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A list of Recent RPG Research Role-Playing Game Related Theory Lectures, Discussions, & Panels.

 

 

Immersion, Flow, & Role-Playing Games

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

 

Avedon Interaction Patterns and RPGs overview.

Video. Audio. Text.

Topics Summary

The 8 Avedon Interaction Patterns from 1974

1-page Reference document created relevant to role-playing games.

Intra-individual

Extra-individual

Aggregate

Inter-individual

Unilateral

Multilateral

Intragroup

Intergroup

 

Role-playing games and Tuckman's theories on small groups. Part 1.

Tuesday's Research Assistant trainees group: Video. Audio. Text.

Thursday's Applied Programs trainees group: Video. Audio. Text.

Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning, Reforming.

All tied into context with role-playing games of various formats.

Topics Summary

Literature review and Meta-analysis that lead to Tuckman's theories on Small Groups. 

Definitions of Terms.

Small Group

Team

Network

Ethos, Logos, & Pathos

Communication: Self or Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Small Group, Public, Mass.

Group versus Individual.

Pooling of info.

Blind alley

Stimulation of ideas

Groups not always superior

Emergency/immediate, very simple, or very complex/specialized-skills.

Erikson development models related to group communication and self-concept.

Optimal group size.

 

Brief Summary of just a few Types of Research Designs within context of this particular topic:

• Case Study
• Correlative
• Experimental
• Longitudinal
• Meta-Analysis

 

There are half a dozen others, but for the conversation those were just covered briefly.

 

 

 

2 Paradoxes

1. Resource allocation toward task resolution versus social conflict resolution.
2. Individual freedom and self concept-versus group affiliation and role.

 

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Adjourning

Reforming

 

 

Accessibility & Inclusiveness Considerations for Role-Playing Gamers

Video. Audio. Text.

Accessibility considerations for populations

Medication and treatments side effects considerations

Aphantasia

Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Visual impairment

Wheelchair accessible

Fine motor skills, grasping, lifting, writing.

Brain injury considerations

LARP adaptations for Muscular Dystrophy and other disorders with similar physical challenges.

Computer adaptive equipment.

Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)

Reaction and coordination adaptations

Turn-based rather than real-time.

Cognitive impairment adaptations.

Cultural considerations

Competition versus cooperation

Assertiveness versus passivity

Idioms and colloquialisms

 

 

Player Archetypes & Role-Playing Games

Video. Audio. Text.

Archetypes history & background concepts

Character archetypes short review

Game master archetypes short review

Player archetypes

Educational archetypes

Therapeutic/medical archetypes

 

 

10 Tips for Players from B1 In Search of the Unknown

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

 

Games & Resource Allocation Training / Conflation of RPG, Games, TRPG, & CRPG

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

 

Do Some Older Games Fail to Register with Younger Gamers?

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

 

Pros & Cons of all 4 Role-Playing Game (RPG) Formats (CRPG, LARP,  SABM, TRPG)

Video. Audio. Text.

Tabletop (RPG / TRPG)

Live-action (LARP)

Computer-based (CRPG)

Solo adventure books and modules (SABM)

New and Improved 4 RPG Formats: TRPG, ERPG, LRPG, HRPG

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TRPG = Tabletop

ERPG = Electronic

LRPG = Live-action (Larp is a subset)

HRPG = Hybrid (SABM is a subset)

 

Revision of RPG Formats

Based on the RPG Model by Hawkes-Robinson there are 4 major RPG formats:

1. Tabletop (TRPG)
2. Live-action (LRPG)
3. Electronic (ERPG)
4. Hybrid (HRPG)

Larp is a subset of LRPG.

SABMs are subsets of HRPG.

 

Assessment of Role-Playing Games as an Instructional Technique Within the Constraints of a University Academic Setting from the Cognitive Neropsychology Perspective

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Neuroscience of Learning

Divided Attention

Cognitive interference factors

Deep level processing

Elaboration

Distrinctiveness

Prior knowledge

Interconnections

Mass learning

Distributed practice

Differential learning

Chunking

Inaccurate self-assessment of competency areas

Objective feedback

Mental imagery

Cues

Encoding

Retrieval

Existing knowledge

Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation

Locus of control

Narrative technique

Associative knowledge

Self-reference effect

Desirable difficulties

Exploration of opportunities

Interactive

 

 

 

Competitive Versus Cooperative Gaming Preferences

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

Should Professional Role-playing Game Masters Be Paid?

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Does RPG reading complexity impact participant development of intrinsic reading motivation, speed of development, and total reading advancement?

