Recent content by Bannister Nicholas

This here is what (IMHO) a Profession GM does for his players, creating the right blend of ease and difficulty to help players train themselves to be better humans. Workplaces will pay a ProGM to do this for employees (I was employed as such for 8+ years) if they have the right environment...

I know in Australia, getting an influx of British WH and American D&D almost on par in the 80s, I saw alot of British Heavy metal bands actively promoting their association with RP products & art. I saw and heard of, many RP groups using Heavy metal as background music for combat, it gives that...

Google the Video "Humans need not apply", Its worse than you think. 45% of the workforce. There is talk of Basic Universal Income in many circles, My own Idea is that robots can replace humans, provided they are owned BY humans who derived the income in the first place, (to ensure we don't...

Mercantilism, brought in, in the 16th century introduced the economical idea of "work" as a thing everyone should do, as a measurement of a countries potential. If you weren't working, you were wasting the resources of your country, which was as effective to the enemy as sabotage, in effect you...

Having done both, its of my opinion that racing a car at 90mph requires far higher reflexes and mental agility than a runaway horse and cart, also the car will run itself into a tree, but at least the horse 'might' try to avoid the tree, As to fighting, your point about imagining it is whats...

My Answer: Speed and Simplicity. Sci-fi is often about speed & complexity, terabytes of data, at the speed of light. Speed: It needs fast choices and fast result to get that feel, lasers, automatic computers reacting for you to enable shields, many things that require instantaneous reactions...

I've been a Professional (PAID + Training) GM for 9+ years, first gig was 1992, ran for 3 years weekends, then from 2008 to 2012 as a part then full time job, hit 6 figures in the last 3 years (depending on the currency, but 6 in US) Its a very viable opportunity if you can market yourself and...