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 Faith in Play #89: Grateful, for April 2025. It was again a television contest, and the contestants were told to create something that represented that for which they were most grateful. I wasn’t paying enough attention to know what they all presented, but it got me thinking. There is an obvious answer arising … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #86: Uncertainty, for January 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: Uncertainty, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #50: Sentience, for February 2022. 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. One of the most difficult aspects of universe design is always what Multiverser … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
This is Faith in Play #39: Of Aliens and Elves, for February 2021. Fantasy and science fiction are riddled with races. Star Trek offers Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, Bajorans, and a host of others. Dungeons & Dragons gives us multiple varieties of Elves, Dwarfs, Gnomes, and Halflings, just for starters, and keeps going from there. … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #38: Polyglot, for January 2021. I was going to call this article I Speak Jive, but it just happens that earlier this week I was chatting with someone about movies and he suggested that a movie could not get away with that joke today. Given the recent clime (I am writing this … [Read more…]
Hi class! Nice to meet you all. I’m teacher Nikolaj, and today we’re talking about games! But first, an introduction. I’m Nikolaj Bourguignon, a graphic designer turned child caretaker turned teacher. I teach Protestant religion in what I think in the United States would be Primary School—kids aged 6-12. I can do this because in … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #25: Transmats, for December 2019. This article has been republished from Gaming Outpost’s Game Ideas Unlimited series from June, 2001, only slightly edited for republication here, originally entitled Game Ideas Unlimited: Transmats. Matter transmitters bug me. In short, I find them incredible in the most basic meaning of that word: I don’t … [Read more…]