In compiling this list, industry groups were contacted, and the members invited to include their names on a list of Christians in the hobby game industry.  Thus those listed here are self-identified as Christians.  The Christian Gamers Guild does not by including them in this list certify that they adhere to our statement of faith or to any other; many included here who are not members of the Christian Gamers Guild were not asked if they were Christians by our definition, and so their inclusion here should not be read to suggest that they claim to hold to our statement of faith.  Rather, those listed here claim to be Christians as they understand that.  Some have included their denomination.  Some Christians will not view all of the listed denominations as within their own definition of Christian, and again the Christian Gamers Guild does not claim that all listed denominations adhere to the Statement of Faith by which we define our understanding of Christianity.  We do not wish to offend anyone by the inclusion or exclusion of anyone on this list, but to provide names, information, and e-mail addresses for people in the industry who would claim the name Christian.  We hope the reader will understand the difficulty inherent in attempting to compile such a list, in that each of us understands the Church Universal a bit differently--some whom you would consider Christian might well regard others as Christian whom you would not.  We trust you will find at least several persons listed here whose beliefs and background are akin to yours, even if there are others listed to whom you would object.

  They appear here in the order in which they were confirmed as additions to this list, which required that they confirm that they considered themselves Christian and were willing to have it stated in this context.  Underlined/colored names indicate that the individual has agreed to having their e-mail address listed here so that those of similar faith or denomination may contact them with questions; non-inclusion of an e-mail address may mean that the individual does not receive e-mail or does not publish an address so as to avoid Spam.  Links are included on some, to web sites related to their materials or other information about them.  No endorsement of any game or product is to be inferred from such links.

• Lynette R. F. Cowper works for Steve Jackson Games on many products, most recently authoring GURPS Rogues.  (Independent Christian Church)

• M. Joseph Young is co-creator of the role-playing game Multiverser and head of development for games and books publisher Valdron Inc.  He currently serves as Chaplain of the Christian Gamers Guild, and writes many articles about gaming and about faith, and some about the two together.  Having contributed several articles here, a biographical sketch is available including his education and ministry credits.  (Non-denominational)

• The Reverend Paul Cardwell is an ordained United Methodist Minister of Christian Education and creator of Mythworld, chair of the Committee for the Advancement of Role Playing Games, and contributor to Runequest.  (United Methodist)

• Seth Ben-Ezra is principle of Dark Omen Games and author of Junk and the forthcoming role playing game Legends of Alyria.  (Unspecified)

• Mark Arsenault is President of Gold Rush Entertainment and Executive Director of the Game Publishers Association.  (Unspecified)

• Tim Avers is in Customer and Public Relations at White Wolf Publishing, Inc.  (Unspecified)

• David Frank has worked with Games Workshop, The United States Playing Card Company, Agents of Gaming, and Chessex Manufacturing. (LDS)

• Kenneth Hite writes numerous columns in gaming magazines, including Pyramid Online.  (Unspecified)

• Rick Loomis is President of the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and President of Flying Buffalo Inc.  (UMC)

• Scott Reeves is Art Director of Atlas Games.  (Unspecified)

• Adam Tinworth is a freelance writer for White Wolf.  (Unspecified)

• Steve and Sue Turner, are respectively MD and Secretary behind Brittannia Game Designs Ltd (publishers of Chivalry and Sorcery).  (Church of England)

• Dimitrios "Jim" Denaxas is art director of Valdron Inc and a contributing artist to Multiverser, Little Fears, and Sugar & Spice. (Unspecified)

• Dave Arneson is one of the original designers of D&D, and an elder in his church.  (Unspecified)

• Greg Stolze is author of Unknown Armies, and has worked on Legend of the Five Rings, Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire:  The Masquerade, Adventure!, Hunter:  The Reckoning, Trinity, Usagi Yojimbo, Feng Shui, Demon:  The Fallen, and other games.  (Roman Catholic)

• Bryan J. Maloney contributed to the revision of GURPS Swashbuckers.  (Eastern Orthodox)

• Tom McGrenery wrote for Feng Shui's In Your face Again from Atlas Games, and Heavy Gear's Spaceship Compendium One for Dream Pod 9, in addition to occasional work for magazines such as Warpstone.  (Roman Catholic)

• The Reverend Rodney E. Barnes wrote Claymore and did some freelance work.  He serves as president of the Christian Gamers Guild.

• Tracy Hickman is co-author of the Dragonlance saga.  (LDS)

• Rob Anderson is a primary game designer for Cactus Game Design, Inc., and has designed or helped design many games of many types, including the Redemption trading card game, Beast Wars card game, Scattergories, Pitch N Play, Catch the Mouse, and quite a few Bible-based games including Bibleman board game, Outburst Bible edition, and Scattergories Bible edition.  (Roman Catholic)

• Nancy Schultz is a contributing author of White Wolf's Changeling Storyteller's Guide.  (Baptist)

• Aileen E. Miles is a full-time art director/graphic designer/typesetter for the Mage and Werewolf lines at White Wolf and part-time editor for Werewolf.  (Roman Catholic)

• Dave Mattingly is editor-in-chief of EZ Hero magazine, article contributor for The Clobberin' Times, Haymaker, and Rogues Gallery magazines, and proofreader and playtester on The Ultimate Mentalist, Sengoku, and The HERO System Rulebook 5th Edition.  (Non-denominational)

• Justin Dagna is the creator of the Pax Draconis RPG.  He was an AWANA Ministries International leader for seven years, and has been teaching Sunday School more recently.  (Presbyterian)

• Peter D. Adkison was the founder of Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and its CEO from inception until Jan 2001.  During this time WotC published Magic:  The Gathering, acquired TSR, launched 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons, and published the Pokemon TCG for the non-Japanese market.  In May, 2002 Peter acquired the Gen Con gaming convention from WotC and now manages that business full time.  (Unspecified)

• Reverend Jim Aubuchon is a founder of the Christian Gamers Guild, and author of the Fudge-based Christian role playing game HolyQuest.  (Unspecified)

• Les "Bo" Bowman owns the Washington, Missouri game and comics store Gamer's Den.  He is treasurer of his church, and serves as a Sunday School teacher there.  (Southern Baptist)

• Andy Matthews is the Art Director for Hero Games, responsible for the graphic design, art selection, and layout of such books as Hero System 5th edition, Champions 5th edition, The UNTIL Superpowers Database, and Fantasy Hero.  He also wrote the opening section of Champions Battlegrounds.  He is one of the worship leaders at his church.  (Non-denominational)

• Brian Carroll is the Director of Imagine Role Playing.  (Unspecified)

• Martha Carroll is a member of the Design Team, Writer, and Illustrator at Imagine Role Playing.  She contributed significantly to the text and illustrations in Epitaph of the Fallen one of the bestiaries for the company's non-D20 fantasy system, and is currently working on a novel based on the game world.  She has served in a number of music-related positions in several churches, including being the music director at the church she attended immediately after college.  (Presbyterian)

• Todd Downing is the primary designer of Arrowflight--The Edge of Fantasy, Red Dwarf--The Roleplaying Game, and the 1PG Lite RPG line.  He has contributed to The Collectors and to the Cemetery Plots sourcebook for Lost Souls.  Since founding Deep7 in 1999, he has overseen production of over thirty adventure game products.  He is an ordained minister.  (Non-denominational)

• Gavin Downing develops extensively for Arrowflight--The Edge of Fantasy, and has contributed to the Red Dwarf and Farscape roleplaying games.  He has served as a deacon in his home church.  (Unspecified)

• Doug Taylor is one of the advocates and current designer on the Star Wars Collectible Card Game originally produced by Decipher and now continued through the Star Wars CCG Players' Committee.  He and his wife have taught Sunday School and parenting classes, and have helped lead the youth group.  They are also actively involved in Christian home schooling.  (Assemblies of God)

  Additional names will be added to this list as they are confirmed.  If you are a Christian involved in gaming who would like to be added to this list, or if your name is here and corrections need to be made, please contact our chaplain M. J. Young.

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