussed are intended to allow the Referee or the Player: See patterns and systems better. Able to identify them and work with…
Read more →Sleep pods and Freshers can be pretty much the same thing. 1) redundant life support – cabin fails the sleep pod and fresher 2) sonic and water systems for cleaning.…
Read more →In Universe Sandbox I can imagine running a game: 1) 2070 -2080 0.7-1.8 E+13 Kg (Gigaton) Asteroid is being evaluated for Capture (premise of Delta V of Daniel Suarez) PC…
Read more →Game Running Logistics: So Universe Sandbox Records Gifs with its built-in video recorder. I have simple rockets and still trying to figure it out, after work I’m so exhausted with…
Read more →Updated and Added more Free Stuff to Mneme Variant Combat RulesNicco and I Added the Career Cards. These are a 2-letter-sized page spread flow chart of each career (only Barbarian,…
Read more →Mneme Variant Combat Rules. So last night it seems Drivethru RPG approved my book and it got published. And to my surprise 7 people already bought it. There are a…
Read more →Currently my Game inspiration Every planet in our solar system requires 30-100km/s of 𝚫V months to arrive (A rocket usually has 9.6km/s 𝚫V budget of energy ) from its nearest point…
Read more →Notes Habitats are Add Ons – Particularly Spin Habs. They’re bought and sold and Traded. Hull Frames make for very easy to set up configurations. Like this one. the Goal…
Read more →Trying a smaller ship for a change. I’m using “dumb math” ratios and benchmarking against the spaceX ITS as I figure out how to calculate deltaV. 1:5 methane to LO2…
Read more →This is a 234 KT freighter. A ton is either one Cubic Meter which is equal to 1 Ton/ 1000kg of Water or 1000kg of Mass. Measuring the Volume of…
Read more →MAIN POINTS: Many different configurations have trade-offs. Humans are superstitious when faced with so much uncertainty, many designs will prevail depending on the shipyard and community. AI and Humans recognizing…
Read more →3 sets of Habitats for Ships 15m radius Habitat – it takes 1 to 1 to recover. This means the same amount of time in this habitat to recover…
Read more →I’m imagining a Tomahawk or a Thrown Axe spinning perpendicular the axis of its Vector. In this configuration, the Pros are the smaller profile and the more robust structure along…
Read more →Length is 150meters Diameter of ring 76m 4 x 9,669 m^3 (700 ton each, 2800dton of fuel) Delta-V budget? Habitat Ring, spinning enclosed in structure. probably 11,000 metric tons or…
Read more →I watch a lot of Anton Petrov and I learned he’s been using Universe Sandbox 2 for explaining some of the science. So I discovered the Graystillplays video where he plays…
Read more →Even if I’ve not published this close to publishing I’ve collected so much data on how hard it was to produce the book and its challenges that the Detailed Analysis…
Read more →I’d like to share: I know a few people enjoy the Biz Ops of a Traveller game. When I play with my gaming group, Role-Playing a Ship business without internal…
Read more →1) do not take any turn away from players, if there are costs then give penalties or costs but never take a turn away from a player. Example – No-Action…
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