In case you are going to be at WorldCon 73, please come by and say "hi"!
I will be on 3+ panels/discussions, a poster presentation of my research, and running game sessions. Would love to meet you!
Two different groups from the WorldCon staff ("Science Saturday" and "WorldCon Gaming" and they started a funxraiser to pay for me to attend: ) requested my participation in the 73rd WorldCon (Sasquan).
They state to expect around 5,000 attendees.
As per request here is a short bio and schedule from August 19th to 23rd. I hope to see some of you there. Happy Gaming!
http://www.sasquan.org ]. (Also listed as W.A. Hawkes-Robinson on program schedule).
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Please donate to the Wheelchair Friendly Role-Playing Gaming Trailer today: http://www.gofundme.com/rpgtrailer
GAMING BACKGROUND
Role-playing gamer since 1979. Game Master since 1984. Founder of the Eä Tolkien Society, Tolkien Moot, Other Minds Magazine, Middle-earth Talk Show, & Eä RPG.
Founder of the RPG Research Project & President of RPG Therapeutics LLC, studies on the effects of all forms of role-playing games (tabletop, live-action & computer-based), including potential for achieving educational & therapeutic goals for participants.
Listed as Pirate #2 in Gamers: Hands of Fate (and also a "Cass fanboy" extra (uncredited)).
FAVORITE GAME SYSTEMS/GAMES/SETTINGS
Middle-earth (any system). Prefer detailed systems that do not interfere with role-playing.
PREFERRED GAMING STYLE
Prefer ROLE-playing over ROLL-playing but do not like overly abstracted RPG systems.
WORLDCON SCHEDULE
Aug 19 * Panel/Discussion: Gaming for Therapy, Gaming for Education, with John Welker. Wednesday 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm. 303A (CC) - https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/sasquan/en/items/303/Gaming%20for%20Therapy%2C%20Gaming%20for%20Education .
* Dungeon Master: 5th Edition D&D Adventurer's League, Elemental Evil Campaign: Cloaks & Shadows module DDEX2-10. Thursday 8:00 am to Noon. Main Gaming Area ___, Table #__. http://www.spokanerpg.com/worldcon
Aug 20 * Panel: The Game Designer's Toolbox, with Ken Burnside, John Welker, Alan Stewart, & Ari Goldstein. Thursday, Noon to 12:45 pm. 303A (CC) - https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/sasquan/en/items/299/The%20Game%20Designer%27s%20Toolbox .
Aug 21 * Panel: Game Mastering 101, with Brian Campbell, Annie Bellet, & John Welker. Friday, 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm. 303A (CC) - https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/sasquan/en/items/302/Game%20Mastering%20101 .
* Co-Facilitator Games for Children Program. Friday, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. 206 BCD - https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/sasquan/en/items/1266/Games%20for%20Children%27s%20Program .
Aug 22 * Presenting for RPG Research at the Super Science Saturday Poster Competition. Event Hall C. Saturday Noon to 2:00 pm. http://www.rpgresearch.com/poster-presentation
* Dungeon Master: 5th Edition D&D Adventurer's League, Either Elemental Evil Campaign: Cloaks & Shadows module DDEX2-10, or DDEX3-1 Adventure. Sunday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. Main Gaming Area ___, Table #__.
* Survey on role-playing game experiences in the gaming communities (tabletop, live-action (LARP), and computer-based) (throughout all 5 days).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Registered Recreational Therapist for Washington State Department of Health -
Nearing completion of Interdisciplinary Bachelors in Recreation Therapy, Music Therapy, Neuroscience, & Research Psychology at Eastern Washington University.
http://rpgresearch.com/staff/hawke-robinson
Contact Information here: http://www.rpgresearch.com/about/contact
More information about project goals, mission statements, background information, volunteering opportunities, professional training, etc.: http://www.rpgresearch.com/about
Below is a combined listing about the project and the project founder Hawke Robinson, including: panel sessions, Q&A sessions, interviews, articles, essays, presentations on the effects of role-playing games, rpg therapy program plans, rpg education, research and examples from using role-playing games to achieve therapeutic and educational goals for many populations including Autism spectrum (ASD/PDD/Asperger's), ADHD, brain injury (TBI, stroke, etc.), spinal cord injury (SCI), at-risk youth, incarcerated youth and adults, the Deaf and hard of hearing, Muscular Dystrophy (MD), Cerebral Palsy (CP), and others.
