Lightraiders Adventure Bible System

DragonRaid has gotten its long-awaited makeover.

The emphasis is clearly on discipleship through storytelling. It's also squarely aimed at homeschooling parents. I'm more interested in seeing how the game mechanics have changed.

REALLY interesting!

My first impression is that they should lean even more into referring to it as curriculum and a learning tool and maybe talk about how those things have been "game-ified". I think as a game a lot of young geeks would be feeling very glass half empty about it, and say "why can't we just play D&D?", but as something that is done during "school time" or "study time" or small group time, it could be a hit! Although in that case the question on my mind would be, can this take the place of those more focused experiences of Bible study or discipleship.

So I have trouble thinking of where it slots into the routines of life. But maybe that's better understood by homeschoolers, since their rhythms and what education looks like are very different. Any reactions to those thoughts, John?

They go to a lot of homeschooling conferences and conventions so they're definitely leaning into the "teaching tool" narrative. This has been the case with their previous product release, First Watch.

I got the following response from the company in a comment on their YouTube channel:

"The character system and mechanics have been streamlined and simplified for accessibility. James R. Brown, who also worked on The One Ring, was the primary rules developer. Character creation is nine quick steps that take about 15 minutes total. Rolls always include 3 d10s (starlots). There are no other dice in the game. You still test various abilities, but based on a simple target instead of a percentage. We now also have trials which are a series of tests conducted as a group to pass a challenge like building a bridge or saving an animal from a quagmire. Rescues have a more structured feel to encourage consistent use (and explanation) of the Great Rescue verses. Battle moves faster due to a "clash" system in which a single roll results in either damage to the enemy or to the PC. Those are just the highlights. "

So it looks like a gamified way to memorize scripture which is what DragonRaid was meant to be. The rules just got in the way!

Cool, thanks for the info!

Thanks for the heads up! Art assets and production quality look great!