Reverend Jason D. Wood, a full-time pastor and gamer, joins Grant and Peter to help introduce roleplaying games to the curious! Jason writes for The Mad Adventurers Society as The Mad Cleric, giving out gaming advice and life advice for gamers in equal measure, and contributes to the Mad Adventurers' Potelbat and Potelbat Yalp podcasts. (He's most accessible on Twitter as @Wood_JasonD.)
Jason joins us for a very special episode: An introduction to roleplaying games for the curious and the uninitiated. As a sort of companion piece to our very first episode ("Are RPGs Evil?"), this episode is designed to be a resource for those who've never played before, and want to (or feel the need to) know more about them. We outline the general conceits of RPGs, explain system and setting, discuss why they're so much fun, and elaborate on some of the positive benefits of roleplaying games. (In particular, we spend some time talking about The Bodhana Group; new listeners should listen to Episode 25, "Therapeutic Roleplaying (with Jack Berkenstock Jr.)" for more on that. They're awesome.) Finally, we wrap up with some advice on getting started in roleplaying games, whether individually, as a family, or as a church activity.
Scripture: Proverbs 27:17, Mark 12:28-31, Luke 5:27-32, Romans 14:16
Episode 38 - Christians on the Convention Scene (with Derek White)
Episode 37 - Lust (Virtues & Vices, Part 9)
Episode 36 - Romance in Games
Episode 35 - Resurrection
Episode 34 - Death
Episode 33 - Our Origin Stories
Episode 32 - Forgiveness
Bonus Episode - 2014 New Years Resolutions
Episode 31 - Religious Holidays
Episode 30 - Long Campaigns (with Ben Rome)
Episode 29 - Giving in Games (with Stephen Jarjoura)
Episode 28 - Playing the Bad Guy
Episode 27 - Episodic Structure and Pacing (Science of Storytelling, Part 2)
Episode 26 - Patience (Virtues & Vices, Part 8)
Episode 25 - Therapeutic Roleplaying (with Jack Berkenstock)
Episode 24 - Wrath (Virtues & Vices, Part 7)
Episode 23 - Narrative Structure (Science of Storytelling, Part 1)
Episode 22 - Morals in Stories
Episode 21 - Redemption Stories
Episode 20 - Diligence (Virtues & Vices, Part 6)
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