Happy Holidays from Fuldapocalypse!
Category: Blog Stuff
The Fuldapocalypse World War III Book is Out!
A collection of essays by me that might have been inspired by blog posts I wanted to elaborate on, inspired by posts I never wrote, and just random inspirations, is now out in ebook and soon in paperback form.
It’s short and is kind of an unconventional stream of conciousness writing exercise, fair warning. But it does explain (partially) why I had fewer blog posts lately. Anyway, it was fun to write and I hope it’s fun to read.
Happy Fuldapocalyptic Halloween
Keep an eye out for goblins [submarines] and vampires [missiles] this Halloween!
Wither Fuldapocalypse?
As you may have guessed from my seemingly declining post time, I’m just losing steam on this blog. I’ve thought it’s things like games/writing/etc… and there’s some truth to that. But I feel there’s more to it than that. Like it’s harder to get the urge to blog even if I have the time.
If this blog fades away, so be it. Six years, one thousand posts, and totally changing my perspective on fiction for the better is completely worth it.
And if this can reinvent itself as something other than a review blog, than so be it as well. Either way, starting Fuldapocalypse has been one of the best decisions of my life. I just don’t want to force anything.
Happy Fourth of July
Happy Independence Day, Americans! To celebrate have this low-effort bad AI picture.
In Memoriam, Trina
Today my old cat, Trina, finally passed away. She was 19 and had an excellent life. I already miss you. Trina was one of the most gentle, friendly, and calm cats out of the many I’ve had. RIP.
Coiler’s Culmination Calculator
As a fun side project, I made my first (intentionally abstracted) wargaming tool. The goal is to see the culmination point of an offensive.
Assumptions: The attacker is consistently advancing, however, the defender is fighting back hard throughout. The units of the attacker participating in the campaign are not going to be rotated out, hence they will only receive small and piecemeal reinforcements/replacements throughout.
This simple tool works as follows:
- The attacker starts with a point total of 100.
- For each objective, roll 1d10. 1 means the objective is taken unopposed and the force suffers no meaningful losses. 2-6 is a minor engagement where the unit suffers a point loss equal to 1d6 points. 7-10 is a major engagement where the unit suffers a point loss equal to 1d6+10.
- After every turn, the faction regains 3 points.
- The offensive will have culminated when the point total reaches zero or less.
Example:
- Objective 1: 9: 16 points lost. 3 regenerated. 87 points.
- Objective 2: 8: 12 points lost, 3 regenerated. 78 points.
- Objective 3: 6: 1 point lost, 3 regenerated. 79 points
- Objective 4: 6: 6 points lost, 3 regenerated. 76 points.
- Objective 5: 1: No losses, 3 points regenerated. 79 points.
- Objective 6: 3: 5 losses, 3 regenerated. 77 points
- Objective 7: 10: 11 losses, 3 regenerated. 69 points
Etc….
Figures of course can be changed depending on context.
Entering the World of Tabletop Wargaming
Welp, it’s finally happened. I’ve gotten a hex board.
Game board+ some cheap model spaceships as placeholders if nothing else + stands if I do get miniatures + time and effort = Physical games that I fully intend to show and share on Fuldapocalypse when played. Starting with Starmada.
A Period of Cheating is out!
The ebook version of the second All Union book, A Period of Cheating, is now out!
The paperback will be up soon.
Eclipse
I indirectly experienced the eclipse today. Didn’t look in its direction but did notice how dark (in this case somewhat) it made the surrounding area.
