Jeffro's MindSay Blog http://jeffro.mindsay.com Jeffro - MindSay Blog http://jeffro.mindsay.com/moved_to_a_new_site.mws jeffro 2007-01-18T01:01:04-05:00 <![CDATA[Moved to a new Site]]> http://jeffro.mindsay.com/moved_to_a_new_site.mws Jeffro's Car Wars Blog has moved to to a new site.

All posts have been reorganized and retagged. This gives us a few...

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I've been milling around Harshman Memorial during the special gala celebration of Car Wars's 25th anniversary.  The crowds have been absolutely tremendous here-- this could be a sign that autodueling is...

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We see here a Killer Kart executing a Moderate skid at 30 mph just a few seconds into an event at Harshman Memorial.  (The Rotation...

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Dimension Demons

1980

Metagaming

 

I dug this one out last night and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was.  Looking at the game over the years I couldn't...

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I finally got to listen to the MADHAT Car Wars podcasts and episode 4 of the

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/jeffro/car_wars_podcasts_and_lotsa_vintage_microgames.mws http://jeffro.mindsay.com/digging_in_to_gurps_powers.mws jeffro 2006-09-14T02:09:07-05:00 <![CDATA[Digging In To GURPS Powers]]> http://jeffro.mindsay.com/digging_in_to_gurps_powers.mws

Here's my first attempt at building something with GURPS 4e and Powers.  I noticed early on that this ain't anything like designing vehicles for Car Wars.  With Car Wars, you pick a body-size and start...

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I recently picked up the 20th anniversary edition of TRON on DVD.  Excellent stuff.  I learned a lot of stuff about my favorite movie via the healthy dose of extras.

 

The guys that...

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We played a modified version of the classic Midville scenario yesterday afternoon.  It took a mere four hours to play it out.  This was my first time playing and I was rather pleased with it overall--...

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I've been concerned lately that I've had 90% of my blog focus on Car Wars and hardly anything about Star Fleet Battles or Battletech.  It looks like the next several game sessions will be more autodueling...

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If you're role-playing in the Car Wars setting, it'd be nice to have a little bit more to go by than "Driver-1 Gunner-3."  However, elaborate rules such as those presented GURPS Autoduel and Autoduel Champions...

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