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Deceptive Attack – Final Thoughts (this time around)

So, I made a small error in my original sheet yesterday, but I’ve replaced it with the right math. I also upgraded the sheet to show the relative delta in absolute percentages from any given choice to the best choice for that defender.  That’s what led me to conclude, basically, that there really is an…

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Deceptive Yak Shaving – Deceptive Attack Redux

A thread on the forums made me break out Excel again so I can look at the “optimum” one-one-one level of deceptive attack for all combinations of DA and defense level. The answer is darn complicated, turns out. Here’s an example of what I mean: This is the example Cadmus faces when he’s got his…

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Musings on the Steve Jackson Interview – Part 2 (mostly VTTs)

I interviewed +Steve Jackson, who of course wrote and published the game system for which I write, GURPS. +Jeffro Johnson said nice things about the interview. Steve and I covered a lot of ground, much of which could have elicited an even larger response than I made during the interview itself. I’m going to excerpt…