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A TX State Tourney in 2018 showcased RR Redemption new powerhouses as young as 10 years old. One protege is a 10 year old with the same namesake as one of the greatest Redemption players in history - our beloved Josiah B.

Josiah was taught the game by his RR mate Noah A. -- isn't it amazing that this other young man's namesake is the same as yet another great young Redemption master Noah W.?😄 Noah is the son of RR Cmdr. Royce A - Redemption player and inventor of 'R.A.I.D.!', a 25-card Redemption deck design that employs short 10-minute fun gameplays that fit into any RR activities.

We honor a former 10 year old NY Redemption protege (Dario V). He was a former RR when he was a kid.

Dario a few years ago with Redemption legend Gabe I. Gabe himself was an RR when he was young.

At the 2019 STXRR Powwow (see details below):
http://www.cactusforums.com/redemption-tournaments/tx-gaming-demo-log-diary/msg595829/#msg595829





At the 2019 TX State Tournament (03-04May2019, Tomball) hosted by Mr. Travis B. & head preaching minister (pastor) Bill R.:
Below, junior RR Noah A. (left) teaching the game to fellow RR Josiah while Noah's dad Commander Royce A. watches on and guides both young players. Both son & dad competed in the T1 2P event where Noah won 3rd place.

Below, junior RR Caleb A. (left) with his dad Commander Mark A. as he practices the game with San Antonio TX player Travis M..

Roy,

If we can work it out ahead of time and want to make a State or Regional tournament feel like a National at their national gathering, count me in to try to do everything I can to help you make this happen!  Just have a lot of details we would have to work out to make sure it would work, but this would be great publicity and huge step for this game we love!

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Dario a few years ago with Redemption legend Gabe I.

I'm guessing that was Nationals 2012...the question is, will we be able to recreate this photo this year (7 years later)?? 

Yes! Tennessee Nationals 2012, my first National tournament! I’ll speak with Gabe at Nats this year and try to get this photo in the same spot if possible haha!

More new RR players added to Travis B's playgroup.


Samson (pic, between Travis & Marcus) and Mordecai (pic, left of Bill) were featured in an earlier post teaching Redemption at their church. Huge thanks to Commander Jody for bringing them to today's local tourney in Tomball.

Local Tournament at Spring Creek Church of Christ (Tomball TX). New players and attended by regulars Commander Royce and His son Noah.

We celebrate yet another testimonial for the RR South Texas Sectional Derby. See details here:
https://www.cactusforums.com/redemption-tournaments/tx-gaming-demo-log-diary/

God is GOOD!

What an honor to have just finished promoting Redemption at the 2020 annual Royal Rangers LEAD Conference with my friend and godfather ReyZen.

It was an amazing and humbling experience, being able to teach Royal Ranger Commanders about my favorite hobby and watch them eagerly welcome the game.

Demos given: 40+ (with many being full games or near-full)
Viewers: 300+

Here are some of my favorite pictures. (Credit to ReyZen for the great off-guard photos!)

In these two pictures, I train the young commander-in-training Zachary in Redemption. He went on later in the convention to teach the game to an 11 and 8 year old, who will go on to sell and promote the game with their family!
What a blessing it was to be a witness to the immediate growth of so many planted seeds.

In the next picture, I teach Redemption to Joe B, a new avid player who is also a Youth Pastor and RR Commander. We became friends pretty quickly, and we did some card trading and I was able to help him expand his starter deck. I have no doubt that Redemption will spread like wildfire back at his home church and beyond. In the second image, Commander Joe begins practicing further and playing a game with Commander Sam, another avid player.

In these two photos below, I introduce the game to a RR commander who's husband curiously spectates the game.
Just a few minutes later, the couple faces off against each other with only slight assistance.

In the photo below, I was blessed with the honor of training RR Camp-o-rama Director Branden K. One of the many fruitful immediate harvests I noticed was when he went on to train two commanders that were new to the game (Second photo below) and then immediately taught his son later that night (The small photo below). It is truly a blessing to experience these seeds growing so quickly, and I know they will continue to grow and spread behind the scenes.

In the first image below, I was blessed with the chance to teach RR International Missionary Jeremiah H. In the second photo below, him and fellow RR International leaders embrace Redemption.
The game is headed to 90+ countries!

In the image below, I had a joyful time playing with 8-year old James S. and his older brother (on left) Micah, while their younger sister spectated. Their family is taking the game with them to play, promote, and sell, as they travel around the USA.
A traveling truck full of seeds, ready to be planted!!

In the photo below, a good sized crowd of newly-taught commanders sit down for a Friday Night Redemption session.
Camporama Director Commander Branden (center) eagerly started teaching the game while I overlooked things and answered judging questions.

In the final image, Commander Joe trains two commanders in his newly-acquired awareness and knowledge of this great game.


What a wonderful convention this was, with a huge amount of commanders soaking up the game and turning right around to teach others. Redemption made a massive name for itself at LEAD 2020, and this is just the beginning. When these Royal Ranger leaders headed back to their home states, Redemption went with them.

As these Commanders train their students and fellow leaders back home, I pray that thousands of new players learn the game through them and spread it far beyond what we can comprehend.

This is great.  Thank you for going.  One of the mother's who attended called me first thing Monday morning to order cards for her local group.

I was happy to hear from Roy the other day about his adventures with the Royal Rangers & teaching them Redemption.

One of my favorite words is "serendipity" which I define as a "divinely inspired, happy coincidence".  This seems to apply to this situation because it so happens that when my family returned to America after living a few years in Indonesia that we began going to the Bella Vista Assemblies of God church in northwest Arkansas.  And for the first time, I learned about Royal Rangers because our church has an active program, which my son was just the right age to join.  So for the past 2 years he has been participating in Royal Rangers, and has loved it.

Meanwhile, I have been looking for a good way to start up another Redemption group.  My first group was in KY where I taught at Oakdale Christian Academy.  That group thrived for a decade and was continued on after I left by the champion-level player, Brian Jones.  My second group was in Indonesia where I taught at Mountainview Christian School and was just starting to take off by the end of my third year there.  But after moving back to the States and settling in Arkansas, I am now running an escape room business and so I wasn't sure what would be a good way to get a 3rd group going.  But I talked with the Royal Rangers Commander at our church and I think this might be the way to do it.

Unfortunately the coronavirus has shut down everything around here temporarily, so everything is currently on hold.  But in the future there may just be a contingent of Arkansas players at the National Tournament.  God moves in mysterious ways

Is it bad that what I take from this post is that there will be more timeouts this year at Nats.

Wow Mark!  I just learned you were back in the U.S.A.  It seems you are doing well?  I miss all the great times our OH/KY playgroups had.  I have been out of Redemption for a while now but my boys are now starting to learn and earn cards for themselves.  So maybe we will meet again?

***South TX PowWow Highlights***

A view from the camp entrance:




Quick Campsite view:

Saturday (07Nov2020)

Redemption Booth:



Badged Redemption Demo Team leaders and members in action. At least 14 Royal Rangers Redemption players volunteered to teach the game while others could not as they had major camp duties.:
















More demos + Booster Draft tournament: