tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post6309862385029468356..comments2024-03-14T07:11:37.650+00:00Comments on Porky's Expanse!: There's money in gamingPorkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-86686734381484936482011-09-07T11:03:32.289+01:002011-09-07T11:03:32.289+01:00That ickiness is probably the reason we don't ...That ickiness is probably the reason we don't see it as much as we could. It's not necessarily the kind of thing that sells glossy products. Which is a pity. I think we can get too distant from the facts of life. And sanitation is of course still a deadly problem in large parts of our supposedly advanced world.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-24071374821708995812011-09-06T20:46:07.564+01:002011-09-06T20:46:07.564+01:00Sanitation etc plays a part in the Total war PC ga...Sanitation etc plays a part in the Total war PC games...if you don´t upgrade the sanitation (toilets/baths) the population of the cities starts getting annoyed,maybe leading to revolt or the plague breaks out. Siege a city too long and either the city gets the plague or the besieging army. <br />Cheers<br />paulPaul´s Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698894821198907112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-74673806698077026422011-09-06T04:43:31.765+01:002011-09-06T04:43:31.765+01:00Paul's Bods is right on the money. Collecting ...Paul's Bods is right on the money. Collecting urine for industrial applications really was a big deal at least as far back as Roman times. I won't even mention the guys collecting dog feces to sell to the tanners, etc.<br /><br />Sanitation and illness are also really interesting things to examine in terms of possible plot-drivers and adventure inspiration sources. A lot of it is fairly ick-tacular, but it was the way it really was, and there is a ton of intriguing possibilities just waiting to be mined...netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-46393064485059444462011-09-06T00:09:39.225+01:002011-09-06T00:09:39.225+01:00We're really getting back to basics here, but ...We're really getting back to basics here, but it makes sense to think about the subject. Bodily functions are likely to be important in many settings, and maybe ought to be represented in some cases with rules. Armies march on their stomachs and we already know they may not enjoy those stomachs turning. There are illnesses to consider too, especially if lands are strange and new and peoples have little interaction, and some of these could inconvenience the characters and troops.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-6679691308457468122011-09-05T22:58:27.767+01:002011-09-05T22:58:27.767+01:00InterestingInterestingGame Master Rob Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08198920658123610173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-24198001150479841932011-09-05T16:59:38.912+01:002011-09-05T16:59:38.912+01:00Extracting the urine WAS big business throughout t...Extracting the urine WAS big business throughout the ages,,,urine which was used for softening leather and in the cloth dying process...a lot of the public toilets set up by commodus (180 to 192AD) helped not only to keep the city of rome cleaner but put money into his accounts.<br />Toilets...a building block of civilisation. <br />Cheers<br />paulPaul´s Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698894821198907112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-17059737880622386812011-09-05T16:53:11.473+01:002011-09-05T16:53:11.473+01:00Look to the economics and you'll find plenty o...Look to the economics and you'll find plenty of motivation and inspiration for adventuring, profiteering, armed violence and skullduggery. Everything a group of players could want can come directly out of the economics underlying the setting--including the redistribution of urine as fertilizer and those involved in testing it that it isn't adulterated/watered-down, those pesky goblins who hijack a urine-wagon, and possibly a nefarious plot to contaminate the local cess ponds with undead flesh so that it taints the farmlands using it as fertilizer...talk about taking the pi**...<br /><br />If you liked the Short Adventures so far, then You're going to love <b>Wermspittle</b>, Porky -- just wear a good pair of boots and watch your pockets...netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-21849775652121289912011-09-05T14:42:02.088+01:002011-09-05T14:42:02.088+01:00Making money from gaming is a whole different kett...Making money <i>from</i> gaming is a whole different kettle of fish.<br /><br />That's probably part of why we like the imaginary worlds so much. After all, how many gamers are actually generals throwing away the lives of men, bloodthirsty tomb robbers or traders in dangerous contraband in real life? Hopefully not too many.<br /><br />Games aside, or maybe not, extracting the urine could be big business in the wider economy.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-20472321886048598152011-09-05T14:17:52.872+01:002011-09-05T14:17:52.872+01:00....or extract the urine, the only money in gaming.......or extract the urine, the only money in gaming I've known is painting miniatures but that that's a cost in time aswell.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.com