Why are you here? Choose from below to get to the resources most relevant to your interest. If you do not find what you are looking for, contact us and we will point you in the right direction. We have been involved with role-playing games since the 1970s and researching their effects and capabilities for ages 2 through senior adults, since 1983.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit charity with more than 100 volunteers across 5 continents helping to improves around the world!
Peruse our massive Research repositories database aggregating the latest research since 1983.
Content items include:
- Essays
- Published papers
- Books
- Videos
- Presentations
- & much more
This is our master knowledgebase. Our volunteer researchers (including 35+ Ph.Ds), and archivist volunteer staffing, are working to aggregate the more than 10,000 content items between the other role-playing game research knowledgebases, and our physical RPG Museum archives, including thousands of content pieces available nowhere else in the world. The RPG Museum also includes exclusive Paul Cardwell Estate Collection from 1970 through 2020.
5,000+ content items
1,000+ content items.
Our oldest research repository (3,800+ content items):
Please see our openings for additional on-site and remote Volunteer Research Archivist Positions to help us with this move.
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Professional Consultation Services
RPG Research is a 501(c)3 non-profit 100% volunteer-run charitable organization. Our research and community programs are free to the public.
Some requests may be beyond the scope of our volunteers, and in such cases we refer you to others that may be a better fit for your needs.
Feel free to contact us first, and then we can decide if RPG Research is the resource you need, or if you should be referred to a number of other professionals in the field we can recommend based on their empirical evidence-supported practices.
One we can recommend, because our founder Hawke Robinson is also the founder of the other organization:
Educators
We have been developing and running role-playing game programs in schools and other educational settings since 1985.
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Therapists
We have been involved with role-playing games since the 1970s and studying their effects, including benefits and caveats. We have been implementing therapeutic "RPG Therapy" programs since 2004.
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Other Professionals
Our founder has been involved with role-playing games since 1977, a paid professional Role-Playing Game Master since 1983, providing online and streaming tabletop games since 1996, and therapeutic RPG programs since 2004.
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Non-professionals
Even if you aren't a professional looking for information to further your profession, our information, videos, and programs are extremely helpful to anyone interested in learning about role-playing games in general, wishing to become a better player or game master, and those just wanting to know just how many great opportunities they are in this field.
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Wheelchair Accessible RPG Bus & RPG Trailers
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