{"id":2425,"date":"2016-01-07T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T02:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2016-03-03T16:33:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T00:33:48","slug":"locus-table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/locus-table-of-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Locus: Table of Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy <em>Thurpsday<\/em>, GURPSophiles and geeks of all flavors, and welcome to 2016! I hope you had a lovely end to the old year and kick-off to the new. After a few weeks of unplugging and recharging (<em>video games and movies &#8212; and I saw &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221;!<\/em>), I&#8217;m back and looking forward to a whole slew of fun new posts.<\/p>\n<p>The first post of 2016 is the table of contents for the &#8220;<strong>Locus: Center of the Infiniverse<\/strong>&#8221; setting I&#8217;ve been gestating a good long while. I think this covers all of the important points to hit, but if you notice anything\u00a0missing that you&#8217;d like to know about, please let me know in the comments below (or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/index.php?id=contact\">elsewhere<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to post and link sections as I write them up, ultimately turning the city of Locus from a theoretical exercise in multi-dimensional world building into a concrete game setting that GURPS groups can use to tell some epic and crazy tales of adventure. Once all the sections have been posted and it has gone from &#8220;This is what a setting like this <em>could<\/em> look like&#8221; to &#8220;This is what Locus looks like,&#8221; I&#8217;ll collect them all together into a single PDF and post for download.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll be covering about Locus in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2426\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/infinity_dragons_by_danmwithatwist.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/infinity_dragons_by_danmwithatwist-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 DanMWithATwist\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/infinity_dragons_by_danmwithatwist-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/infinity_dragons_by_danmwithatwist-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/infinity_dragons_by_danmwithatwist.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/danmwithatwist.deviantart.com\/art\/Infinity-Dragons-180446730\">DanMWithATwist<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Locus, Center of the Infiniverse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nature of the City<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is a Zone?<\/li>\n<li>Traveling\u00a0Across Zones<\/li>\n<li>What Does That Look Like?<\/li>\n<li>Types of Zones (Permanent, Regular, Irregular, Zone Quakes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Life in\u00a0Locus<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Government<\/li>\n<li>Laws<\/li>\n<li>Trade and Commerce<\/li>\n<li>Entertainment<\/li>\n<li>Travel<\/li>\n<li>Gear and Weapons<\/li>\n<li>Daily Life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Magic, Powers, and Technology<\/p>\n<p>Places<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zone Stats (Name, Summary, Major Civilizations, Great Powers, Type, Class, TL, Mana Level; based on <em>Infinite Worlds<\/em>, p. 108)<\/li>\n<li>Notable Zones and Places<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Factions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Megacorps<\/li>\n<li>Religions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>History of the City<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creation<\/li>\n<li>Notable Periods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Gaming in Locus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Character Creation<\/p>\n<p>GMing in Locus<\/p>\n<p>Adventure Seeds<\/p>\n<p>Campaigns in Locus<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post and others like it, might you consider the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheMookNet?ty=h\">Game Geekery Patreon<\/a><em>?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Happy Thurpsday, GURPSophiles and geeks of all flavors, and welcome to 2016! I hope you had a lovely end to the old year and kick-off to the new. 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