International Tabletop Day (ITTD) was created by the folks at Geek & Sundry in 2013 to celebrate the wonders of tabletop gaming and encourage gamers to support their local gaming stores. In the years that followed, International Tabletop Day has given gamers all over the world an excuse to spend all… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 28: Conspiracy Theories. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. April 1st, also known as April Fools’ Day, was just last week. It is the ultimate “fool your friends” day with funny videos, fake commercials, and weird images all over the Internet. Think of it as the holiday for… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 27: Hard Science Fiction. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. My wife and I just finished watching the second season of The Expanse so my head is swimming with hard science fiction and visions of space. I remember the first time I read 2001: A Space Odyssey and… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 26: Greco-Roman Mythology. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. I still remember watching the original Clash of the Titans movie in class as a kid. I think it was the first time we watched a full Hollywood movie in class. I was fascinated by the stop motion animation… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 25: Horses. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. Sometimes you read one article online and that spirals down a deep rabbit hole, in this case a long horse trail. I read the post Horses Are Not Machines: On Writing the Steeds of Fantasy Fiction by Rosalind Moran and couldn’t get… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 24: Cryptozoology. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. Twenty Four? That means with this article I have completed two years of the Cyclopaedia series. Thanks to all of you for reading along and encouraging me with new topic suggestions. This month’s article was inspired by the Christmas Holiday… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 23: Underwater. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne captivated me from the moment my grandfather shared the book with me. Over the years I have reread the novel numerous times, and I also really enjoy the Disney movie based… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 22: Horror. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. When I was younger, I enjoyed watching Scooby Do and being “scared” by the monsters and ghosts early in the episode to later be surprised it was just some guy in a suit. As I grew older, I enjoyed more… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 21: Pirates. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. While growing up, I was introduced to classic books by my grandfather, including Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island. It was there I was first introduced to the villainous yet adventurous world of pirates. Since then I have been impacted by… Continue reading
Welcome to Cyclopaedia 20: Survival. Cyclopaedia is a monthly article on the InnRoads Ministries website. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was one the first books my grandfather loaned to me from his library. He was an avid reader of the classics and when I showed interests in reading more serious books, that was the first book he… Continue reading
