Monthly Archives: May 2017

Download this episode (right click and save) The Rev. Derek White, longtime friend of the show and known to the Internet as “The Geekpreacher”, joins us once again to discuss spiritual warfare! After introducing Derek (and letting him plug GaryCon), we turn our attention to some important information about fake beards […]

Episode 110 – Spiritual Warfare (with Rev. Derek White)

30 May, 2017 in Episodes / Guest Host tagged 2 kings / angels / beards / cancer / charity / daniel solis / demons / derek white / devils / ephesians / fear the boot / Fear the Con / garycon / geekdom house / geekpreacher / genesis / karma rpg / luke / mayfair / pcusa / psalms / richard beck / role aids / theodicy by Grant Woodward

Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of fascinating articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet. Jenny Apparently, pilgrims were also graffiti artists. St. Peter’s Church in Sudbury, England found a medieval carving of a peacock beside the organ. […]

Weekend Reading – Internet Neighbors

26 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Weekend Reading tagged abandoned / fred rogers / mister rogers neighborhood / moral compass / twitch by Grant Woodward

I have an odd quirk as a gamer where fantasy is concerned. While I really enjoy traditional medieval/renaissance fantasy as a player, a reader, and even as a writer, when I GM, I prefer to throw a significant amount of extra technological “stuff” in. My most successful fantasy game drew […]

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

23 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Peter tagged fantasy / industry / kitchen sink / technology by Peter Martin

Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of fascinating articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet. Grant It’s been making the rounds, but if you haven’t read the late Alex Tizon’s tremendously powerful article “My Family’s Slave” in The […]

Weekend Reading – Sextupled

19 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Weekend Reading tagged cats / devotional / dungeons and dragons / evil / fantasy flight games / genesis / hot wheels / humility / paradise lost / red mercury / slavery / star wars / zechariah by Grant Woodward

If you come to Fear the Con X, there is a significant (we hope, at least) chance that you will see Jenny and me walking around with ABSURD fake beards on. We’re going to be participating in a convention-wide charity fundraiser for Pat Roper. Pat’s a great guy, and a […]

Of Beards and Fundraising

17 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Peter tagged beards / cancer / charity / fear the boot / Fear the Con / mikey mason / pat roper by Peter Martin

Download this episode (right click and save) We continue our discussion with Krissi Woodward about clothing and visual character descriptions! We pick back up with discussions of cultural and vocational costume, and move on to the effects of technology on what people wear and look like. We then spend a […]

Episode 109 – Visual Character Descriptions, Part 2 (with Krissi ...

16 May, 2017 in Episodes / Guest Host tagged art / artists / character portraits / clothing / exodus / genesis / hero forge / heromachine / isaiah / james / jeans / krissi by Grant Woodward

Our Weekend Reading series continues with a curated selection of fascinating articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet. Jenny There’s been a lot of talk in recent weeks about the benefits of gaming in relation to mental health. But something I’ve struggled with on occasion is how my […]

Weekend Reading – Clever Five Joke Goes Here

12 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Weekend Reading tagged agriculture / books / christian gamers guild / death / dungeons and dragons / fitness / grief / maps / mental health / octopus / unearthed arcana by Grant Woodward

It’s that time again – finals week. As someone who made the (in retrospect, unwise) choice to enter the workforce after high school instead of going off to a four-year college, I’ve ironically been in school for most of my adult life, albeit part-time. I have an AAS in criminal […]

Continuing Education and Skill Maintenance

9 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Peter tagged education / harry potter / Peter / skills / the magicians by Peter Martin

Our Weekend Reading series continues with a curated selection of fascinating articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet. Grant Before I get to my recommendations proper, I want to re-up an article we shared out earlier this week from Kotaku: “Therapists Are Using Dungeons & Dragons To Get […]

Weekend Reading 4 – Fourthcoming Awesomeness

5 May, 2017 in Blog Posts / Weekend Reading tagged autism / bodhana / bodhana group / church / clothing / diablo / Easter / fashion / film / girl scouts / homelessness / movies / mutant city blues / noir / sign language / speedrun / vespa / victorian / war / wheelhouse workshop by Peter Martin

Download this episode (right click and save) Krissi Woodward—Grant’s wife and costume designer—joins us once again to discuss visual character descriptions in our game, and especially clothing! We have a couple of announcements related to our Weekend Reading series and our Patreon question rewards. Then we tackle a question from […]

Episode 109 – Visual Character Descriptions, Part 1 (with Krissi ...

2 May, 2017 in Episodes / Guest Host / Regular Episodes tagged apps / character portraits / clothing / exodus / genesis / hero forge / heromachine / inkarnate / isaiah / james / jeans / krissi / minecraft / miniatures / modesty / mst3k / tattoos / weekend reading / worldpainter by Grant Woodward