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Faith in Play #68: Prayer

July 4, 2023 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is Faith in Play #68:  Prayer, for July 2023. This arose in discussion on the Christian Gamers Guild mailing list.  It seems that someone mentioned a new role playing game in which players were expected to verbalize the in-game prayers of their fictional characters to the real God.  Guild members had mixed reactions to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith in Play Tagged: c.s. lewis, character, christian, christian gamers guild, cleric, CS Lewis, deity, faith and gaming, fiction, game, god, gods, i game, identification, improvisation, jesus, multiverser, prayer, roleplaying game, worlds

RPG-ology #60: Spreadsheets

November 15, 2022 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #60:  Spreadsheets, for November 2022. 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 this as a more focused collection on the subject, and noticed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: advanced dungeons & dragons, armor, character sheet, computer, equipment, gm tips, hit points, multiverser, player tips, roleplaying tips, skills, star frontiers, tips, weapons

RPG-ology #53: In the Spirit of Radio

April 19, 2022 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: RPG-ology Tagged: advice, characterization, characters, creation, disney, fantasy, fear, gaming, hobbits, imagination, magic, monsters, multiverser, music, relationships, role-playing, role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying game, ron edwards, rpg, science fiction, settings, social, sorcerer, story, television, tips, tolkien, universalis, world building, worldbuilding

Faith in Play #52: Pirates

March 1, 2022 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is Faith in Play #52:  Pirates, for March 2022. We have yet another archetype character this month.  I picked pirates for the category name because there is something romantic about them in the modern mind, but this broadly covers brigands, bandits, and similar scoundrels.  When I put the question to my panel of experts, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith in Play Tagged: archetypes, blake's 7, dave mattingly, han solo, multiverser, novel, piracy, Robin Hood, spaceship

RPG-ology #48: Embraces

November 16, 2021 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #48:  Embraces, for November 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:  Embraces, and has been reproduced here with minor editing [bracketed]. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: adventure, aragorn, characters, clue, commander jonathan ford, cross-gender, dancing princess, dragonslayer, experience points, gender, han solo, hunt for red october, jack ryan, james bond, legend, lieutenant loni henderson, lord of the rings, miss scarlet, movies, multiverser, patriot games, players, princess leia, professor plum, relationship, romance, romancing the stone, samwise, seaquest, star trek, star wars, television

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 #46: Deceased

September 21, 2021 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 1 Comment

This is RPG-ology #46:  Deceased, for September 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:  Deceased, and has been reproduced here with minor editing [bracketed]. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: ceremony, character death, closure, funeral, funerals, grave, grief, multiverser, risk, ritual, role playing games

RPG-ology #42: Who?

May 18, 2021 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #42:  Who?, for May 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:  Who?, and has been reproduced here with minor editing [bracketed]. There … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: AD&D, ADR's and Surv's, buffy the vampire slayer, character generation, characters, dawn, dungeons & dragons, Game Ideas Unlimited, indiana jones, multiverser, mystery options, roleplaying games

RPG-ology #39: My North Wall

February 16, 2021 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

This is RPG-ology #39:  My North Wall, for February 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 not one of them, but the unearthing of about two thirds of the articles complete … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: artist, bernice wurst, biosphere, blake's 7, captain blood, dancing princess, darkness, Game Ideas Unlimited, historic, ice age, labyrinth, leprechauns, mars, might-have-beens, misdirection, multiverser, music, rembrandt brown, romance, sliders, swashbuckler, total recall, Tristan's Labyrinth

RPG-ology #34: Invisible Coins

September 15, 2020 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 1 Comment

This is RPG-ology #34:  Invisible Coins, for September 2020. This was originally published as Game Ideas Unlimited:  Invisible Coins on July 27, 2001.  It is only slightly edited for republication here. You’ve probably heard the line about our strange and beautiful relationship—in which I’m beautiful, and you’re… well, I’ll assume you’ve heard it.  My relationship … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, RPG-ology Tagged: choices, coffee, coins, D&D, dice, dimitrios jim denaxas, dungeons & dragons, e.r. jones, er jones, fair, friend, game, Game Ideas Unlimited, heads or tails, illusion, invisible, multiverser, referee, relationship
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