RPG Model Collection

Why TRPG or TTRPG?

— by Hawke Robinson — last modified Oct 26, 2022 02:21 AM

Until recently, it seemed pretty standard to use TRPG, but in the last few years, for some strange reason an increasing number of people are starting to use TTRPG with 2 Ts. Why?

Role-playing Game Interaction Patterns based on Avedon

— by Hawke Robinson — last modified Dec 01, 2019 10:58 AM

Examples of RPG Formats according to the Hawkes-Robinson RPG Model and the interaction patterns according to the Avedon Interaction Patterns (1974).

Terminology for Role-Playing Game Formats.

As with most content by W.A. Hawkes-Robinson, this content is posted as a Request for Comments (RFC). Here is the February 20th, 2019 revision of the RPG Model draft as proposed by W.A. Hawkes-Robinson beginning in 2004, revised in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, & now 2019.

This is a work in progress. With so much going on you may have missed the recent broadcasts related to role-playing game theories we have been covering at RPG Research. This is a quick summary of a few of the recent topics with links to the audio/video.