Craig wrote:
     
     >I am curious.  I have received many e-mailings from people that play 
     >DR and I am wondering if these people are becoming just too involved 
     >with the fantasy game.  Years ago I played D&D and became quite 
     >enraptured with it, thinking of ways to increase gameplay and ways to 
     >improve the game.  I understand that this game can glorify God and 
     >Jesus but does it glorify Them if all time is spent wondering about 
     >the game.  Is it not true that to have a more fruitful relationship 
     >with God that time must be spent in the Word and not fantasizing about 
     >playing?  Do not take this wrong because I love to play RPG's, I have a 
     >number of them.  This is just a concern.
     
     Thank you for sharing your concern.  Yes, DragonRaid is definitely used
     by God to disciple young and old, and glorify His Name.  And yes, it can
     be used as a distraction if used wrong.  
     
     A lot of the talk about rules and aspects of the game is going on in
     part because the ministry that handles DragonRaid is in the process of
     revising the system, and we are using the DR list to gain feedback and
     input from the end-user.  Since it is a product, and like any education
     product, it needs to be tested and revised, and what you are seeing is
     some of the tedious process which may look trivial.  
     
     Not all of the discussion is trivial though, but will be used to help to 
     improve the product in the next edition and in future adventures with
     more teaching tools available to youth ministers and groups.
     
     I'm glad though that you feel free to voice your concern.  I myself 
     don't really get into all the details being discussed, but I really do
     enjoy knowing that DragonRaid is a product that is being mightily used
     across the country, and am eager to see it perpetuated.
     
     Take care and God bless,
     David Staley