GURPS Traveller Lite Episode 02
They entered the Whangga System by its farthest gravity well, its 4th Gass giant. They attempted jumped pretty close hoping to save time and energy, they got more than what…
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Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
[Warning Mature Content] GURPS Modern Fantasy Session 03 Update
From the Point of view of Petier Warning Mature Content, please skip this if your easily offended. . . . . . . . . . The Jackals …
Read more →Game Design – TDMS
As much as I like TDMs and actually look for examples of various TDMs in a skill, who has time to do that? I just ran a game in roll20…
Read more →Qin The Warring States Systems Overview
Here is my Qin TWS notes. It will speed up understanding and consuming the system. Basic Rules p.55 Ying Yang Dice (YyD) 2d10s, one Yin and another Yang (the dice…
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2013-05-31
Tools
G+ Hangouts and Learning
Had a G+ hangout with +Gammon Stark discussing out level one mandarin proficiency. A 30min introduction extended to 1 hour. We exchanged notes and we able to hear each others mandarin and…
Read more →Android Template
I love how these gurps disads tell the story of an Android through the numbers at a glance. Their terribly short lifespan is kinda of depressing and tells a very tragic image…
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2013-05-30
Roll20
I’m preachy about Roll20 and G+ Hangouts
Yup I am, and If I hear another gamer with fair internet bitch and whine about having a bad choice of players, logistic problems, and “give up” on gaming I…
Read more →Concept Sketch: Pregen gimick weapon
So basically this is a signature weapon of one of the Pregens for the fantasy game. It is a spear that can be broken up into two short spears (iklwas)…
Read more →Manoral Life of Various Cutlures
Finished Downton Abbey, I wish I can see various cultural version of a Manoral Household as inspired by their visit to a Scottish Manor – I’d like to see a Chinese Version…
Read more →Traveller Lite Ep01 Summary
The captain Victoria Nelson has “upgraded” her old ship, a 200dton Empress Class Far Trader, for a 400dton Frontier Trader christened “Rizaly”. This is a new period in her carreer so she has…
Read more →GURPS Fantasy Session 02
GURPS modern fantasy began where we left off, +Mike Dulay, +James Austin, and +Ken Kthulhu The next and season ending episode is June 01 (GMT+8) 7-10am or May 31 (GMT-4) 7-10pm.…
Read more →Open to Roll20 Campaign Sharing
I’m open to sharing my GM notes and assets. So if you want to recycle my GURPS “campaign” for something feel free to ask and I can make a copy…
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2013-05-23
Uncategorized
Economies of emotion
I could barely finish 1.5km in 15mins, but not so long ago I could finish 3km in less than 30mins.but there was a catch to that performance I thought I…
Read more →GURPS Traveller Lite Game Session 01
Thanks to +Justin Sandock +Dave Morris and +Tom Tyson for making the GURPS Traveller Lite. We had a blast of a time and everyone did very well (people were rolling A LOT of 6s and…
Read more →Combat Focused Game
I was able to play GURPS Gladiators obsidian portal link +Vaclav Tofl and +Martin Davis. It is a combat focus game, but I still get thrilled about combat. Combat games require accepting character…
Read more →List of things I did in Prep version 0.1
Here is my List of things I do Create a Roll20 Campaign Prep the map Look for a good background. If a combat focused game I have to prep the…
Read more →Session 01 GURPS Modern Fantasy
Thanks to +frksience ez playing James Steele (basically Black Dynamite!), +Mike Dulay playing Speedy, +James Austin Petier, +Dave Morris Prince Osman Al’Din, +Arne Jamtgaard Tasha Santiago, +Ken Kthulhu playing Thomas Michaels. Basic Narrative. It was a dark and stormy…
Read more →PDFs and Hard Copies
In the Philippines Books suffer 7% Customs duties AND 12% Vat that is applied inclusive of the Shipping Cost and Insurance! (from the US it can be from $10-20). If your…
Read more →A Quick GURPS SLAM Table
I got pretty annoyed at the Slam Rules Calculations, so I made a color coded table in Calc, I had no time to type out a formula to convert this to…
Read more →Haven Headlines
Headlines are topic of conversations and potential plot hooks. “Conservative Party” wins Majority in the Senatorial Elections “Liberal Party” contests winnings 2,012 elections related violence incidents, down 500% from last…
Read more →GURPS Modern Fantasy – Pregens and Characters
Here are the characters so far. No one has made claims to the Pregens yet, and the game will be up soon. Finished most of my prep, what is left…
Read more →Taught GURPS Combat Lesson Teaching it
Some lessons teaching GURPS combat. I really should run a sample combat for newbies. 1 Combat of 4 elements, 3 vs 1 took 1 hour. One newbie. I had to…
Read more →More on Haven
More on Haven if you want to imagine living there: Developed world standard for Middle Class describes $7200-21,600USD Cost of Living Annually and describes the top 5%. They meet developed world standards…
Read more →Modern Fantasy Setting: Haven
Taken from Digger2000 from campaign cartographer here is the Roll20 map Country population 150Million Land Area: 300,000 sqkm or 114,000 sqmiles Wealth: Poor (Middle Class CoL is $7200USD a month…
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2013-05-10
reflections
Leverage by Proximity
You give power to the people you deal with, simply because you approach them for your needs. This simple facts works in the same way when you approach unsavoury businesses for favors…
Read more →Some more basic Archer Notes
Edit: Check out +Mark Langsdorf in Skirmish Archer Tactics, which provides advice in how DF archers can take full advantage of Heroic Archer and Weapon Master Bow. Regarding the Pregens You cannot…
Read more →Pregens for GURPS Modern Fantasy
I hate how revealing GURPS chargen can be. Anyway I’ve pretty much finished the pregens for the game, which can be found here: Speedy programmer http://goo.gl/eBohFSavy Biz Man http://goo.gl/cQy6nModern day Prince http://goo.gl/exciDAction Star http://goo.gl/VAfDu…
Read more →GURPS Melee on a budget
Melee on a Budget – gaming the combat system. Basics, you want the most bang for buck for badguys and your good guys. These are some helpful GM notes I’ve accumulated since…
Read more →The Disadvantages are the story
This is applicable to any game system. TL:DR merits of sitting back and letting Players make the material. Begin by requiring players to flesh out characters with “complications” or a…
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