http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/ Christian_Gamers_Guild Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:51:50 GMT Dave Mattingly http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26384 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26384 ... I'm not trying to discourage you at all, I hope you understand. ... Excellent. I wish you tons of success with it. Are you at a point where you can tell us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:04:21 GMT Daniel http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26383 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26383 I have updated the video game Break Through and included some of the ideas that Mason gave me. Instead of a bar moving back and forth I have changed it to a Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:00:16 GMT Daniel http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26382 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26382 "Video games are not the focus of this group", I get that. The video game that I have been working on is only the first step towards designing and writing a Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:33:56 GMT Jighm http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26381 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26381 Hi. This game comes with 3 Make-Your-Own cards for adding activities that are more in tune to one's play group and players will select which of the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:18:47 GMT Doug Taylor http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26380 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26380 I think Chris Heard and Charles Waterman have spelled out my feelings on this pretty well. Trying to steer clear of the subject entirely makes it seem like Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:07 GMT Michael Garcia http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26379 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26379 The faithful in my world are meant to be proto-Christians, somewhat akin to the Hebrews in their understanding of god. There is no messiah figure yet, no Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:36 GMT Maethalion http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26378 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26378 I include God in my DnD 4E game, rather explicitly as "Elohim" and he is the only source of Divine Power in my game. I don't use specific revelation in my Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:27:35 GMT Michael Garcia http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26377 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26377 Eric, Thanks for the thoughts. They were useful. I don't really NEED anything special to happen. I just realized that the PCs were making LOTS of coin almost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:29:20 GMT Eric VanDenhende http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26376 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26376 ... I am no expert either, but have had some exposure to parimutuel betting which is probably the best model for what you need. In parimutuel betting, which Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:23:13 GMT Charles Waterman http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26375 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26375 I like the idea of a fun strategic card game which includes "fellowship activities" in it, Jighm.  I might tweak it a bit for my own Christian sensibilites Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:01:57 GMT Charles Waterman http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26374 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26374 I agree with Chris Heard.  Playing in or running a role-playing game that by definition ignored God's role in the fantasy world would be an intense amount Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:34:42 GMT Bryan Ray http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26373 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26373 Oh, and the supreme being of Tolkien's universe is Eru, but he is more commonly referred to by the elves as Ilúvatar. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:07 GMT Bryan Ray http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26372 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26372 ... Elbereth is the Sindarin name for Varda, is one of the Valar, sort of archangels in Tolkien's mythology. She is the wife of Manwë, and the creator of the Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:56:25 GMT James Aubuchon http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26371 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26371 Isn't Elebreth something like the Virgin Mary? Tolkien was Catholic after all! :) Jim Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:16:26 GMT Jacob Houck http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26370 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/message/26370 Amen! That is one thing I can't go wrong doing. Thanks for the link M J, and I understand the way you do it. One thing though. Elebreth is not the supreme god