Running GURPS like Fate, and a conundrum
So I’ve been running GURPS like Fate… this would tear the hair out of any GURPS GM. But then I go back to the detail of GURPS when ever it…
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Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
Jan 11 2015 Game KM14
Jan 11, 2015 CTO vs 4 opfors, including myself. First time to use my WE AK74NU. A GBBR ak carbine I bought of the Dulays. Holy crap it was accurate,…
Read more →Gravity in everything the PCs do. Some mnemonic tools for your consideration
Things in a game goes along faster when we deal with what is important. We do this in summaries and bullet points, and in other matters. The thing is, what…
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2015-01-10
Campaigns
Sins of the Crusade: Episode 4, Season 2 – Byzantine Enemies
Thanks to +Willy So , +Milan Runic , +Il Pella , +Thunder Clonch , +Dan Mungham , and +Mike Dulay for joining the game. When the lion cannot fight his own battles An Improvised ambush. The party’s warriors and lord walk…
Read more →December 14 2014 Game
Notes:First use of our own Cheap Go Pros: the SJ4000 and the PixPro Mercury by Kodak. 2nd CTO hosted event Game 1: Defend/Attack Greens vs Browns Gman was by the…
Read more →Scanning and Observation Notes
I like how Insurgency has a lot of dust and visibility penalties and the bots have good sneaking AI. They know when to slide, sneak, stay still and move, especially…
Read more →Committed Phase, Game Theory-ish
I talked about schelling point before and I learned to put to words something recently: Committed Phase. Basically its a chemistry term but recently I learned it is a business…
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2014-12-15
reflections
My Ideal Work Style: The German Cultural Work Model
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 →Nov 23 Game Alpadi Major Event with Newbies.
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…
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2014-11-25
Campaigns
Sins of the Crusade Episode 03, Season 02
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…
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2014-11-14
studies
More thought into things
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 →October 26 Game Reflections
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…
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2014-10-29
Campaigns
Sins of the Crusade Season 2, Episode 2: Desperate Enemies
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 →Pistol Day with GMan.
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…
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2014-10-22
Campaigns
Sins of the Crusade Episode 01, Season 02
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 →DIY Sports Camera Mod for the NOTE 2
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 →Cylcing of Attention, Reflection between fractions of a Second.
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…
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2014-10-14
reflections
Jaded with Journalism
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 →Nylon Webbing, Fabric, and Polyester
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, Concentrated Aim, and Fatigue Rhythm Disruption
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 →The Two Me’s, Lessons, Weighted Vests
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 →Gaming and Visualization
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 →[Open RPG notes] Narrative Fact , Yes-And, and Yes-But
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 →Tactical Boots Research
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…
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2014-09-29
reflections
Sometimes I talk about Philosophy – Impossible Standard Argument, New Memetic Weapons
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 →Changing the Safety Game
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 →Excellent News from CTO R&D
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,…
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2014-09-22
Game design
Experimental Game Hypothesis – Mental Health Care
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…
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2014-09-17
Game design
Fallacies and Biases: Attacking the Source and not the Argument.
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 →Selective Humanization
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…
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