Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
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…
Read more →Knights are central in the setting. The Princes and Nobles are too powerful and a bit too intelligent to be made player characters, and are better made as Patron and…
Read more →Its Byzantium in the 3rd Millenium. Looking at the world, I tried best to draw parallels with the 31st Century with that of the 11th. 5 Great Houses Bloodlines –…
Read more →In the alternate Fading Suns I’ve been brewing I was inspired by the TTC lecture about Einstein and the G+ Mad Science Circles I follow. So its no surprise I…
Read more →My urge to write about gaming has been building up for a while, Its come to a point that I’m ruining the notebook I have for home projects and tasks…
Read more →My brother has been telling me about his Fading suns Game, GMed by Spielmiester. So I can’t help but fantasize and re-imagine fading suns after all this time. This got…
Read more →My Ideal SchedI'm very aware this is unlikely, but on auto pilot this is what I'll work towards. this is an ideal of 9.5 productive hours. The highest quality, morning…
Read more →Written Dec 6 My hiatus got much longer, I’m 32 and the family needs me so I had to put aside this for a long while. Don’t get me wrong,…
Read more →Hi all, In light of the Polls my post is going to be about being able to cram as much medieval history in your brain. I’ve finished about 80+ hours of…
Read more →When making art, it is difficult to be objective: neither too harsh, or too overconfident with the work. Science and the disciplines we learn in the pursuit of truth help…
Read more →I am going to start rebuilding my Resume. I plan to put in it what I would be looking for if I needed a trouble shooter. Rebuilding a company’s IT…
Read more →Currently I’ve been Studying Server Machines (to clarify the difference between Server Operating Systems) Servers Machines I’m learning a lot about servers. Its best to start with the most basic…
Read more →Its easy for people to make recommendations, I do that everyday. These days i realized and appreciate the problems business faces in making changes. From changing from one system to…
Read more →This is what I kinda been doing for a while. Step 1: Go to Packt Publishing (they specialize in IT, feel free to go to Amazon and Dummies) and look…
Read more →Technically I’m still working, when I fiddle with the Trixbox. I would, personally, extend my work to even this blog because the method I learn by is through blogging/journalizing what…
Read more →I figured something out on my own, which every IT person already knows. I guess I can chuck that to experience. Basically its the structure of Systems Admin and Network Admin. These…
Read more →Hope to start posting more relevant material by November. This month of October is a critical period at work and I have to focus. Although, knowing myself, I will still…
Read more →Making Work a Game or workingthegame.blogspot.com is my blog for safe for disclosure work blog. I won’t talk about work directly, although you will get a hint of it since…
Read more →Quick Review, a copyright lasts for the Life of the Creator + 50 years, which was extended by the Sunny bono copyright extension act to 70 years. So a work…
Read more →The baseline Character in GURPS opens up a can of worms as it can be interpreted as a psychopath. This moral or psychological discussion is an interesting look at what…
Read more →I think any attempt at creating yourself in GURPS winds up becoming a battle between ego and self-loathing that is not pretty to watchOriginally Posted by cosmicfish GURPSify yourself –…
Read more →Just started to open up a folder in my Google Docs for sharing. I have to find the time to look for and dump worthwhile docs and material I’ve made…
Read more →As promised my thoughts on leadership… if you would care to hear them. Leadership Definition (read at your peril). Disclaimer. Leadership is pretty complicated, and everyone has their own view of…
Read more →Thanks to Douglas Cole in the sjforums, where I found it. I should be able to trace and run the Reconquest of Italy by Belisarius with this map. OmnesViae: Tabula…
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