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Saving the Game

a Christian podcast about tabletop RPGs and collaborative storytelling
  • Home
  • Episodes
    • Regular Episodes
    • Guest Host
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  • Blog Posts
    • Setting Design Report
    • Weekend Reading
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Download this episode (right click and save) Peter and Branden cover a variety of minor topics in this episode: Our STG group on Steam; Christian video game sites like GameChurch and Christ Centered Gamer; books we recommend for Christian geeks; Methodist circuit riders; games that Peter and Branden would love […]

Episode 12 – Small Topic Roundup 1

Download this episode (right click and save) A very special bonus episode! No scripture, but Branden, Peter, and Grant share their New Years resolutions relating to their faith, their personal lives, and their gaming career. Then we read some resolutions our listeners shared, and encourage them in their own resolutions.

Bonus Episode 1 – 2013 New Years Resolutions

Download this episode (right click and save) For your Christmas listening pleasure, another episode with Grant, Branden and Peter! This episode’s topic comes to us courtesy of “D3M410″ on the Fear the Boot forums, who asked how to deal with players whose characters don’t behave like good people, regardless of […]

Episode 11 – Players Behaving Badly

Download this episode (right click and save) Here’s an early start to your Christmas holiday: We were very lucky to have Shannon Dickson, a.k.a. “Leoff” (or Mrs. Ninja to some), join us for this episode. Shannon talks about the games she runs as a church activity for kids and adults; […]

Episode 10 – Gaming as a Church Activity (with Shannon …

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Download this episode (right click and save) Our first guest host is an awfully good one: Dan Repperger from Fear the Boot! After we plug our fundraiser for PEG Partners, Grant, Peter, Branden, and Dan discuss the intersection of faith and fantasy. We talk about why they’re not mutually exclusive, the […]

Episode 09 – Faith and Fantasy (with Dan Repperger)

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Download this episode (right click and save) Grant, Peter and Branden talk about designing settings for your game! Using Peter’s game and homebrew setting as a case study, and a few other examples, we talk about all the elements that go into setting design, as well as how to get […]

Episode 08 – Setting Design

Download this episode (right click and save) Grant’s back! And believe us, he’s got a story to tell. He’s also got a topic to talk to Branden and Peter about: Whether or not it’s all right for Christians to play games set in explicitly dark settings like the Warhammer 40,000 […]

Episode 07 – Dark Settings

Download this episode (right click and save) No Grant for this episode — he’s been busy with some personal issues. That means this episode is just Branden and Peter. It’s a short episode, discussing the intersection of faith and video games. We discuss how video games get faith right (and […]

Episode 06 – Video Games

Download this episode (right click and save) We continue our Virtues & Vices series with our first (and according to Paul, the greatest) of the virtues: Charity, a.k.a love. We explain the Christian concept of charity and give some background theological material. Then we dive in to the in-game possibilities charity presents, […]

Episode 05 – Charity (Virtues & Vices, Part 2)

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Download this episode (right click and save) It’s an episode full of beginnings: Branden joins us for the first time as a host, and our Virtues & Vices series kicks off with a discussion of Avarice! We explain what avarice is (and isn’t), and discuss plot threads and character opportunities […]

Episode 04 – Avarice (Virtues & Vices, Part 1)

Download this episode (right click and save) Episode 03, “The Crusader Archetype”, features a discussion of knights, crusaders, and Christian holy warriors, whether they be real, fictional or legendary. We also talk about Christian theories of “just war”; how crusading knights appear in published RPGs; and how to use them […]

Episode 03 – The Crusader Archetype

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Download this episode (right click and save) In which Peter and Grant discuss alignment and other methods of modeling morality in roleplaying games, and how to use alignment mechanisms effectively without making them feel unnatural.An additional note: Branden, a.k.a. SilverSeraphAE, will be joining us as a host in future episodes! That’s really […]

Episode 02 – Alignment

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