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Are you already a gaming host or are aspiring to be one? Check out your HQ!
https://www.cactusforums.com/redemption-tournaments/tourney-hosting-central-be-a-game-master-now!/

This is a thread about inspiring discussions between hosts and players who have been ingenious at creating and organizing Redemption®-related activities that promote not only gaming but fun, fellowship, and faith as well.

Here is a great thinktank thread for Redemption demo ideas (share your thoughts!):
http://www.cactusforums.com/redemption-tournaments/creating-an-engaging-demo-night/msg583012/#msg583012

Some memorable comments I have read and heard of are the following:
a.  MN hosts Bill V. and the Alstads have had a yearly Redemption® Camp.  I encourage their playgroup to share details of their yearly project. Here is the latest version spearheaded by a lady who was just a kid when I first saw her at Nats2006 in NY. She now is a mom and married to a Nats champ and legend:
http://www.cactusforums.com/redemption-card-play/minnesota's-redemption-mini-camp/msg584860/#msg584860

b.  MO host Twila S., for her playgroup, did an activity "ask if anyone wanted to take a turn picking a favorite card doing a little research on it in their own Bible study between our game nights and then just take a few minutes to share what they learned."
c.  NY host Kitty J. had let her players use Bible verses on the cards to discuss extemporaneously during their Bible study sessions.
d. Game veteran Dan H. clearly repeated his great experiences at being able to answer Bible-based questions that none in his class could answer.

I'm sure we have many more experiences and ideas to share with each other.

Let's make this thread a melting pot of ideas & constructive criticisms --- to spread Redemption® gaming as an adventure as well as a way to promote God's gifts.

Blessings!
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2007, 11:54:54 PM »
"not criticisms"
Maybe constructive critism? Like ways to improve and things that dont seem good?

Correct!  *edit done on main post*  -- thanks again RR!
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2007, 12:04:33 AM »
I was planning when i get teh group going to do a "bible story game" Aka I choose a card ask for the story and winner(1st one to acuratly tell the story) gets one rare or lower card that i have duplicites of.
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2007, 12:08:48 AM »
I was planning when i get teh group going to do a "bible story game" Aka I choose a card ask for the story and winner(1st one to acuratly tell the story) gets one rare or lower card that i have duplicites of.

I think this is a great idea.  Maybe an incentive to get people to come, just a little added bonus.
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2007, 12:09:52 AM »
Also gets them to pay attention to the refrances on the cards...Cuz i will only give the title.
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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2007, 12:10:58 AM »
Yes, very good.  Makes it more than a game.  What a great idea!
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2007, 12:18:19 AM »
Here's the basic outline for our annual Redemption Mini-camp.

Recommended time needed: 4 days, about 3 hours give or take each day. We have traditionally done Mon-Thurs from 9 to 12 in the morning though kids can come earlier or stay later if they would like.

Resources per student: half starter deck, 1 each of all in print packs, snacks (optional), 60 pack of deck sleeves (optional)

Other resources: tables/chairs, "giveaway" common cards, extra rulebooks

Help needed: 1 experienced player per 4-5 students

Here is a basic schedule format for the mini-camps we have done:
9:00 Welcome/announcements/make sure students are each assigned to a table/camp helper

9:10 Hand out starter decks and Unlimited/Prophet packs (Day 1) pair up students to play each other with helpers going between games to explain things

9:50 Daily lesson

10:00 Short summary of best cards from packs of the day

10:10 Hand out packs (Day 2 Apostles/Patriarchs, Day 3 Kings/Angel Wars/Priests)

10:20 Help students add cards from their packs to their decks/help with trades between students

10:30 Pair up students for a second game

11:00 Quiz/other bible activity

11:15 Free time: students can work on decks, trade, play, etc

12:00 End of day

This is the basic schedule for days 1-3 and then we have held a small tournament on the last day (Type 1 2P only) usually with two divisions: completely new players & students who have played in the past/mini-camp helpers (optional)

I'm sure Bill will add some other details when he sees this post, but that is our mini-camp in brief.
Hope others will find this useful,

Justin
« Last Edit: January 08, 2007, 12:20:09 AM by The Guardian »
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2007, 12:20:53 AM »
what would a daily lesson be? (I like teh idea)
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2007, 12:21:03 AM »
So do you charge for this?  How much? :D
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2007, 12:57:10 AM »
Daily lesson can be many different things. One year we had a Hero each day that we talked about and how God used them. This past summer we focused solely on Timothy and the idea of letting God use you even if you are a young person like Timothy. Bill could provide more details on this part since he has done more with writing basic curriculum for the mini-camp.