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

Panels

 

PAX Unplugged 2018

• Roll for Healing: Therapeutic Game Master Panel - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/news/therapeutic-game-master-panel-video-at-pax-unplugged-2018
• Panel on Inclusiveness & Accessibility: https://w3.rpgresearch.com/Members/hawke/files/2018-12-02-07-50-28.ogg/view

SpoCon

• Role-playing Gaming as Therapy - http://www2.rpgresearch.com/blog/spocon-role-play-as-therapy
• Cultivating Long-term Role-Playing Gaming Groups - http://www2.rpgresearch.com/blog/spocon-long-term-group
• Psychology of Gamers & Hackers - http://www2.rpgresearch.com/blog/spocon-2017-psychology-of-gamers-and-hackers
• House Rules: Some Love, Others Hate. - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/about/media/panels/house-rules-some-love-others-hate
• Game Design in the 21st Century August 2018 - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/about/media/panels/panel-game-design-in-the-21st-century-august-2018
• Meaningful Religions for Your Game - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/blog/meaningful-religions-for-your-game
• Gaming with Children - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/about/media/panels/pane-gaming-with-children
• How to Write a Game Module - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/about/media/panels/how-to-write-a-game-module

WorldCon 73 (2015)

• AUDIO - 73rd Annual World Science Fiction Convention Panel - Game Mastering 101 Panel, August 21, 2015. Panel Members: Annie Bellet , John Welker , W. A. Hawkes-Robinson
• AUDIO - WorldCon 73 / Sasquan Panel - Game Designers Toolbox Panel, August 20, 2015. - Panel Members: Ken Burnside , John Welker , W. A. Hawkes-Robinson , Alan Stewart Moderator , Ari Goldstein
• VIDEO - WorldCon / Sasquan Panel - Gaming for Therapy, Gaming for Education, August 19, 2015. Panel Members: John Welker Moderator , W. A. Hawkes-Robinson

Online

• VIDEO - Live-Action Role-Playing (LARP) as Therapy - Google Hangout Panel - "LARPing as a Form of Therapy" - http://www.rpgresearch.com/news/larping-as-a-form-of-therapy-panel-hangout-broadcast-wed-march-26-6-00-pm-pacific - with Dr. Sarah Lynne Bowman, Chris Shell, Jamie Metzger, & Hawke Robinson. Hosted by Kristin Brumley of "Stay in Character".

Interviews

• GenCon TV Seattle -
• GenCon TV Indianapolis - GenCon 2019 - https://w3.rpgresearch.com/news/rpg-research-live-on-gencon-tv-table-takes-aug-2-10-am-est

Presentations

• ATRA National Annual Conference, Reno, NV -

Addressing Cognitive Dissonance Through RPGs

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Gaming With Children

Video. Audio. Text.

SpoCon 2018

 

 

How to Write a Game Module

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

House Rules: Some Love, Others Hate

Video. Audio. Text.

 

How to Build a Campaign

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Game Design in the 21st Century

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Creating Worlds the Players Control

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Role-Playing [Gaming] As Therapy

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Cultivating Long-term Role-Playing Gaming Groups

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Psychology of Hackers and Gamers

Video. Audio. Text.

 

Retro Gaming, Then and Now

Video. Audio. Text.

 

 

Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) & RPG

BCI RPGs & VR, AR, etc.

RPG Research ERPG Division Efforts

NWN Training

ERPG Scoping

 

Bleed

Magic Circle

Alias

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Spatial Mapping, LRPGs, & ERPGs

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Application of CBT Principles with RPGs

Applicability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy considerations, theories, & techniques to role-playing games.

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Debate About ABA

In recent decades there as been an increasingly vociferous debate about the us of ABA used with Autism Spectrum.

Discuss the pros and cons of the original heavily Freudian and Skinner-based model.

Discussion of the more recent "less harsh" variations.

Applicability to RPG programs working with ASD/PDD populations.

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Application of CFT to RPGs

Applicability of Compassion Focused Therapy theories and techniques to role-playing games.

Use of CFT for anger management and other goals.

Use of CFT-guided RPG programs.

Frustration Tolerance and RPGs

Use of role-playing games to help participants build better tolerance for frustrating situations.

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RPGs and Tenacity, Grit, Perseverance, etc.

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RPGs and Impulse control, Turn-taking, etc.

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RPGs and ADHD

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RPGs and Brain Injuries

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RPGs and MD, CP, etc.

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RPG Kits

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GM Tips & Tricks of the Trade

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Initiative Tracking/trackers

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PC Tents

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Sticky Notes

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Index Cards

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WotC Initiative Cards

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Player / Character GM Roster

Examples:

Dungeons & Dragons

• OD&D -
• BECMI -
• 1st Edition -
• 2nd Edition -
• 3.x Edition -
• 5e -
• BFRPG -

Basic Role-playing (BRPG) by Chaosium -