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RPG-ology #31: Screen Wrap

June 16, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #31:  Screen Wrap, for June 2020. This was originally published on June 29, 2001, at Gaming Outpost, as Game Ideas Unlimited:  Screen Wrap. I usually call it “recursive occlusion”; but that’s because that’s what Peter Davison’s Doctor called it in Castrovalva, and now that I get around to thinking about what that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: Castrovalva, corridors, doctor who, dungeon, fantasy, Game Ideas Unlimited, Gaming Outpost, labyrinth, map, map-making, mapping, maps, matter transmission, matter transmitter, maze, minotaur, multiverser, Nimon, Peter Davison, recursive occlusion, sci-fi, science fiction, scifi, screen, space station, Tank, teleport, teleportation, the box, The Master, Tom Baker, transfer points, transmat, transmats, trap, Tristan, Tristan's Labyrinth, tunnels

Faith in Play #30: Conflict

May 5, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain

This is Faith in Play #30:  Conflict, for May 2020. A few years back my band Collision left its equipment set up in a church in which we had been practicing.  The drummer had gotten our logo made as a drum head cover, so there was this picture of the earth crashing into a giant … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith in Play Tagged: alignment, battle, christianity, Collision, D&D, demons, dungeons & dragons, e.r. jones, enemy, evil, faith, fantasy, good, good and evil, images, lewis, magic, multiverser, spiritual, spiritual battle, tolkien, war, weapons

RPG-ology #29: Political Correction

April 21, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 2 Comments

This is RPG-ology #29:  Political Correction, for April 2020. The phrase has been around long enough that I cannot imagine anyone in the English-speaking world does not know what “politically correct” means.  In the short form it means never saying anything that might offend any member of any minority group, whether or not such a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: abortion, ACLU, aliens, American Civil Liberties Union, attorney, belief, Captain Kirk, chaos, crossing lines, dwarf, Enemy Mine, Fahrenheit 451, fantasy, first amendment, freedom of expression, futuristic, half-orc, historic, impolite, Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes, Klingons, lawful, lawyer, non-player character, orc, paul cardwell, Politically Correct, politically incorrect, rape, ray bradbury, role-playing, role-playing game, science fiction, sex, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Tick Tick Tick, violence

Sewers and Such

January 14, 2020 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

Someone once wrote that good Game Masters seem to know a little bit about everything. If it’s not obvious, this is because they need to know how the world works so they can make their own game settings seem real. I know this first-hand from years of running fantasy campaigns. At one point or another, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: advice, fantasy, gm tips, greece, history, indus river valley, irrigation, knossos, paris, role-playing, role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying game, rome, rpg, sanitation, settings, sewer, sewers, tips, water, world building, worldbuilding

Faith in Play #20: The Problem with Protests

July 2, 2019 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 3 Comments

This is Faith in Play #20:  The Problem with Protests, for July 2019. It was brought to my attention that twenty thousand well-meaning wrong-headed religious conservatives have signed a petition asking Netflix not to run a show produced by Amazon exclusively for Amazon Prime subscribers.  The show is a scripting by Neil Gaiman of a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith in Play Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Prime, angel, antichrist, apocalypse, Bullwinkle, demon, dungeons & dragons, fantasy, Gaiman, Good Omens, humor, Jay Adams, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, petition, Pratchett, protest, publicity, Rocky, satanism, satanists, satire, Terry Pratchett

Battle Among the Hill Ruins

June 11, 2019 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

This tale follows from the events of Tracks on a Moonless Night. Background Sir Garrett of House Winchester and his retinue have been in the region around Blackwater Lake for months now, searching for Sir Garrett’s lost ancestral estate, named Falconridge, which once lay somewhere near the shores of the lake. After several adventures and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Northumbria, Sessions to Remember Tagged: blackwater lake, cultists, D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, northumbria, play report, role-playing, roleplaying, roleplaying game, rpg, session report, Winchesters

Christ and the Dice #1: Introduction

May 28, 2019 by Osye E. Pritchett III Leave a Comment

My name is Osye E. Pritchett III (pronounced Oh-Sea). I am a Christian and a gamer. This is my story (abridged). To start I would like to affirm that I believe in God. I believe in the Incarnation; that is, I believe that God became man in the person of Jesus. Wholly God. Wholly man. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christ and the Dice Tagged: battlestar galactica, blake's 7, buck rogers, c.s. lewis, chronicles of narnia, chupacabracon, CS Lewis, D&D, doctor who, dungeons & dragons, earthdawn, fantasy, gencon, iron kingdoms, Narnia, role-playing game, roleplaying game, roleplaying games, sci-fi, shadowrun, star trek, the chronicles of narnia, the hobbit, vampire: the masquerade

Tracks on a Moonless Night

May 14, 2019 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since we heard from the Winchesters. We now return you to another thrilling adventure in Northumbria! Background Sir Garrett of House Winchester and his retinue have been in the region around Blackwater Lake for months now, searching for Sir Garrett’s lost ancestral estate, named Falconridge, which once lay somewhere near the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Northumbria, Sessions to Remember Tagged: blackwater lake, cultists, D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, games, gaming, northumbria, play report, play reports, role-playing, roleplaying, roleplaying game, rpg, session report, temple of pholtus, Winchesters

Treasure Division: A Case Study From Northumbria

April 23, 2019 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

This scene takes place between part 2 and part 3 of “Terror in the Tower.” Background The session began with the PCs back in the village of Lakesend, in between forays to the ruined temple of Pholtus. At some point, the PCs had an interesting discussion on treasure division, and I, as DM, played the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Northumbria, Sessions to Remember Tagged: Becketts, D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, northumbria, play report, play reports, role-playing, roleplaying, roleplaying game, rpg, session report, tips, worldbuilding

Compendium of the Land Surrounding Blackwater Lake — Table of Contents

April 10, 2019 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

  An Introduction, and Of the Barony of Blackwater Of Blackwater Keep, and the Inhabitants Therein Of Lakesend Village, and its Commerce The Blackwater, its Denizens, and the Lands Surrounding Various Peoples of Northumbria, and the Cultures Of Elves Of Frangians Of Zeelanders Of Varangians The States and Rulers in the Western Lands In addition … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Northumbria, Sessions to Remember Tagged: Becketts, D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, games, gaming, northumbria, role-playing, roleplaying, roleplaying game, rpg, rules, session report, settings, Winchesters, world building, worldbuilding
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