Writing Exercises in Pleco
Tried the writing exercises. We have a writing test this June 11 and ive only managed to master 懂 because its one of the most clearly remembered concepts from Chinesepodcast. …
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Professional vs Technical
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 →My notes on Organization in TRPGs
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 →Chinese Studies Update: Grammar Mastery
Basic Chinese 4 is NPCR Chapters 15-18 and about 100 words in addition. This class would benefit for ME if I had mastered the words prior to taking it. Since…
Read more →GURPS Lite Character Creation May 31 Report
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 →My notes in using Zones
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 →Personal Project Tracker
I was wondering how many personal projects have slipped through the cracks. So I decided to just apply a simple GTD solution of putting my projects in a bucket so that…
Read more →Leadership and Teamwork in TRPGs
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 →My Notes on Art and Artworks
These are my notes on art and being an artist. This is what I would have told my younger me when before I wanted to go through art. Technical Elements…
Read more →Running GURPS more narratively Part 3: implications
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 →Profession Skill Scope
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 →Made some New Practical Chinese Reader Anki Cards
If you don’t want to pay 30usd to get Pleco paid features which has the flashcards ankidroid should help. So for those classmates on a budget here is a way…
Read more →Running GURPS More Narratively Part 2; Faster GURPS Combat April 2016 Update
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 →Session, Act, Scene, and Player Scene.
I’ve come to a better understanding of Pacing, Acts, Scenes and Player Scene after analysing my problem solving techniques, Odyssey – the Complete Guide to Campaign Management, Never Unprepared and having…
Read more →Flash Cards Mastery
I swallowed my pride and re-calibrated my Flashcard deck into NPCR chapter 2 (Book 1 is chapter 1-14, and the Book two is 15 and up). Basically I’m using the…
Read more →Discovering the RPG Design patterns, being Foxy, and repetitive
I’m gonna need to print the RPG Design patterns CC book by Whitson John Kirk III PDF out and I’m working on the Txt File for my @Voice Aloud Reader…
Read more →Merchant Skill decoupled in GURPS
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 →Reinstalling my Pinyin Keyboard for Ubuntu 14.04
Here is the way of installing the Pinyin Keyboard for my notebook. This is based off steffan’s steps but this is how it turned out for me. Step 1 Install…
Read more →New Practical Chinese Reader
I found this, Chinese Study Resources, via the Pleco Forums from IPSI. Its kinda hard to find but here is the New Practical Chinese Reader Book Vocabulary by Chapter! So…
Read more →Collaborative Gamer’s Solo Campaign is a GMing Practice Session
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 →Running GURPS more Narratively
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 →Notes on Open Warfare System: The Headache
Open Warfare System is an open rp game system designed to run warfare games that would fairly capture logistics and strength of armies from the Ancient Eras to Pre-Gunpowder engagements.…
Read more →Basis B1, Fitbit Charge HR, and Jawbone Up April 11 Update
So I stopped wearing my Basis B1. Instead i just wear my up2 and fitbit charge HR. Basis B1 Issues: It had a thick band and was irritating my left…
Read more →Little Masteries, Proficiencies, High Mastery
Its annoying how “Mastery” is the word that bests describes a level of skill that can be employed almost instantly. The way language is a mastered skill, as compared to…
Read more →Reflections on more Historical Gaming
As I get older and learn more about history I learn more about the delicate elements and details that are harder and harder to communicate without being given the benefit…
Read more →GURPS Lite Constructive Review
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 →Index Card Heuristic
Inspired by my affection for CCG, need for more portable gaming in Gaming and Dining in the Philippines, Getting things Done, and my need to keep organized. The Index Card…
Read more →GURPS Magic Notes 26: 2016 Update
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 →Design vs Art
Design has purpose and should be understandable. Art is Expression and needs to affect the target audience. They are two mindsets that we juggle when we do anything – from…
Read more →GURPS Languages
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…
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