Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
My Ideal Work Method. I know the article oversimplifies things but here are my thoughts on the matter. Goal Oriented One thing the Article makes little is “Goals” its actually…
Read more →The day got off slow. I had a ton of gear and I made the mistake of not organizing them before hand. if I did it would have been easier…
Read more →Thanks to +Il Pella , +Wilton Heath , +Dan Mungham , and +Mike Dulay for playing. Summary of Events After the events in Taranto, we fast forward 3 months (mid May to mid August) as the Party has…
Read more →A lesson in my safety training, which has been enforced in other disciplines, is that doing something should include the budget of time to clean up or reduce the footprint…
Read more →Lesson from I should do more of the basic Gun Familiarity Drills before the others arrive. I will have the Plant make a practice Dummy I can stab on the…
Read more →Thanks for +Mike Dulay , +Il Pella , +Alais Legrand , and +Thunder Clonch. +Wilton Heath was unable to join but gave a heads up early. I think there were many disconnections for me in this game,…
Read more →Basically hung out with Gman to shoot in his back yard. I live in a condo so I dont have a back yard to practice on. Some Learnings The GBB…
Read more →Thanks to+Il Pella, +Wilton Heath, +Mike Dulay, +Thunder Clonch, +Matthew Cruz, and +Alais Legrand The week the party sworn themselves to Bohemmon, it feels a bit like some trickery. The Prince of Taranto has enemies,…
Read more →Is that a Note 2 on your head or your just happy to see me? Cons: Heavier than a Sports Camera My Phone is due for a “OS update” and…
Read more →Short Bursts vs Long bursts is more about how much “attention” and “tunneling” we allow ourselves in a situation. My current learning is that I need to be able to…
Read more →Strangely the people who argue against the 40:60 doesnt seem to work in BPO area or Law (so far in my encounters) because the law allows for complete ownership (which…
Read more →After working with my mom on my weight vest and researching on nylon fabric its like all the vests I see are SHIT and only the $90 and up vests…
Read more →Aggressive Rhythm is what I am calling the conditioning to Attack when: the defender takes the action to defend, an allies suppresses, or you sense an opening between bursts of…
Read more →Last game was an unusual experience, because I was hitting at reacting from lessons from the other game while not conscious of it. It was like my conscious brain was…
Read more →There is a study about Visualization and Learning [1] and Mindfulness Meditation [2] that seems to a pretty good mental tool for learning and mental exercise (I’m listing the sources, the MM…
Read more →Basically some definitions. I broke down Player Agency into some conceptual units – Fact, Yes-And, Yes-but, Gambit/Gamble. It is in my Definitions, adding more of the 3rd Gen conventions and…
Read more →One of the hardest to find: 8″ high (for ankle support, because this is the small bones and the first to give) Zippered – for easy lacing Waterproof! Always ask…
Read more →In a previous argument, someone used on me the Impossible Standard Argument – or what is basically “Moving Goal Posts” or “No True Scotsman”. It basically argues that the claim…
Read more →Our safety standards are very close to international standards, what is different is enforcement. So if you are at least compliant with govt safety regulations it would be easy to…
Read more →I just came from the plant an saw our machine shop. Currently researching how much it costs to machine the small parts for GBBRs. So if we have spare parts,…
Read more →Gin no Saji aka Silver Spoon gave me an idea of how Cognitive Dissonance can be healthy. The anime is about farming, and dwelt on the internal conflict of being…
Read more →My brother loves DnD 4e, and I’ve not run as much games in 4e as he has. So I’ll take his word over it even I have the same impressions…
Read more →Humanization and Dehumanization is something we exercise a lot in RPGs. We humanize our characters, our NPCs, and Allies, and we dehumanize enemies and other characters in order to simplify…
Read more →I’m a fan of narrative games – house of the blooded is the only I’ve played but I’ve followed +Tobie Abad‘s Tagsessions which play mostly such games. I love the Initiative and…
Read more →Basically it is the Weight I lost, 10lbs, is back on. It was stressful on the knees because of the stride I took. I tend to hug my rig since…
Read more →I will be changing content direction slowly. I have a ton of old posts and material, which I will evolve to be more System Agnostic. Game in the Brain will…
Read more →Any Game System or GM will benefit from this Free Public Domain Book! It will highlight Tasks any Adventure (aka Operations) the PCs will engage. Note that this book has…
Read more →Seriously considering Reducing the amount of clutter and equipment I have. Considering going the M4 Route, because I need it easy to sustain and replaceable. The best gun I have…
Read more →Edited for Clarity: Here is a funny thing about most of the systems I’ve read, no one gives guidelines as to how many rolls matter. I learned this from some…
Read more →Andrew Wiley, as my Wife and I know him as Superdad. Basically he is the working dad (working parents) who is seen with his kid while he does his work.…
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