tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.comments2024-01-18T08:49:58.743-06:00Giant Battling RobotsDan Eastwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comBlogger690125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-64382028227315235762020-08-12T20:43:59.313-05:002020-08-12T20:43:59.313-05:00Yes indeed, Mr. Pavone! I have a post about Little...Yes indeed, Mr. Pavone! I have a post about Little Warstoo. :-)<br /><br />https://giantbattlingrobots.blogspot.com/2010/07/range-testing-for-little-wars.html<br />Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-8172070596846030152020-08-10T14:55:34.553-05:002020-08-10T14:55:34.553-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.ajgemanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529661767911065286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-80516887321474759832020-07-13T15:40:43.935-05:002020-07-13T15:40:43.935-05:00I know this is late to the party but...
Naval war...I know this is late to the party but...<br /><br />Naval wargaming has been a thing since at least 1906 and H.G. Wells (yes THAT H.G. Wells) had written a system of wargame rules using toy soldiers in 1913. Wargames like Kriegspiel and some others have been around since that time as well.<br /><br />Google Little Wars and Fred Jane and you'll see just how far back the hobby reaches.Mr. Pavonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286558267156792637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-6030196291840190642019-07-19T02:32:37.214-05:002019-07-19T02:32:37.214-05:00Sadly, not available anymore.Sadly, not available anymore.BLhttps://battleleader.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-62008532378370550762014-12-06T15:28:48.421-06:002014-12-06T15:28:48.421-06:00Better late than never, and it seems I have a brok...Better late than never, and it seems I have a broken link to fix anyway. Thanks for stopping by. :-)Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-11990212573844634122014-12-06T10:55:55.035-06:002014-12-06T10:55:55.035-06:00You are now officially my favorite person, for lin...You are now officially my favorite person, for linking to my article years ago. I, on the other hand, am filled with self-loathing, for not thanking you within five years of you posting it.<br /><br />Bob "Scholeologist" WiemanScholeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110359677410211160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-68711158951627625012014-10-12T07:04:09.537-05:002014-10-12T07:04:09.537-05:00No, not dead yet. Work has been crushing, but it&#...No, not dead yet. Work has been crushing, but it's getting better. (I don't want to go on the cart!)Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-35942257202508574252014-10-12T02:34:29.544-05:002014-10-12T02:34:29.544-05:00Dang, you ain't dead! And neither is your blo...Dang, you ain't dead! And neither is your blog! Thanks for posting again. I miss your regular updates on interesting stuff. No BT for a while now, huh?Steven Satakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621308678106707775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-4881645318247944612014-08-08T13:41:21.785-05:002014-08-08T13:41:21.785-05:00Huh, didn't know iTunes was still a thing. Luc...Huh, didn't know iTunes was still a thing. Luckily, direct download on their homesite works for me--might have to add this to my weekly rounds.SkilTaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496366094516039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-66417603522335994592014-05-11T23:48:52.679-05:002014-05-11T23:48:52.679-05:00Props for the troll who suggested it's 'a ...Props for the troll who suggested it's 'a statue of Alexander Kerensky'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-76341444884605043342013-12-07T12:06:38.974-06:002013-12-07T12:06:38.974-06:00Edit: I re-wrote the paragraph describing how entr...Edit: I re-wrote the paragraph describing how entropy is summed up to be more clear.Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-56934283116291886102013-03-25T21:24:07.147-05:002013-03-25T21:24:07.147-05:00Dang. You think I might have noticed that before n...Dang. You think I might have noticed that before now.Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-16628857234074668912013-03-25T20:22:32.673-05:002013-03-25T20:22:32.673-05:00The first equation is wrong - the right hand side ...The first equation is wrong - the right hand side should be P[k2] / P[k1]:<br /><br />((N[1]^a - n[1]^a) / (N[2]^a - n[2]^a)) = (P[k2] / P[k1])<br /><br />The second equation is correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-82076648749744620892012-12-12T22:33:42.300-06:002012-12-12T22:33:42.300-06:00I'm not sure how practical this is, but it is ...I'm not sure how practical this is, but it is unique and I think that was Levi's point. <br /><br />Well, nearly unique. This is actually pretty close to the maximum and minimum of two dice. That part shows up pretty clearly in the "stair steps" on the chart. Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-26647743609379958332012-12-12T22:19:55.395-06:002012-12-12T22:19:55.395-06:00A good fast illustration.
