Its a different kind of table-top experience. One where the player is at the heart of it. One that is quick to pick up, quick to learn, and provides depth to character development, communal storytelling, and risk.
We will be practicing this style of play in Tennessee in October. Come join us and make new worlds!
The Final Covenant
The Sun finally sets. The animals seem to be settled in a calm rest that eases your nerves. Surely if something dangerous were about, they would not be so mild. One by one the stars appear and your fire crackles happily. You feel a moment of peace that is sharply interrupted by a blinding white light exploding from behind you. A terrible sound like out of tune trumpets and thunder reverberates across the fields. You leap to your feet, weapon in hand, but the animals have not even stirred. Confusion settles in, the light dims, and you see a glow originating from a small cave carved into the hillside. A lone gigantic figure stands at the cave mouth, illuminated from behind. They move toward you.
How you play is how you live
What would it be like if you were the shepherds, witnessing the momentous occasion of angel choirs and hearing a call to action line none before?
What if, as those shepherds, you never left Christ’s side, guarding and journeying with him on his epic journey to Golgatha?
What if Jesus’ story became your story, and life would never be the same again?
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Game pastor Training: Alpha Test
The Game Pastor is a pastoral caregiver who blends the methods of non-anxious, unconditionally positive presence with the mechanics and environment of gaming culture through simulations found in board games, tabletop role-playing games, video games, and play.
The Game Pastor training program is made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society. The intention of this program is to identify, train, and make confident practitioners who are willing to engage the Other in radical hospitality, equality, and respect. These “Game Pastors” will then be invited to join a weekend-long Game event in Winchester, TN in October 2024. The period of free Alpha testing is from the first post to February 15, 2024.
The Game Pastor Initiative is made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society. https://www.ees1862.org/
training Unit 1: Foundations
Lesson 1: Theology
Lesson 2: Safeguarding
Lesson 3: How you play is How you Live
Lesson 4: The Game Pastor
Unit 2: Mechanics
Lesson 1: Communal Storytelling vs Egoistic Railroading
Lesson 2: The Story as life “practice”
Lesson 3: A Pastoral Approach to Game Mechanics
Lesson 4: Tools for a player-centered experience.
Unit 3: Saving Throws: An Immersive Tabletop Role-playing Retreat
1: Purpose
2. Expectations
3. Brave space
4. Improvisation and Role Play
5. Reward System
6. Lore-Fate-Will System
7. Free-Range Skills
8. Divinity
9. Dice
10. Classless Classes
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