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"not criticisms"
Maybe constructive critism? Like ways to improve and things that dont seem good?

Correct!  *edit done on main post*  -- thanks again RR!

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.    

Yes, very good.  Makes it more than a game.  What a great idea!
Blessings.

what would a daily lesson be? (I like teh idea)

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.

oh yea I forgot about the quizes

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.

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 

Here's a revived post by Ben A. ---
http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=152.msg996#msg996

A link:  http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=9670.msg144383#msg144383

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.

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.