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RPG-ology #71: Time

October 17, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: aliens, e.r. jones, mathematics, multiverser, places to go people to be, Regis Pannier

RPG-ology #70: Value

September 19, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 3 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: Game Ideas Unlimited, role-playing game, roleplaying game, rpg, settings, world building, worldbuilding

RPG-ology #69: Distracted

August 15, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 2 Comments

This is RPG-ology #69:  Distracted, for August 2023. Some decades back I was a scout leader, and as I have mentioned elsewhere our troop did a lot of canoeing. The Delaware River has a few sections that are very touristy.  Aided by wing dams which raise the water level upstream, there are calm stretches in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: boy scouts, canoe, canoeing, cell phone, game, mechanic

RPG-ology #68: Expertise

July 18, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #68:  Expertise, for July 2023. I was packing up ground beef for the freezer.  Generally if I have a bit of money and there’s a good price for it, I buy between ten and twenty pounds, and try to repackage it in zipper bags of about three pounds each which I can … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: character, play

RPG-ology #67: Map

June 20, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #67:  Map, for June 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:  Map, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: boy scouts, characters, darkness, dimensions, dungeon, Game Ideas Unlimited, light, map, map-making, maps, maze, miniatures, players, spaceship

RPG-ology #66: Identity

May 16, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #66:  Identity, for May 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:  Flirting, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: character, character death, cross-gender, death, exploration, homosexuality, horror, sex, sexuality, sliders, superheroes, undead, vampires

RPG-ology #65: Dog

April 18, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #65:  Dog, for April 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:  Dog, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: aliens, animals, c.s. lewis, CS Lewis, Game Ideas Unlimited, intelligent

RPG-ology #64: Signalling

March 21, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #64:  Signalling, for March 2023. On a British television show I sometimes watch, what they call a “Panel Show” which essentially means it’s dressed up to look like a game show but the contestants are all comedians whose job isn’t to play the game but to entertain the audience, a joke was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: debt, debtor, music

RPG-ology #63: Pain

February 21, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #63:  Pain, for February 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:  Pain, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: Game Ideas Unlimited, oil, places to go people to be, Regis Pannier

RPG-ology #62: File Cards

January 17, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 1 Comment

This is RPG-ology #62:  File Cards, for January 2023. We began a sort of miniseries specifically focusing on tips for running games.  There is a sense in which this entire RPG-ology series is about game tips, but with the entry #58:  Random Encounters we recognized a more focused collection on the subject, and noticed that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: facebook, gm tips, non-player character, party leader, player tips, roleplaying tips, spreadsheet, tips, villains
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