This is Faith in Play #90: Nerd Enough, for May 2025. Thanks to Bryan Ray for recommending the Min/Max Podcast. This topic comes from their second episode, some years back, which I just heard. The issue raised was whether any of the panelists on the podcast thought that they were “nerd enough”, that is, were … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #89: Characterization, for April 2025. 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: Characterization, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #88: Celebrations, for March 2025. 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: Celebrations, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #87: The Alien, for February 2025. 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 Alien, and is reposted here … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #86: Tempters, for January 2025. We received a question via our Facebook page. The page exists mostly to alert people to this site and to our e-mail discussion group, but we often interact with people who post or message us there. This was a particularly good question; I shall leave … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #83: Spirits, for October 2024. In my book Why I Believe I note that if there is a supernatural realm in which God exists, it is at least likely that there are other spirits existing in that realm. Further, those spirits might be at least as varied as living organisms … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #80: Synchronized, for July 2024. About two years ago we posted Faith in Play #53: Synchronicity. This is a related but distinct notion. Now four decades ago when I was a DJ on one of the then few contemporary Christian radio stations in the world I noticed something peculiar. Fairly … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #78: Recoil, for May 2024. One of the purposes of this series, drawn from its predecessor Game Ideas Unlimited, is to provide you with tools you might use in your games. This might be one of those tools. Some years back at The Forge a designer was seeking a way to make … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #77: Wounds, for April 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: Wounds, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #76: Derivative, for March 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: Derivative, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]