For my other games, there have been few-no scheduled/programmed events. When I tried to plan these in game activities before I didn’t completely succeed. I failed so badly in fact that I had players stop me and condemn my decisions during game time. That experience made me reticent to try again. It’s been a couple …
Creature College Who’s Who
Agni Burns Fire Elemental 👿 Sophomore 👻 N/A Agni Burns is one hot dude! He’s passionate and his fervor for his passions can be concerning- but it’s just Agni’s nature as a fire elemental. Agni is the life of the party and his hobbies include drinking games and video games. Agni hasn’t yet declared a …
Creature College Game Description
The path to becoming a certified lake monster or licensed poltergeist is long. A monster undergoes hundreds of hours of training and years of education before they are allowed to haunt caves or sneak up on children in their bedrooms. In order to prepare monsters for their illustrious careers, Creature College was founded. Creature College …
Fraternities of Creature College
Psi Phi (ΨΦ)Motto: “Extraneam esse magnum”Colors: Lime Green and Neon BlueThe brothers and sisters of the Psi Phi fraternity have been accused of being different and a bit out of this world. The accusations isn’t far from the truth. Most of the members of this fraternity come from alien or ooze families. This fraternity has …
Budgeting a Game
Due to the rise of high ticket cost, Blockbuster LARPS, there is push back against LARP producers to provide insight into game budgets. People want to know what they are spending money on and why ticket prices are climbing. People also want to know why some events can run and offer tickets for $50 wherein …
Let’s Get Real
I have been spending a lot more time on You Tube since I have joined Toastmasters. I have been watching other people speak and I take notes on what I liked about the speaker. I try to adopt some of their habits or mannerisms into my own speeches. A number of these speakers have overcome …
80% Preparation, 20% Presentation
When I go to Toastmasters meetings, I listen to other speakers. When I hear a speech I like, I definitely try to reach out to the speaker and get tips from them. There is a lot of preparation that goes into a speech before it is delivered. There is a common thread that seems to …
Visual Aids- Yes or No?
When I talk to people in my workplace about improving presentation skills, I tend to get asked follow-up questions that pertain to Microsoft’s PowerPoint software. Presentations existed before PowerPoint and you don’t need to be a computer expert or computer savvy at all to create visual interest when you speak! If you are giving an …
New Naval Project Announced
San Diego Times~Tribune, August 1963 Move over NASA Class of ‘63! A new group of men with their hopes set on new horizons and discoveries will be plumbing the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The Naval Submarine Division out of Groton, CT has just approved a budget allocation for the construction of an undersea habitat …
Longer and Deeper
Boston Daily News, April 1965 The Navy hates to lose and it never gives up. After SEALAB 1 and its aquanauts came up ten days short of its intended goals, the Navy went to work investigating and planning on ways to improve life for the staff deployed in such a physically demanding atmosphere. New refrigeration …