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.
This is Faith in Play #57: Heroes, for August 2022. I have a list of topic suggestions from readers to which I occasionally refer. Among the suggestions are lists of archetypes for that miniseries, many of which I don’t understand myself–but the word “hero” appears on several different lists, including Joseph Campbell’s and Carl Jung’s, … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #56: Voices, for July 2022. A couple months back someone on a Facebook RPG group (and I honestly don’t remember which) asked for advice on how to individualize non-player characters. There was some good advice given, including a small bit from me about creating character voices; but the question keeps coming … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #56: Guidance, for July 2022. In most of our games, either God or the gods are irrelevant, or we via our characters tell them what we want to do and ask or sometimes tell them to help. Sometimes the referee decides that we will go on a quest, and a … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #55: The Process, for May 2022. 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: The Process, and is reposted here … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #55: Marriage, for June 2022. I have written quite a bit about marriage over the years; I’ll not endeavor to list anything here. It strikes me, though, that although in my fiction I’ve had several weddings and character marriages, and in my games likewise, I haven’t written much about marriages … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #54: Names, for May 2022. 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 published as Game Ideas Unlimited: Names, and is reproduced here … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #54: Stigma, for May 2022. Half a year ago, when RPG-ology #48: Embraces was published, a reader following our Facebook page (which exists primarily to let people know we exist somewhere else) commented that we should drop the word “Christian” from our group’s name. I responded to ask why, but … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #53: In the Spirit of Radio, for April 2022. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition. This was originally published in the Winter 2004 edition of the Daedalus e-zine, and was forgotten when that publication vanished. However, having seen the French … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #53: Synchronicity, for April 2022. On the Christian Gamers Guild discussion board, Michael Garcia raised a familiar question with a new twist: how do you bring the hand of God into a role playing game without going over the top? In a game like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons™ magic is … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #52: Edison, for March 2022. 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. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Those are probably the … [Read more…]