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µP<a href="https://fedihum.org/@toroe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@toroe</a> and I gave a lecture about "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Games</a> and how to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheat</a> them" at the Oldenburger Computer Museum last thursday. Here is the (German) video:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXUUUAnrQE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXUUUAnrQE</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameStudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameTheory</a>

Glyn MoodyOntario sets 25% surcharge on US energy exports to counter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/ontario-canada-trump-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/ontario-canada-trump-tariffs</a> "Premier Doug Ford says province ‘won’t back down’ until US president retracts duties on Canada" everyone must do the same <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a>

HoldMyTypeIdea of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/karlmarx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karlmarx</a> s alienation or weber s objection to his very definition of class and www If someone works in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#google</a> can they end up buying their own <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alphabet</a> product one day But the means of production here can be free , thanks to open source , but can they be? I mean server cost is never free , <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> isnt free of cost , tax cuts re not free, nor is marketing and lawsuits But <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigtech</a> folks dont go through alienation Why , because they share political control ( ie bargain position ) , which can be different from ownership , while the latter , including the value, which they can influence of their stock holding is reduced in that accord and they end up being better off than their peers in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> or <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> as bigtech is now big enough to influence policy making for that The dictated aspect of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> . Afaik weber didnt highlight the rich gets richer or big gets bigger part

HoldMyTypethe very assumption that people need be selfish for optimal results beats the argument <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/taxtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxtherich</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> equilibrium <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strategy</a> can't be individualistic , a game needs > 1 player <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HezHJKZ47Ck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HezHJKZ47Ck</a>

Nikolai Hampton 💾Dear Brisbanites and S.E. Queenslanders. You are not allowed to complain about panic buyers if you…• Shopped a day or two earlier because you heard about shortages, • Grabbed one or two extra “just in case”, • Switched brands when you’d normally have gone without, • Acted differently to how you would in your normal every day shopping.…if you did, guess what? You’re “panic buying” too. You’re just salty because you missed out.Blame yourself (or maybe the retailers). Calling everyone else an idiot when you acted too late, nope - that’s on you. And, let’s be honest, you’re not going to starve. You’ll be uncomfortable for a few days.Acting surprised and exasperated when you arrived but the shelves were empty. Realise, thousands of other more prepared people simply shifted their shopping by a few days, or bought an extra loaf of bread - this hardly constitutes panic.But, you say “when I arrived the shelves were bare and people had 6kg of ham in their trolly - who can eat 6kg of ham?”. Fair, but consider a) you don’t know their circumstance, maybe they like ham, and b) It’s not their fault if it’s not your fault - they weren’t acting in time either. Their hand was forced, they had to act - rationally - given the circumstance. Grab yourself 6kg of olives and enjoy. The only thing that could have changed your outcome is you acting sooner, or having suppliers/shops be more responsive and proactive. Expecting the behaviour of others to change to suit you is just nonsense. We all know how this works. Remember the last toilet paper crisis? If you’re caught short again, maybe it’s not everyone else who’s the idiot! Cyclone Alfred affecting Brisbane/SEQ was looking possible since the weekend, so you can’t claim ignorance.I know why you’re angry, you missed out. I understand and it sucks. But stop squarking about it. Try again tomorrow. (Caveats: Not talking about hoarding beyond personal use, or profiteering. Also, I feel genuinely for those who couldn’t act earlier due to financial or other circumstances - if you’re in north-western Brisbane and this is you, message me directly I don’t know what I can do, but if I can I’ll help). <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CycloneAlfred</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brisbane</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameTheory</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PanicBuying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PanicBuying</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queensland</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cyclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclone</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/beprepared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beprepared</a>

TATuP📣 Call for Abstracts: "Technology assessment and future warfare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".The Special topic of issue 35/1 (2026) is guest edited by Prof. Dr. Karsten Weber and Prof. Dr. Markus Bresinsky, OTH Regensburg, DE📅 Submit your abstract by: 11 April 2025Further information: <a href="https://lnkd.in/g7gxBh2V" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/g7gxBh2V</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FutureWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FutureWarfare</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameTheory</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuclearWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearWar</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberWeapons</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutonomousWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutonomousWeapons</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DualUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DualUse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zeitenwende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zeitenwende</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechnologyAssessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechnologyAssessment</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TAJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TAJournal</a> oekom Verlag <a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@ITAS_KIT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ITAS_KIT</a>

