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RPG-ology #83: Tactics

October 15, 2024 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #83:  Tactics, for October 2024. 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:  Tactics, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: AD&D, battle, combat, fighter, Game Ideas Unlimited, genre, map, party leader, places to go people to be, players, referee, Regis Pannier, screen, settings, sorcery, tactics, thief, wargames

RPG-ology #75: Flashbacks

February 20, 2024 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #75:  Flashbacks, for February 2024. 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:  Flashbacks, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: charles ives, dune, King David, lord of the rings, map, star wars

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 #47: Left or Right?

October 19, 2021 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 1 Comment

This is RPG-ology #47:  Left or Right, for October 2021. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating copies of many lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles.  This was originally published as Game Ideas Unlimited:  Left or Right?, and has been reproduced here with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: commando, espionage, illusion, map, moving clue, multiverser, mystery, puzzle, robert frost, ron edwards, tiger

RPG-ology #44: Left Hand

July 20, 2021 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #44:  Left Hand, for July 2021. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating copies of many lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles.  This was originally published as Game Ideas Unlimited:  Left Hand, and has been reproduced here with minor editing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: advanced dungeons & dragons, bronx zoo, Captain Kirk, dimensions, dungeon masters guide, e.r. jones, Game Ideas Unlimited, map, outer planes, spock, star trek, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

Roll For Teaching 3: Gimmicks, Whistles and Bells

June 8, 2021 by Nikolaj Bourguignon Leave a Comment

Hi class, I hope you’re all enjoying the new year! I’ve had the opportunity to test out two new games since our last class.  One is a reworking of the Visit of the Magi and another is a Kingdom Building Game that I’ve wanted to try out a long time before (and have said so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Roll for Teaching, Tutorials Tagged: character sheet, dragon, egg, gimmick, map, props, railroad, random, teaching, visit of the magi

2020 at the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed

December 31, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 3 Comments

The year 2020 surprised all of us, as we scrambled to make life work under entirely different conditions.  However, the viral impact on our web site was minimal, as although we slowed down a bit we continued providing what we hope are valuable quality articles on gaming and faith.  Last December we published 2019 at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bible Study, Chaplain's Corner, Conventions, Faith in Play, Games, Roll for Teaching, RPG-ology, The D&Degenerate, Tutorials Tagged: adventure design, alignment, autism, balance, character death, christian games, contortionist, death, dependent, derek white, dice, dungeons & dragons, faith in play, fiction, freedom, freedom of expression, Game Ideas Unlimited, games, geek, geek preacher, guidance, handicap, illusionism, knights of the dinner table, magic, map, mapping, matthew butler, metaphor, michael garcia, monster, neutrality, Person of Interest, Politically Correct, psionics, role-playing, rpg-ology, sewers, single session, spiritual warfare, superstition, teaching, teleportation, thanks, undead, vampires

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 #31: Magic Roads

June 2, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is Faith in Play #31:  Magic Roads, for June 2020. Some years back I was playing in a game in which the city was ruled by chaotic gods who objected to anything being orderly or sensible.  This was particularly noticeable in connection with the roads:  it was impossible to make a map.  I secretly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith in Play Tagged: Cape May, chaotic, garden state parkway, global positioning system, god, gods, google maps, guidance, Lobster House, map, map-making, mapping, roads, sirius black, world trade center

RPG-ology #30: Story-based Mapping

May 19, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #30:  Story-based Mapping, for May 2020. I have mentioned before that I belong to a role playing game mapping group on Facebook.  Every day people post beautiful world maps similar to the ones pictured here and ask for feedback. I am not a cartographer; I am not an artist.  When aspiring young … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: cities, Dragonlance, facebook, hobbits, Krynn, labyrinth, legends of alyria, maguffin, map, Map Alchemists, map-making, mapping, max smart, Michael Tumey, Middle Earth, playing bass, roads, rpg, seth ben-ezra, Steve Gaudreau, tolkien, water
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