My Story

I figure God has raised me up as a supporter of Lightraiders for his own reasons.  My dad loved being a resource person.  He often purchased things just to have them- in case he could make use of them or bless others with them.  He bought a vintage Dragon Raid game back in the 80s, when I was just a toddler.  I grew up with the box in the house, sitting with the rest of the board games, but we never played it.  I remember opening the box once when I was a kid, and being completely confused by the contents, since it wasn't obvious to 7 or 8 year old me how to play.  Little squares marked "orc"?  An empty grid?  What were you supposed to do?  So I left it on the shelf, and never went back. Whether my Dad planned to introduce it to us when we were older, I don't know.  For whatever reason, it was forgotten.  I grew up not playing any tabletop role-playing games of any kind, but I did play some RPGs on the computer. 

Years and years later, I am now a father raising my own children.  My dad was downsizing, and offered the Dragon Raid game to me, along with some other things.  I remember thinking the box had something my childhood self thought was boring, but I didn't remember why.  So I didn't know what to expect, but agreed anyway.  When the box arrived, I looked through it, and was immediately excited by the possibilities.  I took on the role of Adventure Master and led my kids through the Lightraider Test and the Search for the Sacred Scrolls.  They loved it.  I loved it.  I was craving more, which is when I found the Moonbridge Raid, and the recently relaunched Lightraider Academy.  This is how I know it was from God: the timing.  In God's perfect economy, that copy of the vintage game was safely in storage for decades, waiting to re-emerge at just the right time, to have a family playing the game for the first time right when they were relaunching.  Had it been even just a year sooner, I wouldn't have found anything when we wanted more.  Yet, here we are.  I had no idea the timing was so perfect until I read about the testimony of God's faithfulness in the Moonbridge Raid, where it mentions the pandemic.  I think that's when I realized our new interest in the game must be part of an answer to someone's prayer, even if we didn't know it when we started.