Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
I’ve been weighing my self and my gear separately in order to calculate maximum effective encumbrance. I know some people may be turned off by this but consider the possible…
Read more →When I think of all these homebrew rules I put in this blog, I better have a check list to make sure that in a given situation I can remember…
Read more →So you can carry 45lbs with no encumbrance, does that mean one can still move as freely as a person without armor. I’ve learned when it comes to Gear, there…
Read more →found this Beauty: http://marcosceia.deviantart.com/I don’t know where the guy gets his map templates or if he makes his own. I’d like to get my hands on that template and use…
Read more →In GURPS Raw intelligence is 20cp per levelThis includes awareness, attention and will power (Perception and Willpower). Other Intelligences are:Perception 5cp/ levelSince there are physical limits human range of perception…
Read more →From this thread I semi-started and continued from an older thread. Alternate Title: Disadvantages that fill you up quick! I remember there was talk started by snowball about what kind…
Read more →Some Background. I ran a successful Post Apoc Game (to my players)- my personal name for the game is Situational Awareness and Response Exercise. My most recent notes and the…
Read more →Credibility. In game theory and business, I learned that one should really have a stake in the transaction, in order to be credible. Looking at the GURPS Traveller I’ve noticed…
Read more →I will be taking a bit of break cause I’m sick and Post an answer to this forum questions. Particulary a generic Medieval Setting. I’ve read a copy of harkwood…
Read more →Those GMs who want to run Intrigue games, then I suggest you watch Kings, amongst the many great inspiration sources for a campaign like Rome. Since the show is in…
Read more →Here is a write up based on Perfect Organisms post. My own take on these mooks, you may note I’m maybe considered fantasy killer. I hope you consider this Quality…
Read more →Objectives Accomplished: Fun. Everyone unanimously had fun. Getting pats on the back, a follow up email, and even having my most staunches critic (other than myself) and hardest to manage…
Read more →The terms Courtier or Power broker are not appropriate in the islands of Ma’ai, this is because brokering power is the salt and rice of almost all of the elite…
Read more →Secret Rolls: Role-playing Strategic Decision Making. Normally, Players may look at their rolls. I would not change this method in combat . In Character Decision Making, maybe I should start…
Read more →I remember in 2003 when I posted my Mahadlika Thesis website there was nothing about it online. Now, I’m glad that more and more filipinos are furthering their own study…
Read more →What is a courtier? This is a character role that has been mostly ambiguous and confusing to many gamer, including myself at first. A courtier is essentially a power broker.…
Read more →A Squire. I made a squire for a Fading Suns. The way I make characters is starkly different from many of the other people I know. I emphasize on well…
Read more →I need to find a writer or two who I can work with to further develop mahadlika.Can’t find any writers so far. My parameters are simple– Filipino, and lives nearby–…
Read more →Gun Fights. Here are some basic rules that can help in simulating Gun Fights only GURPS can deliver and no other system can hope to match. These points when followed…
Read more →> Uhm, sorry if i sound ignorant, but what’s the point behind this? 🙂 Expectations actually. When the players want to play- they want options, powers, opportunities to do fun…
Read more →This is meant to be guide to channel a GM’s world building compulsions to be more productive, efficient, and marketable. Marketable, now a lot of GM’s and Artists have the…
Read more →Sci-Fi Table Top Role-Playing I’m having a problem with Sci-Fi that is finding its way in my dreams. Basically it is answering the question: “What do I want from the…
Read more →Well the Post Apocalypse Game will be pushing through. Basically with these new organizational skills, thanks to my new bible for Game Preparation. I’ve got myself organized and I’m now…
Read more →GURPS. In gurps I’ve always wondered how these skills reflected real life. I’ve taken to account several things, and particular one of them was: Expectation. One expectation I’ve focused on…
Read more →Constantine XIII, won the throne almost 10 years ago. Alliances always shift, this is current one in 366th year of the New Roman Calendar (1463 in the Gregorian Calendar). Constantine…
Read more →Game Setting. (2 hours) House Komena: Resources, Families, Family Tree, Vassals, Resources, Army, and Territories. (2 hours) House Osman: (same) (2 hours) House Baldwin: (same) (2 hours) House Ad’Din: (same)…
Read more →Here are the last parameters discussed1. 100cp, 50cp from basic disadvantages. 1.1.Basic Disadvantages, choose up to 50 points (you may exceed this but not recommended) a) Humanity (GURPS pacifism) [0,…
Read more →This Discussion. I really should not comment, so I’ll comment over here. 1. What is Between the Lines. A new Setting? why would the OP want a new setting. GURPS…
Read more →Modern Combat in TRPGs. Have you played airsoft? Because one of the best things about that game is how it puts modern combat into perspective for gamers. I’m just an…
Read more →A reply that wasn’t going to happen. if that’s what your looking for, then you’re better of going on your artistic fiat. There is the knowledge about the organization and…
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