Category: BLOG
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Random Disadvantages installments
Here are some random disadvantages to be rolled up. This is founded on my basic 7 GURPS defined common human…
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Basic Traveller Templates
These templates were made to reflect basic proficiency with regards to the hours of training that would into their contemporary…
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Telescopic Flexibility and Escalation
A question in the Forums got me thinking to why I like the complexity. It boils down to 2 things:…
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GURPS Wealth and Status v1
This gradual progression of wealth is more precise in calculating the difference of culture, lifestyles and opportunities present in an…
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House Baldwin Territories
House Baldwin. There is a lot of area that makes up the relatively small but significant Kingdom of Jerusalem. In…
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A better map of 12C Crusader Palestine
The title is a link to a better resource for the Kingdom of Jerusalem 15C. 4950 Villages30 towns6 Cities1 Capital…
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Making the Game fit how you observe Life and Challenges
Making Theories fit Facts instead of Making Facts fit Theories. This is why I play GURPS. The science that makes…
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My own Investigation on Horses
This was last year. It was my “investigative” research regarding horses. I was aware of the relationship of body mass,…
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Armor Problems in GURPS Basic Set.
There has always been problems with the armor system and it comes up so often in the threads. I’m wondering…
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Kingdom of Jerusalem List
Basically using the guidelines and exel sheet of Medieval Demographics Made easy I’ll work with these settlements. Basically for simplicity…
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House Baldwin: The Kingdom of Jerusalem
I’ve been reading up on the kingdom of Jerusalem. In the Sins of the Crusades, the altered history made for…
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On Wealth and Horses
Medieval horse Types and Traits is an awesome contribution by Icelander. Especially since Horses would be more central realistic/gritty games.…
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Accounting Ratios and Characters.
In financial accounting I learned to use ratios to infer what happening in an accounting statement. Point based system characters…
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Accounting Ratios and Characters.
I learned this “trick” in accounting. Ratios are used to measure, abstractly, an entity’s performance. You can do the same…
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What you need, what you want
gaming preferences. GURPS can have a TON of detail. Here is a thread that discusses the two opposing views: Detail…
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Patrons, Demographics, and Realism
Patrons of “Ye olden times” had to provide assets for their retainers. Beginning with adequate capital of one’s own earning…
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GURPS Forum
Unlike the more visible RPG blogging Community at large, the GURPS community is relatively a quite one having most of…
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Here is Jeds Character, some questions
Why is she unmarried? Women are typically forced to marry by society, an admirer or her relatives. Some reason why…
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How to Bribe, a real world skill games can teach
Its really just meant for games, but in some countries corruption is a way of life. GM’s usually quickly factor…
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Where is the place of the Bow in a Realistic GURPS Game.
In realistic conditions, Bows are still very advantageous despite their reduced comparative effectiveness to fantasy ranged combat. The opportunity expense…
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They liked it. – Free thinking RPG
They liked it, they appear very excited (I can replay the videos and try to read the body language).Anyway, it…
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Alesandro Liu’wei’lin, sample character
Another character for the game. Will try to come up with one more tonight. Alesandro here is shrewd businessman and…
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Another discussion between IQ in games vs the Real World
Another IQ thread in GURPS. Why can’t success be a measure of IQ? Quite simply, people want to be smarter…
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Diego Bautista, sample character
This is a sample character for my mahadlika game for the Saturday the 21st. Giving Ideas for my players and…
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[GURPS] Hydration in Real World and Games.
We sometimes take the rules for granted when reality stares us in the face. Anyone who’s played a sport is…
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Crime, Society and the State in the 19C Philippines
Crime, Society, and The State in the nineteenth century PhilippinesThis is a great resource insight and ideas. Reverse engineering the…
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[GURPS] Sample Rogue, with basic use guide
Rogues are deviants, in party dynamics they serve as a specialized troubleshooter which takes a unconventional approach to problems. Unlike…
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A GURPS blogger
Well, its nice to know that when you check out GURPS in RPG bloggers I am one of the most…
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Basic Set Knight Template and a Short adventure
Another Basic Set compatible NPC, although you may want to get your hands on Dan Howard’s article: “Chainmail — Why…
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GURPS Quick Adventure
Another GURPS NPC template. Instant Encounter. A bad harvest has forced several freemen to leave their homes to look for…