This is Faith in Play #66: Promises, for May 2023. I was very young when I saw a western something-or-other (don’t know if it was a movie or a television show) in which one of the characters made a statement that has stuck with me for over half a century: “A man’s only got his … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #65: Dog, for April 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: Dog, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #65: Family, for April 2023. There has been a lot of talk in recent years about something called “Family Game Night”, the idea that families benefit by spending time together playing games. Some might be offended by the use of the slogan, “The family that plays together,” but it’s probably … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #64: Signalling, for March 2023. On a British television show I sometimes watch, what they call a “Panel Show” which essentially means it’s dressed up to look like a game show but the contestants are all comedians whose job isn’t to play the game but to entertain the audience, a joke was … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #64: A Kingdom Allegory, for March 2023. I was musing on random ideas when my mind stumbled on a setting idea, a piece of a larger world I would expect, into which the characters might wander and which they might find confusing but possibly, what, educational? I have couched it … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #63: Pain, for February 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: Pain, and is reposted here with minor … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #63: Inadequacy, for February 2023. Decades ago comedian Bill Cosby got a lot of laughs from a sketch about Noah’s conversations with God. Throughout Noah is full of doubts and questions (“Am I on Candid Camera?), not at all happy with what he has been instructed to do. We don’t … [Read more…]
This is RPG-ology #62: File Cards, for January 2023. 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 a more focused collection on the subject, and noticed that … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #62: Theocracy, for January 2023. Whether our imagined worlds are vast universes or small villages, there is always someone, person, people, or other, who is in charge. We call that government. In most of our medieval-themed worlds, and many of our futuristic ones, we envision a monarchial feudalism. In the … [Read more…]
We again finished the year, and should observe the tradition to post an index of the past year’s articles on the last day. In December of 2021 we published 2021 At the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed, and in previous years 2020 at the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed; 2019 at the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed; Thirteen … [Read more…]