Vince Knight (He/Him)The Axelrod library is 10 years old.If I'd had time to see that coming I'd have written down some thoughts about it all. Here are two simple thoughts:For a library that started as a demo project at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@PyConNA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PyConNA</a>, it's ended up being a huge part of my research and teaching.I've also learnt so much from the amazing co-maintainers of the project who have become friends.<a href="https://axelrod.readthedocs.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://axelrod.readthedocs.io</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a>

Valeriy M., PhD, MBA, CQFShould countries prioritize short-term gains or long-term stability? Let’s discuss! 👇<a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameTheory</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/TradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradeWars</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economics</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/PrisonersDilemma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrisonersDilemma</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/USACanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USACanada</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/InternationalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalTrade</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/FreeTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeTrade</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Relocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Relocation</a>

WildEnte<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jon</a> I very, very, very much recommend playing "The evolution of trust" (link below) which shows (with game theory) that a certain amount of forgiveness towards errors (or opposing viewpoints) of the other side is a winning strategy, whereas screwing people over is a losing strategy. Everyone, it's Sunday, play it.<a href="https://ncase.me/trust/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ncase.me/trust/</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trust</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/winwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winwin</a>

randomwizardThere are some topics that just instantly generate endless debate. The Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum Physics is one.In RPGs, D&D and such, I think the equivalent topic is Referee, DM objectivity and the use of dice. This article by Bob Kruger describes the issue a little better than I have been able to describe it in the past (and I have tried to explain it so many times without much success).<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160520122457/http://www.baen.com/danddmasters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160520122457/http://www.baen.com/danddmasters</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/probabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#probabilities</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/quantumphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quantumphysics</a>

Vince Knight (He/Him)The properties of good iterated prisoner dilemma strategies are:1. Be "nice" in non-noisy environments or when game lengths are longer 2. Be provocable in tournaments with short matches, and generous in tournaments with noise 3. Be a little bit envious 4. Be clever 5. Adapt to the environment (including the population of strategies).You can find all the raw data from the tournaments here: <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/10246248" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zenodo.org/records/10246248</a>You can find the processed data here: <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/10246247" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zenodo.org/records/10246247</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a>

Vince Knight (He/Him)After running his original 2 tournaments Robert Axelrod concluded with a list of 5 properties for good performance in iterated Prisoner's Dilemma tournaments.Over the Christmas period my co-authors and I published a paper where we analysed more than 45,000 tournaments to come up with more precise (and I'd argue correct) properties: <a href="https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012644&?utm_id=plos111&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author#sec008" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012644&?utm_id=plos111&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author#sec008</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a>

randomwizardIn the mid 80s, TSR came out with a new version of Top Secret. The original game was set more in a cold war USA vs USSR kind of setting. The newer game leaned more into a James Bond fantastical kind of setting.I played it a couple of times. I really liked the combat of the game. Each character had a paper doll with hit locations and hit boxes. Players would roll 2 ten sided dice to see if they hit. 2 ten siders can make 00-99. If you rolled under your skill rating, you would get a hit.But what was cool was that the same roll also told you how much damage you did, and where you hit. If Suzie had a Melee score of 67, and she rolled 58. She would do 5 points of damage and hit location 8 (right let). If she rolled a 20, she would do 2 points of damage and hit location 0 (head). If she rolled 78, she missed.I always wanted to try such a system in a medieval style rpg, but damage and body types are more varied. I did not relish the idea of making paper dolls for Dragons, Centaurs, and Mermaids.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spy</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tsr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tsr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a>

randomwizardRecent discussions about hypothetical D&D economies led me to look into Roman currency. Here is a great wikipedia image of the common currency in the 27 BC - 100 AD Roman era.So instead of copper, silver, electrum gold (the D&D standard), the early Roman Empire used various iterations of Bronze, Orichalcum, Silver, Billon, and Gold.And today I learned Billon is the name for an alloy of silver and gold, or silver and copper, or silver and gold and copper, or basically any alloy of silver and some base metal.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency#Imperial_period:_27_BC_%E2%80%93_AD_476" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency#Imperial_period:_27_BC_%E2%80%93_AD_476</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldbuilding</a>

