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Gordon Cooper — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:03:14 +0000

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Gordon Cooper — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:43:34 +0000

Due to an excess of spam and a lack of time with which to deal with it, comments, pings, and trackbacks have been deactivated. This will not affect existing comments. I will make an announcement when the status changes. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Gifts and Faults

Gordon Cooper — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:36:46 +0000

Updates to Optimum Gifts for Fudge and Optimum Faults for Fudge will now be recorded on the Updates page. I am trying to veer away from the blandness of generic gifts and faults and steer toward more colorful and evocative descriptions wherever possible. Also, I have dispensed with a number of faults commonly found on lists, particularly those involving mental illness or physical disability. Forms of insanity, if one desires to insert them into one’s game, ought to be restricted to non-player characters or the result of consequences within the context of the game, e.g. close encounters with Cthulhu Mythos. In my opinion, it is not appropriate to dangle the carrot of min-maxing before the players in the form of insanity faults that tend to destroy group cohesion. Others may have differing opinions, and there is nothing preventing them from compiling their own lists or using any of the myriad lists that are freely available. Most of the physical disabilities have been excluded on the basis that many are worth significantly more than the standard fault in Fudge, and as such ought to be much more carefully considered. This is, of course, all a matter of personal preference.

Arm Yourself Against Interstellar Villainy

Gordon Cooper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:45 +0000

You will be issued two (2) futuristic weapons upon reporting to The Random Science Fiction Arms Generator. If you require additional armament, proceed to The Random Weapons Locker Generator at once.

These random generators were created with information I compiled for the Odd Reference pages at the Cuparium.

One Robot…One Computer…One Spaceship will be (freely) available soon.

Recruit a Motley Crew One Crewman at a Time

Gordon Cooper — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:17:46 +0000

You may have a robot, a computer, and a spaceship, but do you have a crewman? Simply use The Random Spaceship Crewman Generator to recruit (or press into service) a qualified crewman for your spaceship. Fill out a name, gender, age, nationality, species, and background story, and your crewman is ready to trek space.

So, what exactly does it generate if it leaves all those trivial details such as name and gender and species to you? Well, it generates a list of skills, interests, combat training, attributes, gifts, and faults along with corresponding trait levels where appropriate. If you like what you see, you can decide for yourself how he or she fits into your universe and consult other random generators as desired.

The inevitable direction of this random generator and its predecessor from the day before, is the birth of a new, free, instantly (or nearly instantly) playable role-playing game called (after the inspiration of the previous article), One Robot, One Computer, One Spaceship, or, as is the fashion today, 1R1C1S. I make absolutely no serious claims about it; it’s a silly endeavor, and that’s all there is to it.

Lest I forget, ’twill be a Fudge game, naturally.

Stay tuned…

One Robot, One Computer, One Spaceship, and You

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:09:27 +0000

In need of a faithful robot sidekick, a trusty computer, and a spaceship of your own? Then The Random Science Fiction Accoutrements Generator is your friend. Just click on the link and you will be well equipped for your next adventure with one of each.

This random generator was created with information I compiled for the Odd Reference pages at the Cuparium.

Why, you may not unreasonably ask, would anyone want to use this random generator other than for one’s personal amusement? Aside from the fact that there is no better reason than for amusing oneself, one could also use it for generating an instant (albeit farcical) campaign. You have a crew (i.e. a group of players) and nothing else? Give them one robot, one computer, and one spaceship and see if it doesn’t create a universe of possibilities.

Increasing Web Log Navigability

Gordon Cooper — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:27:29 +0000

I added two new pages that duplicate information found in the sidebar of the front page, but which now makes them accessible from any page or article in Fudgerylog. The Archives page lists both Categories and Months and indicates the number of articles for each. The Links page lists the main Fudgery.net navigation links as well as a selection of external Web comics and Web logs.

Skills Page Improved

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:07:15 +0000

I have begun working on two pages at Fudgery.net again, namely Optimum Skills for Fudge and the corresponding Big Chart of the same. I added Cryptozoölogy, wrote a description for Brawling, and tweaked Cryptanalysis, Exobiology, Occultism, and Xenology. Next, I will be writing descriptions for all the martial arts I left blank.

Trait Conversions Updated Again

Gordon Cooper — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:43:16 +0000

The Ladder by Paul Elliott and Mazes & Minotaurs by Olivier Legrand have been added to Optimum Trait Conversions for Fudge.

Both have already been added to the Links page, but I’ll link them again here for good measure:

Page of Updates

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:24:54 +0000

I have added an Updates page here for frequently updated pages at Fudgery.net.