For cost, somewhere between $10 and $15 per student depending on a couple of factors (if you provide a small snack each day, whether or not your church provides some of the funds, if you want to give a pack of sleeves to each student, stuff like that.) For just the starter deck and packs its about $12 per student assuming you can get a wholesale discount from a distributor.
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2007, 02:10:07 PM »
on the last day of the camp we have a tournament and on one day we have bill talk with the smaller kids about basic strategy and the Guardian takes the the big kids and the leaders about more advanced stuff
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2007, 01:08:10 AM »
oh yea I forgot about the quizes
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2007, 10:14:28 PM »
Here's a tidbit from one of our hosts (Excerpted)----

When I finally get everything organized and start hosting Tourneys, and giving away cards etc to kids/teenagers/adults.

1. There will also be contest for example bring me 5 cards in your current deck and quote the scriptures to me for 1 free pack.

2. Bring a friend along with a scripture on a card about bringing people to the word of God and receive a pack.

There are more, but don't want to spoil it all now lol. These not only excite those people into getting more from the game, but also God's word says it will not return void  ;D.


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P.S. Even if there is a lot of teenagers here I turn 28 tommorrow and understood every thing you talked about when I was 10 years old, its not a matter of age but maturity and spiritual growth. Just wish I had the vocabulary then or even now lol.
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2007, 02:19:03 PM »
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Daily lesson can be many different things. One year we had a Hero each day that we talked about and how God used them. This past summer we focused solely on Timothy and the idea of letting God use you even if you are a young person like Timothy. Bill could provide more details on this part since he has done more with writing basic curriculum for the mini-camp.

For cost, somewhere between $10 and $15 per student depending on a couple of factors (if you provide a small snack each day, whether or not your church provides some of the funds, if you want to give a pack of sleeves to each student, stuff like that.) For just the starter deck and packs its about $12 per student assuming you can get a wholesale discount from a distributor.

Hey Justin or Bill, do you need volunteers for this if it's going on this summer?  Because I might be interested.

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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips, Ideas -- Anyone?
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2007, 03:20:52 PM »
we can always use additional help, paladin. it's at north heights lutheran church in arden hills, idk how far or close you are to there. oh, and bill usually gives helpers packs each day too!  ;D it's a lot of fun! We also do an optional summer sunday school for most of the summer, but justin and/or bill can explain more about how that runs....

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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2007, 06:43:20 PM »
Arden Hills is about 45 minutes away from me, so I could mot likely help out with some.  I'd definitely do it if I had a solar-powered car  :P

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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips & Ideas
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2007, 11:58:07 AM »
mnpaladin, 

We can always use extra helpers. You could bring some other experienced players too as helpers. Helpers get a free pack everyday for helping amd get a chanch to get in some good pickup games plus an official tournament on the last day. You could bring some new players too it isn't limited to church members. The dates are June18-21.

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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips & Ideas
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2007, 12:08:11 AM »
Here's a revived post by Ben A. ---
http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=152.msg996#msg996
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Hosting Activities: Tips & Ideas
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2007, 10:29:19 PM »
Here's a link to audio-visual resources for Redemption®:
http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=3025.msg47680#msg47680
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« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2008, 06:47:16 AM »
A link:  http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=9670.msg144383#msg144383
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« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2008, 10:41:27 AM »
Great post by Bryon:  http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=10826.msg162649#msg162649
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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2009, 07:00:44 AM »
Here is an idea for getting newspaper articles about your playgroup.

I suggest this not because it was a plan I came up with and executed with success, but because it accidentally happened, and others may find that the same thing happens with them.

A few months ago, I listed our monthly playgroup meetings in the events calendar of our local paper, the Roanoke Times.  The goal was to get the word out and hopefully find some more players who know about Redemption, but not about our meetings.  So far, I don't know of anyone who has visited our playgroup meeting because of the events calendar listing, but...

A couple of weeks ago, a community reporter called me up wanting to do an interview about our playgroup.  We talked on the phone for about a half hour about the playgroup and Redemption itself, and she asked me to take pictures from our next meeting and email them to her. 

