After DMing for many years, I started watching videos online about creating campaigns and adventures. Many talented people have put out interesting content in recent years. Having a bit of experience, I find some online personalities more helpful than others (Guy Sclanders from Great GM is my favorite). I’m now trying to internalize some of … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #49: Oh, Christmas, for December 2021. We all have images of Christmas with the angel choirs singing to the shepherds and the wise men bringing valuable presents to the baby. It is a time of joy, a time of peace, a time of happiness and celebration—and well it should be. … [Read more…]
The Guild editorial staff apologizes to Mr. Bourguignon for the delay in publishing this entry in his series. It has been a challenging year. The end of the school year is still puttering on, which means that I can keep playing games with kids. It also means that I’ll slowly have more time to read … [Read more…]
Historical Context for the Hollywood FilmsKingdom of Heaven and Arn: Knight Templar Preface: I Initially wrote this article for my medievalist friends, who recreate an order of soldier-monks in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). They often show new recruits The Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Arn: Knight Templar (2007). At some point, they asked … [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 Faith in Play #48: Advent, for November 2021. There was, decades ago, a gag in a comic strip (called Funky Winkerbean) in which two of the characters were walking down the street marveling at all the decorations, the lights and garlands and wreaths put up for Christmas, and then one of them says, … [Read more…]
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…]
This is Faith in Play #47: Magic In The Bible, for October 2021. In the interest of disclosure I am here commenting on a book by the title Magic In The Bible, by Ken Goudsward, published by Dimensionfold Publishing, who late last year put my recent book Why I Believe on the shelves. Goudsward is … [Read more…]
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…]
This is Faith in Play #46: Undo, for September 2021. I was folding laundry, and as I picked up a lab jacket I realized that one of the sleeves was inside out. I pushed my hand down a sleeve, grabbed the cuff, and reversed it—only to realize that now both sleeves were inside out, as … [Read more…]