Download this episode (right click and save) It’s time for another bonus episode, `cause we’ve got a convention to recap and gaming news to catch up on! Jenny went to Ottawa Comiccon 2018 this May, and she’s got a lot of stories to tell! Aside from various panels and general […]
Jenny This article is called “I Don’t Really Care What Gary Gygax Had to Say.” Like so many other articles, has a somewhat misleading title, but the content is quite good. I think I’d have titled it “Please Don’t Use Gary Gygax’s Opinions About Gaming to Try to Prove Someone […]
This was originally going to be the next post in the player collaboration series from my game, but something interesting came up in Grant’s game on Saturday that I wanted to call some attention to. Before I can get to that, though, I need to give some context. Though I’ve […]
Download this episode (right click and save) As foretold, once every thirty-three episodes Mike Perna of Innroads Ministries, Game Store Prophets, and Bard and Bible joins us—this time, to talk about board games! Mike takes a moment to plug TavernCon 2018 (June 9th in Warren, NJ.) We also give a bit of […]
Grant YES HELLO HI I AM BACK HOW ARE YOU No, seriously—sorry I’ve been absent from the past couple Weekend Reading posts. Things have been … intense … at work. But who cares? Let’s do this thing! An old gem I found a while back: A Reddit thread with food historians […]
As always, you can find a link to this entire series by following this link. A Collaborative Effort Credit where credit is due: this entire post, content and actual text, is a collaborative effort with Jenny.In fact this will be the first in a short series of posts where I […]
Download this episode (right click and save) This week, we’ve got not one, but two special guests on the mics with us! Daniel Silver and Father David Subu join us to introduce us to Doxacon Prime 2018! Doxacon is a convention about Christian genre fiction and fandom, and it’s happening November […]
Jenny Every now and then on the podcast, I’ll mention something called a “monstrance.” It’s a glass case that holds a consecrated host so that parishioners can see it during a particular type of service. I was recently reminded by this article that (at least in the High Anglican church) […]
As always, all the posts in this series can be found here. Finally Off the Starting Line On April 25, the setting I’ve been working on went from being a collection of notes to an actual, functional setting. We sat down and played our first game, and despite some Roll20 […]
Download this episode (right click and save) Author, actor, programmer, and preacher Stephen Weese joins us for a fascinating discussion on subculture ministry! Stephen’s book God Loves the Freaks, 2nd Ed. was one of the books we read as background material for Saving the Game when we were just starting the podcast, […]
Peter The Guardian has a really neat article on how the famous Giant’s Causeway formed here. Neat bits of Celtic myth and geology both in this one. According to legend, the Giant’s Causeway was built by the Irish giant, Finn MacCool, as a crossing to confront his Scottish rival. Scientists […]
As always, you can find all of the posts in this series here. Warming Up the Engines After about six months of poking at this world (which I still haven’t named – shame on me) I’ve decided to try running a game set in it. Fortunately, assembling my PC group […]