Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
Thanks John, Monopolies and Business Interests run contrary to consumer interests (one wants to minimize competition, the other wants as much competitions and options as possible). These are definite assumptions…
Read more →What will happen if we take advantage of automated educational tools, learning coaches and peer studying? There is this really annoying assumption that automation remove jobs and jobs are a…
Read more →Renewed my JTAS Subscription for Php854 for another 2 years and got myself GURPS Classic: Orc Slayer for what would be the cost of a meal Php128.
Read more →The game is set in the default Inter-stellar Wars period of 2170. Unlike Classic Traveller this will be Radical Hard Sci-Fi (UT9) some trans-humanism elements here because of how technology…
Read more →Disclaimer: this is my current understanding of computers, and may change as I learn more or as our use of computers continue evolve. In GURPS we have a few computer…
Read more →disclaimer: I’m not an expert, and I’m clearly biased to a particular direction. recent influences: Ryan Dancey’s article in RPGnet, disccusions on the SJgames threads regarding the poor market for…
Read more →Disclaimer: i’m not a computer scientist, i’m drawing from my experience with 3d graphics and rendering graphics and guessing. The Visual Cortex is an example of a very very powerful…
Read more →A new friend, Cal of http://www.robotmessiah.com/ is prepping for his TL2 Mass Combat and State-Craft game. I’ve been always working towards bringing down the prep barrier/cost of such a game. At work…
Read more →Im brain storming for a game and would like your input (crowd sourcing). I have an idea to make HT, like in traveler ships, affect redundancies and fail-safe. I got…
Read more →[Gurps traveller/ultra-tech]Complexity and Computers in TL10 So ive being doing the numbers, looking for a dominant strategy given the game rules and how i know technology is applied today. But…
Read more →I’m just trying to brainstorm for an upcoming game. One of the challenges I face is costing and callibrating skill and IQ levels in a world where cybernetic augmentation of…
Read more →Science In My Fiction » Blog Archive » Building the Dragon: ‘via Blog this’ Hey, me too. I also like a little Science in my Fiction.
Read more →The experience really reinforced: no stupid black ops. If you want black ops then you can afford to waste your time. Its really like GM railroading, it felt like im…
Read more →Cost of Electricity. Electricity Should be pretty straight forward: there is a cost of Php12 per Kilowatt Hour of usage, equipment have a Kilowatt usage rate (in their power supply),…
Read more →This is a Part 1, I’ll follow up later on. I’ve been sitting on this for about 3 weeks now. I can’t find any more time to add a greater…
Read more →The Professional Skill. When I was in school I had a very difficult time getting what made up a professional skill, of course now things are way different. I realized…
Read more →In case you’ve ever wondered if it is worthwhile to save some extra cash and live below a certain status. This is mainly a reminder when players game the systems,…
Read more →Ok again I’m apply my anecdotal observations regarding performance and what it means in the bigger scheme of things. What has recently siezed my attention is the difference in productivity in a poor…
Read more →Ok, I just tried making a GURPS mass combat spreadsheet. Currently it can only add up all the costs, factoring up the equipment quality, troop quality, and up to 4…
Read more →Here is an update, I’ve found some sample VPA online, www.odesk.com allows you to find a contractor that fits your needs. VPAs I’ve found are at about ~$6/hour USD. If a…
Read more →I can understand how, back in the day, they didn’t have a way to accumulate XP except with “killing” and things. Surprisingly the most intuitive ad-hoc action of the GM, the ad-hoc…
Read more →I just found: REALISTIC ASTROGRAPHY (version 2.0) for Traveller and other scifi RPGs Lifted from the Site. SECTION 0: INTRODUCTIONThe aim of this project is to map the stars around Sol in…
Read more →Economics is a wonderful tool, micro-economics is a subtool perfect for this particular problem: Player/Character Compensation/Rewards/Awards. Caveat. Everything is setting specific, like in other economies the Value of something depends on…
Read more →What I call organic games are those where there is no script, but everyone has their own motivations and goals, and all are working toward their own ends. The purpose…
Read more →So I’ve planted the seeds for the PGA. I’ve asked some friends to keep an eye out for anyone who would be interested in the paid work. Only time will…
Read more →Too Invested? Being too invested means getting into a rutt when a character dies. Why can’t players have the same investment in their characters as the GM? I’ve taken this…
Read more →I found this through Google Alerts set for GURPS. The blog is The Ongoing Campaign by faoladh Its GURPS Greyhawk, and that is AWESOME!
Read more →Gothridge Manors’s Article is one article I find related to my concerns because, if you want to be able to share the cost maybe it would be worth considering selling…
Read more →I’ve heard complaints about the GM carrying 90-99% of the workload. There is some exaggeration there, but the emotional color is worth bearing in mind. Maybe the GM feels like he/she is…
Read more →Applying what I learned in the BPO industry, I think I have the materials and processes to create a kind of personal gaming assistant. I have a handy set of…
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