Hawke begins playing AD&D periodically.
Hawke first introduced to D&D by cousin.
The world's first published Role-playing game: Dungeons & Dragons.
Email: rpgresearcher at gmail dot com
Phone/Text: (509) 481-5437
Twitter: rpgresearch
Youtube: http://youtube.com/rpgresearch
There are now some fake and/or questionable articles floating around that claim to cite the efforts of W.A. Hawkes-Robinson (aka Hawke Robinson). While I hate to perpetuate their showing up in searches, some may be worth comment/correction.
I first began this project in 2013 with multiples stages of Phase 1, providing surveys to gamers at local hobby gaming stores, local groups, and finally at Spocon 2013, for a total of 164 respondents. I did not have an Institutional Review Board (IRB) waiver, so when a peer-reviewed journal was interested in publishing those results, they were unable to do so without that paperwork.
Phase 2 received an IRB waiver thanks to Phyllis Eide, Ph.D., kindly offering to be listed as the Primary Investigator (PI), and getting the waiver through her connections with Washington State University (WSU). Many thanks to her, and many others that helped in this process.
Since I was on multiple panels, presentations, and running some events at WorldCon, I was not able to dedicate as much time to finding people to complete the surveys as I was back at Spocon, but did manage from Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, to get 125 respondents, 29 of which include comments on the back. Additionally, since WorldCon had more than 1,400+ events, it was challenging to find people not in a rush to the next event, and there weren't many long waiting lines. Finally, the form of the Phase II survey was more detailed and took longer for participants to complete, so this also impacted the total number.
The survey is titled "SURVEY ON GENDER EXPERIENCES IN THE GAMING COMMUNITY AND/OR INDUSTRY". It is a self-report questionnaire of gamers and their experiences or observations of any forms of gender bias, sexual harassment, etc. The screening questions: "Have you ever participated in any form of role-playing game: tabletop, live-action or computer-based?" and "Are you at least 18 years old. If they answered in the affirmative, they were asked to complete the survey. 279 were randomly approached (they just needed to be sitting or standing still), 88 did not have RPG experience, 191 indicated RPG experience, 49 opted out of the survey (No: 24, Later: 15, Busy: 10), 17 were under age, 125 completed and returned the survey.
I am now dealing with a post-convention illness, but when recovered, the data entry process will take some time, and then the analysis will begin.
Many thanks to those kind enough to take the time to complete the survey, it is greatly appreciated!
Updates on this survey's progress will be provided on the http://www.rpgresearch.com website as milestones are achieved.
My heartfelt thanks to all of the following people for their feedback, advice, guidance, help, and approval (at WorldCon 73) for making the implementation of Phase 2 possible:
Contact Information here: http://www.rpgresearch.com/about/contact
More information about project goals, mission statements, background information, volunteering opportunities, professional training, etc.: http://www.rpgresearch.com/about
Below is a combined listing about the project and the project founder Hawke Robinson, including: panel sessions, Q&A sessions, interviews, articles, essays, presentations on the effects of role-playing games, rpg therapy program plans, rpg education, research and examples from using role-playing games to achieve therapeutic and educational goals for many populations including Autism spectrum (ASD/PDD/Asperger's), ADHD, brain injury (TBI, stroke, etc.), spinal cord injury (SCI), at-risk youth, incarcerated youth and adults, the Deaf and hard of hearing, Muscular Dystrophy (MD), Cerebral Palsy (CP), and others.
Hawke begins playing AD&D periodically.
Hawke first introduced to D&D by cousin.
The world's first published Role-playing game: Dungeons & Dragons.
Email: rpgresearcher at gmail dot com
Phone/Text: (509) 481-5437
Twitter: rpgresearch
Youtube: http://youtube.com/rpgresearch
There are now some fake and/or questionable articles floating around that claim to cite the efforts of W.A. Hawkes-Robinson (aka Hawke Robinson). While I hate to perpetuate their showing up in searches, some may be worth comment/correction.
Let them know if you too would like to see a panel on the therapeutic effects/uses of role-playing games at the 2015 WorldCon in Spokane! - https://www.facebook.com/groups/159261224278825/permalink/383745405163738/