randomwizardCredit to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@capita_picat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@capita_picat</a> for pointing out this article about how Gold was not the usual currency used in medieval times.<a href="https://acoup.blog/2025/01/03/collections-coinage-and-the-tyranny-of-fantasy-gold/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://acoup.blog/2025/01/03/collections-coinage-and-the-tyranny-of-fantasy-gold/</a>I like looking at real world analogues to help inform making the "physics, economic engine" for rpgs.A lot of issues in rpgs come down to how well do we want to emulate something from the real world like; falling damage, combat injuries, or should the economy use silver pieces.Versus the thought of, are we playing a "game" and the rules should be more gamey in nature. Usually because going too far down the emulation path becomes a slog.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/medievalhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medievalhistory</a>

Elod Pal CsirmazOur paper on submodular functions has been published in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mathematics</a> by MDPI! These functions have applications in information inequalities, operational research, combinatorial optimization and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/socialsciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialsciences</a> , <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#machinelearning</a> .Calculating the extremal submodular functions on subsets of a fixed set has only been done up to five elements. This is our attempt to do so on a six-element set, publishing 360B of them.<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/1/97" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/1/97</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GitHub</a> <a href="https://github.com/csirmaz/submodular-functions-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/csirmaz/submodular-functions-6</a>

🌅Rí Rua🏔️This video is fascinating! Talking about Game Theory, Prisoner's Dilemma and how co-operation emerges.It's super interesting that nasty strategems do not work over time and that looking out for number one can also create co-operation.<a href="https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/what-the-prisoner's-dilemma-reveals:a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/what-the-prisoner's-dilemma-reveals:a</a><a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/veritasium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veritasium</a> <a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameTheory</a>

geeknik🔮 Factorio exemplifies how computational engagement patterns can be therapeutically channeled through recursive optimization frameworks. Rather than pathologizing min-maxing tendencies, it provides bounded infinite possibility spaces for cognitive load distribution. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameTheory</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neuroscience</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoOIxqOv9U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoOIxqOv9U</a>

randomwizardRecent discussions on RIFTS Mega-Damage led to investigating what is the AD&D equivalent. If you look on pages 54 of the 1e DMG, you get information about ship warfare and hull points which seem to be equivalent to construction defensive values detailed starting on page 108.There is something about Gygax's system here that is not very appealing to me. Too fiddly? A lot of consulting charts? I am not sure.If you take the seige weapons table, and average and compare the damage they do to normal creatures, and then you compare the siege damage they do to structures, 1 hull point and/or construction defensive point appears to be about 2 hit points. So just double.But it is not easy (or correct) to make a 2 to 1 conversion, because every case is a bit different on the charts. For example, a fireball does no damage to earth or stone structures!<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rifts</a>

randomwizardI am kind of warming up to the idea of Mega-Damage. If you read through the rational behind MD in the Core Rulebook it makes sense.<a href="https://palladium-store.com/1001/product/800HC-Rifts-Ultimate-Edition.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://palladium-store.com/1001/product/800HC-Rifts-Ultimate-Edition.html</a>Quoting from the book...It is crucial that players clearly understand the concept of Mega-Damage and Mega-Damage Capacity (M.D.C.). Basically, M.D.C. indicates a super tough armor or physical structure. A structure so tough, that normal weapons will not damage it. To damage a Mega-Damage Capacity (M.D.C.) structure you must use something that inflicts Mega-Damage (M.D.)....You're still sitting in your tank when somebody waltzes up and lets go with a .357 Magnum at point-blank range. The bullets bounce off the tank's armored hull, leaving only large gouges in the paint and scratched armor. No damage is done. His two buddies whip out an Uzi sub-machinegun and an M-16 assault rifle, and spray the tank with a hail of bullets. The combined attack must number into the hundreds of S.D.C. damage. But the tank's hull is undamaged because it is super tough . . . M.D.C.! Normal weapons, even when combined, can not damage a mega-structure. Only a weapon that inflicts mega-damage can harm the tank.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rifts</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gametheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gametheory</a>

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