In this morning stroll through Engadget I came across two stories that related to the science of Rubble and Ruin. When I wrote R&R I was trying to take modern science as seen from my perspective as a professional scientist and project to a near future where everything was cranked up to 11.
For AI brains being used to “man” automated weapons systems I give you http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/13/d...race-of-senti/.
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Remember the good old days™ when you would get together with your buddies and game for eight to twelve hours a couple of times a week? Back then the BRP experience system worked great; you would get a bunch of checks and some of them would improve each adventure. Over the course of a few real months characters would be getting better at the skills they used often, and not so much for the rarely used ones. But now days, for a lot of us, family, work, and Real Life™ get in the way, we might be lucky
I wasn’t sure how to put an image in a thread, so I put the graph of Rated Speed versus Move here.
Last night I finished the draft layout of the monograph—there are a few small details that might move the page count, but it looks like it will be 126 pages (plus or minus 1).
Chapter 2 of 5 is back from the editor, and I only have one small (250 word) text box to finish writing. Several blind play testers (and semi-blind—meaning people who have played in my games before) are looking at copies of earlier drafts.
All the artwork is in.
I hope to have
| File | Date | Downloads |
|---|---|---|
| Dogs : These are my homebrew rules for handling dogs in a normal powered game. It handles hunting, trackin ... | September 9th, 2008 | 366 |
| Game Template : This template lists all the skills and professions form the BRP Core rules. When starting a game yo ... | October 20th, 2008 | 968 |
| Modern_Firearms : These are my house rules for detailed firearms in BRP. | August 14th, 2008 | 1,073 |
| Firearms of WWII : The document has combat statistics for common pistols, submachine guns and rifles from World War II ... | August 28th, 2008 | 518 |
| Rubble and Ruin Character Sheet Page 1 : Rod Leary made these character sheets, and I would like to again thank him. I think they are great. | April 14th, 2010 | 314 |
| Rubble and Ruin Character Sheet Page 2 : Rod Leary made these character sheets, and I would like to again thank him. I think they are great. ... | April 14th, 2010 | 246 |
| Rubble and Ruin El Segundo Map : A black and white version of this map was included in the monograph. Here is my color version – not ... | April 14th, 2010 | 162 |
| Rubble and Ruin Los Angeles Map : I thought I had a color version of this map, but I can’t find it... Anyway, here is a stand alone co ... | April 14th, 2010 | 227 |
| Rubble and Ruin Book of Finds : This is a big list of random things prospectors can find in the ruin. I have found it to be a useful ... | April 14th, 2010 | 356 |
| Magic World Pregenerated Characters : Here are seven pregenerated Magic World characters that I made for a demo I am putting together for ... | February 16th, 2013 | 166 |