The mechanic seems too...A good fast illustration. <br /><br />The mechanic seems too harsh for beginning characters, but might work as a success / critical success mechanic. <br /><br />Finding a die mechanic that does more than "margin of success / failure" in a single roll can be tricky business.<br /><br />With this one, I like how the two lines of success are symmetrical. I mean, it's obvious that they <i>should</i> be symmetrical, but it's still appealing to see.SkilTaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496366094516039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-81465352228299224012012-11-26T11:41:13.101-06:002012-11-26T11:41:13.101-06:00Yeah, I've been BAD about posting. My life see...Yeah, I've been BAD about posting. My life seems to be full of little things designed to suck up my time and desire to write. There some stuff I've been working on tho, maybe I'll put it up just to show I'm <i>not-quite-dead</i> yet. :-)Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-17239759764668054862012-11-25T16:01:47.805-06:002012-11-25T16:01:47.805-06:00Piloted by General Kerensky, no doubt. That machi...Piloted by General Kerensky, no doubt. That machine does add a bit of weight to the revolutionary argument. Still... nothing special, except where it was found. And the fact that it finally got you to post this quarter!Steven Satakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621308678106707775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-12206244080623804792012-11-20T04:22:28.018-06:002012-11-20T04:22:28.018-06:00So much for Harmony Gold winning against FASA as h...So much for Harmony Gold winning against FASA as history will always remember the Zentradi Glaug command battlepod as a BattleTech Marauder Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-90746191394500772602012-09-26T22:29:38.220-05:002012-09-26T22:29:38.220-05:00In reply to the first post, I agree with you that ...In reply to the first post, I agree with you that transporting the heat is the major issue as conventional cooling by conduction will be difficult with a plasma surrounding the Gundam. One may conjecture that the active cooling system directly radiates the heat through the plasma sheath (i.e. X-ray lasers it is possibly carrying anyways), but if it can <i>cool down</i> running such a system in the setting, then heat in combat should never be a concern!<br /><br />Employing parachute/wings/etc. work by increasing the drag, leaving the heat gain unchanged and retrorockets will also do work against gravity, implying the same heat gain again.<br /><br />The simplest option might be for the Gundam to carry a supply of something with tremendous heat capacity to simply absorb and dump the heat away, like ceramics.<br /><br />(time-killing nerd rager)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-51226819203535324492012-04-10T09:31:01.891-05:002012-04-10T09:31:01.891-05:00Thanks Brant! Comments are always welcome, but lat...Thanks Brant! Comments are always welcome, but late comments are often SPAM, thus the moderation after 60 days.Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-39057817718242103972012-04-10T09:27:05.879-05:002012-04-10T09:27:05.879-05:00yes, I'm commenting on a post from years ago, ...yes, I'm commenting on a post from years ago, but the relevant discussions have started to be collected here:<br /><br />http://grognews.blogspot.com/search/label/TheoryBranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-6980834987401106592012-03-12T12:59:47.097-05:002012-03-12T12:59:47.097-05:00In their defense, I think this was a school assign...In their defense, I think this was a school assignment, and not intended to be a definitive analysis.<br /><br />BTW: If you want definitive physics in a game, play <b>Attack Vector: Tactical</b>.Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-77149171532050987252012-03-12T12:25:21.414-05:002012-03-12T12:25:21.414-05:00I have never understood why these people assume th...I have never understood why these people assume the drop will simply be free fall straight down. What about disposable wings? Parachutes? Retro-rockets? Any or even all of those would suffice for the game.<br /><br />Instead? We get brainy-science types telling us there is 'no such power source' in a fictional machine. Well, duh. <br /><br />And while you are at it, you time-killing nerd-ragers, why don't you figure out where you would *put* all that excess heat even if you *did* have such a power source? It has to go somewhere, right? And the entire outside is out of the question, as this is the source of the heat.<br /><br />People who claim to be able to see fleas and yet blithely ignore the elephant ten yards away.... feh!Steven Satakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621308678106707775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-78593333322831700802012-03-11T11:06:39.147-05:002012-03-11T11:06:39.147-05:00Tasty looking cake. Wish i could have been there.Tasty looking cake. Wish i could have been there. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-14814010673934050922012-03-09T16:00:30.863-06:002012-03-09T16:00:30.863-06:00That is... that's... I mean it's...
TOTAL...That is... that's... I mean it's...<br /><br />TOTALLY FRICKING AWESOME!!!<br /><br />Why did I never get a birthday cake like that? I totally feel deprived now. My parents were rubbish, I mean they never got me a Dragon cake!!! <br /><br />Just to be clear, Dragons are just as cool as giant robots if you ask me. Man I'm a nerd.Frontline Gamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09110901356802705087noreply@blogger.com