The Christian Gamers Guild has many facets to its ministry, as we seek to reclaim the imagination to be conformed to the image of Christ through the use of gaming as a creative art form.
One of those aspects is support for Christians involved in gaming. Much of that support is realized through our interactive e-mail group, as Christians from around the world who are gamers share their thoughts and experiences with each other. But the mission goes beyond that. This section of the web site contains articles and links geared to edify and challenge Christians as they live their faith in their games.
Questions about any of this can be directed to the Christian Gamers Guild Board of Directors; some of the authors of individual articles have also included e-mail addresses in their biographical materials, linked from their articles individually.
2023 has been a rough year for those of us who oversee the posts on the Christian Gamers Guild website. There were a few submissions from contributing authors which are languishing on hard drives and in e-mail boxes awaiting the attention of an editor, but the only articles that actually made it to the web … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #74: Preparation, for January 2024. For most of us, Christmas is over. When I was a boy, our tree and decorations went up shortly after Thanksgiving, and on New Year’s Day everything came down and was packed away, the tree burned in the fireplace as part of the New Year … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #73: Sense, for December 2023. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating a copy of this and a number of other lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles. This was originally Game Ideas Unlimited: Sense, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #73: Pilgrimage, for December 2023. Referees are frequently looking for adventure ideas, and there are a lot of stock options–tip from a stranger, retrieval or rescue mission, strange map. Among the ones commonly used is the caravan guards, that the player characters are hired to travel with a merchant and … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #72: Multiple Staging, for November 2023. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating a copy of this and a number of other lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles. This was originally Game Ideas Unlimited: Multiple Staging, and is reposted here … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #72: Backup, for November 2023. I once played with a referee who had a very interesting strategy. He would maneuver players into very dangerous ventures in part by providing them with trump cards, aces up their sleeves as it were, which could be character lifelines in an emergent situation. Then … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #71: Time, for October 2023. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating a copy of this and a number of other lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles. This was originally Game Ideas Unlimited: Time, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #71: Good Witch, for October 2023. The word “witch”, according to the dictionary, has connotations of evil magic, ugly appearance, and a nasty disposition. Yet in our usage we have lost this aspect of witches being evil and ugly. Indeed, if you attend enough game conventions you will meet girls … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #70: Value, for September 2023. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating a copy of this and a number of other lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles. This was originally Game Ideas Unlimited: Value, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #70: Holy War, for September 2023. I heard someone make a comment about religious issues in a war-based video game, and it brought to mind Nebuchadnezzar and Darius the Mede. In the ancient world, almost every nation had its own gods, and when they went to war it was often … [Read more…]