#5 is not just #5 on my list. It is also the game that I dubbed my hidden gem of 2015. This is a game where soldiers have to work together to support each other in order to make it through the great war. Unlike other war games, however, The… Continue reading
Grant and Peter are back at it with part three of our Historical Heresies series. This time, we introduce a major competitor to Christianity in the Western Roman Empire, and a particularly interesting (read: complex and imaginative) Gnostic tradition: Manichaeism! We also provide one last plug for this year’s fundraiser for The Bodhana Group, and remind everyone to rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you listen to our podcast on.
Scripture: Psalm 119:25-27, Matthew 28:19-20
Specter Ops pits one player as an agent of A.R.K. – fighting against the Raxxon Corporation’s tyranny – or as a team of hunters hired by Raxxon to protect their facility. Will the Agent be able to sneak through the facility and grab the three objectives and get out in… Continue reading
It’s a shorter episode this week, due to recording right after Thanksgiving and Grant (and the rest of his household) being very sick. Still, that doesn’t stop us from plugging our Bodhana Group fundraiser before getting into our main topic: Group management! We talk about the holidays—because it’s that time of year—and what they do to games. Then, we discuss a number of issues which might arise and communication and management tools to alleviate group management problems. Enjoy!
Scripture: Proverbs 13:4, Ephesians 5:15-16
We didn’t have a MacGuffin episode in November due to the holiday. Since the end of this month brings with it yet another series of holiday festivities to get in the way of recording and listening to podcasts – so we are giving you this holiday special of the Factory… Continue reading
If you’ve been watching our Victoriana game on our Youtube channel, then you already know about the burgeoning love of Edna the Ogre chef and our own Dr. Nimrod Lum. If not, then I will point you to the 2nd video in our 3rd session (dubbed The Edna Equation by… Continue reading
I have recently picked up a number of games that seem light when you look at them on the table, but hold a great deal of value in the play experience. The two that most typify this would be The Grizzled and And Then We Held Hands. These games have next… Continue reading
Once Upon a Time is a fantastic storytelling card game where the players create a fairy tale adventure … but you kinda need the right people playing to make it work right. Being a great storyteller helps, but isn’t required. However, you need to play with people excited about the… Continue reading
Rev. Derek White, a.k.a. “The Geekpreacher“, joins Grant and Peter once again! Derek joined us previously on Episode 38, “Christians on the Convention Scene”, and he’s back with us to discuss another weighty topic: Walter Wink’s “myth of redemptive violence” and René Girard’s concept of the “scapegoat” and collective violence. We also take a moment to remind everyone about our ongoing fundraiser for The Bodhana Group, and hear about Derek’s growing role as a convention pastor. Lastly, David LaMotte was kind enough to give us permission to use his song “Peter” in this episode; it was particularly appropriat […]
One of the first initiatives we had as a ministry to get people playing games together was to go to the forums at Paizo and create a play-by-post game in the Pathinder RPG system. If you listen to our podcast, you may have heard me talk about the character I’ve… Continue reading
