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It's important to find ways to reward creativity and exploration as well as combat. (Source: Legend of Zelda)One of the fundamental pieces of RPGs is the concept of rewards- from XP that unlocks additional abilities to gold that can be used to purchase

This is, as the title says, a list of 100 warm up questions. I've spoken about how to use warm up questions before, but I wanted to make a more thorough list for people to use. Many of these are ones I've used, others

Years ago, I read the Cyberpunk Manifesto, and was inspired. Sadly, my career in cybersecurity was the bland corporate variety, but the same energy from that piece has stuck with me for years. On a whim, I've decided to transcribe an Applied GM's Manifesto.

RPGs With Kids ... Where Do We Start? The first in a How To series about after school DnD with middle school students. Lesson #1 - S’Killin’ It. I am delighted to announce that our Heroes’ Hall afterschool DnD Club is restarting in October

The Dryad Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree By Culliope If you had never heard of a tree spirit before, what do you think it would look like? Wikipedia tells us that dryads are nature spirits that live in oak trees (drys = oak

Peter's note: I recently decided to diversify the content I host on Roll for Kindness, and could think of no one better than my good friend and applied RPG colleague Maryanne Cullinan. I'm very excited to welcome her to Roll for Kindness, where she

On the panel at PAX West on applied RPGs, there was a QR code that led to a quest sheet- a tool for aspiring applied GMs to fill out to help guide their passage into using applied RPGs in their own community. Check out

Ava and friendsI completely forgot to mention, I wrote published a TTRPG for Social Cipher's Ava, meant to be used in conjunction with the curriculum for Ava Episode 2, which focuses on coping strategies in the face of stressful situations. This TTRPG can be

Today I just want to share the panel I did at PAX with the amazing Alexander Pereira, Amelia Herbst, Joe LeConte, Maryanne Cullinan, and myself on using RPGs in an applied fashion. It was a packed panel, and an absolute joy to share our

Many neurodivergent people have had the experience of trying to fit in as normal, and never quite doing it right. Trying to mask oddities and mannerisms to fit in with the cool kids, only to have them see through the ruse and see that

I was recently talking with a therapist buddy about applied RPGs, and I started talking about the work I do with in-home services. He said, "God, I wish I could do that, how do you get into that?" So, today, I'm going to talk

Wearing a robe and a bald cap are not on this list, but never a bad idea.Being a GM for applied RPGs is very different than being a GM for traditional RPGs, and there's a number of skills that you need to master

Ava is the autistic protagonist of the game, and explores trust through interactions with various space pirates.Disclaimer: I am currently considering applying for a curriculum writer position for Social Cipher, but have not made a decision and this review is being written as

Quick post on what's happening- Games: Few things happening with the games I'm making! Caravan Endures: Done! Now just waiting on art assets, then it's going to the layout person, and I'll have something to publish. I was thinking about using drivethrurpg, but I've

Spock speaking with the Horta (Copyright Paramount)New beta of Speaking with Monsters! I'm very much inspired by the Star Trek Original Series episode "Devil in the Dark," where a rock monster is killing miners, but thanks to Spock's ability to read the creature's

Hi all- Quick update on where I am with the games I'm building at the moment. Unfortunately, my day job has been very demanding lately, and I haven't had sufficient spoons to work extensively on projects lately, but they have been at the forefront

Robes and bald cap not required. (Copyright CBS)One question I get fairly frequently is therapists (and others) reaching out to me and asking how to get into D&D, with the explicit purpose of running D&D games for their clients.

For kids, often times leaning into the cute is a good default. (Poring property of Ragnarok Online.)I recently had someone ask me about good TTRPGs for younger kids, and after looking around a bit, I realized there is absolutely no shortage of great

At this point, the Caravan Endures is entering the final stages of development, and while it's not done yet, and I have a lot of feedback to incorporate, I feel like I'm entering the final stretch. But, while I'm tweaking that and getting all

Been very busy lately, but I've got a few updates: I've been interviewed on two podcasts, talking about the work I'm doing: My interview with Nerdy People Play D&D: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-homes-and-dungeons-episode-52/id1317528754?i=1000500801665 My interview with

I've found that Tarrasques make for a wonderful way to learn frustration tolerance.One question I frequently get is about ideas for effectively implementing tabletop gaming into therapeutic practice, and it is a critically important question. An effective implementation is critical to the success

Been very busy lately, but wanted to share that there is a new beta version of The Caravan Endures available for testing! Please send any and all feedback to @rollforkindness on twitter, or peterj2 at uw dot edu. Also, I will be scheduling tests

Hi! Haven't posted much lately as I've been super busy with work, running social skills groups, being invited to work on a very exciting game design opportunity I can't talk about, and writing the Caravan Endures. And on that last part, I've moved on

One thing I've been asked about a lot when designing sessions for my social skills group is how I plan things. There's a lot of different schools of thought, and I see a lot of people using the lazy DM guide model, but the

Had a great chat with David, the Chief Librarian at the Tacoma based Library of Alexandria, an organization that provides a retro RPG library at conventions but also runs games at homeless shelters and boys and girls clubs. Really fun conversation! https://www.twitch.