The results are in print today and online here

There are a significant number of typos and a few minor incorrect factual statements where the reporter misunderstood what I was saying, but all in all its a good article.  I'm eager to see how much interest this article generates at our next playgroup meeting.

Posting playgroup meetings in the event calendar of your local newspaper is a good idea anyway, but this is definitely a big bonus for us.  Let me know if you have had a similar experience.
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« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2009, 12:58:50 AM »
Brent, thanks and Godbless for you great contribution to Redemption® especially by being featured at Roanoke.com ---

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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Activities: Hosting Tips & Ideas, etc.
« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2011, 12:49:17 PM »
I've been working on this project for a couple months now that I like to call "Redemption Retaliation Pages". It’s a bit complicated to put together and it’ll take some time & resources but I believe it’s a great tool to open up conversations to share the gospel to others using Redemption cards so people can understand the historical context of the Bible and Christianity.

What you’ll need: a 3-ring binder, clear 8-1/2x11” insert sheets, 9-pocket card insert sheets, dozens of specific Redemption cards, dozens of specific Magic: The Gathering cards, and/or YuGioh cards or cards from other CCGs you can link to. Also an archeological Bible, you’ll need to use a photo copier.

So what you do is study your archeological Bible and group together specific Redemption cards to other cards from other collectible card games along with a photo copied article from the archeological Bible to make the connection to link the Redemption card with History and show a contrast of it in other card games. This is to make a point of reference and contact so you have something to talk about to someone else. You’ll also want to obtain copies of the cards from these other games unless of course you could print a paper copy of the card to put into the 9-pocket sleeve, this way it’ll be less expensive.

The only problem is you need to be very familiar with cards from other collectible card games and redemption cards to make the connection. You’ll also want good speaking skills since this is really an evangelical method of representing Redemption cards to link to these other collectible card games to share the validity and the historical accuracy of the Bible. While these other collectible card games may be occultic in nature they’re complete fantasy and hold no validity compared to Redemption is inspired by the Bible.

I’ll be working on putting together an instructional video on YouTube soon to give some of you a hand.
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Re: Think Tank for Redemption® Activities: Hosting Tips & Ideas, etc.
« Reply #24 on: January 31, 2011, 12:53:48 PM »
Example, here is a list of Magic: The Gathering cards and Redemption cards that I’ve chosen along with a photo copy out of an archeological Bible to make the Historical reference.

Redemption Cards:
Angelic visit
Satan Enters Judas
Disturbing Samuel’s Spirit
Christian Soldier
The Gates of Hell
James, son of Zebedee
Preaching God’s Word
Preaching the Truth
Phillip the Evangelist
Mary’s Prophet Act
Prophecy of Eldad & Medad
Gideon
Prince of Persia
Prince of Greece
King of Tyrus
Prince of this World
Visions of Iddo the seer
False Prophets
Prophets of Baal
Prophets of Samaria
The False Prophet
Carried into Exile
Christian Martyr
Stephen
Jude
Peter
Saul/Paul
The Garden Tomb
Tower
Babel
Destruction of Babylon
Confused Languages
Babylon the Great
Babylon
Babylonian Banquet Hall
Potter and the Clay
 
Magic: The Gathering Cards:
Spiritual Visit
Faithful Squire
Demon of Death’s Gate
Disciple of Grace
Disciple of Kangee
Disciple of Law
Disciple of Malice
Disciple of Tevesh Szat
Disciple of the Vault
Preacher
Evangelize
Prophetic Bolt
Prophecy
Gideon Jura
Prince of Thralls
Seer’s Vision
Oracle En-Vec
Oracle of Mul daya
Oracle of Nectars
Oracle’s Attendants
March of Souls
Martyr of Ashes
Martyr of Bones
Martyr of Frost
Martyr of Sands
Martyr of Spores
Martyrdom
Martyred Rusalka
Martyr’s Cause
Martyr’s Cry
Martyrs of Korlis
Martyr’s Tomb
Tower of Champions
Tower of Eons
Bazaar of Baghdad
Clay Statue
Clairvoyance
Rite of Consumption
Rite of Flame
Rite of Passage
Rite of Replication
Rites of Flourishing
Rites of  Initiation
Rites of Refusal
Rites of Spring
Ritual of Restoration
Ritual of Steel
Ritual of Subdual
Ritual of the Machine
Dark Ritual
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