University of Washington Tacoma Interview I'm on the cover of the UWT's website, both as an article and a podcast! Check it out [https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/world-builder]!
Lessons from Applied Games Recently an article came out in Wired about therapeutic gaming [https://www.wired.com/story/therapists-dungeons-dragons-tabletop-games-helping-people/] , and since then there's been a lot of focus on people using D&D and TTRPGs within therapeutic contexts. While I am absolutely for people using RPGs therapeutically, I feel like focusing exclusively on
Can Published RPGs Work In a Classroom Setting? By contributor Maryanne Cullinan Recently, I had the privilege of participating in an ILA X Wizards of the Coast panel on using DnD for Writing. More than 900 people signed up for the Zoom broadcast, which shows the increasing interest in using RPGs in the classroom. Teachers and counselors know
Using TTRPGs to change the narratives around Autism Working for a disability advocacy nonprofit, I've been paying a lot of attention to the narratives around disability, especially those around autism and neurodivergence. They range from viewing autism as a cautionary tale about vaccines to a beautiful way of engaging with the world, and everything in between. However, as
The Caravan Endures update The launch of the Caravan Endures has been a failure. I set the payment to a donation system, with the idea that I wanted the game to be affordable for people who were struggling, but it seems like that just became an excuse for people to get it for free,
Caravan Endures is out! Buy it here [https://g3rmb0y.itch.io/the-caravan-endures]! Buy the visual accessibility version here [https://g3rmb0y.itch.io/caravan-endures-vision-accessible-version]! Been a long time, but it's finally out in the wild. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback, helped produce it, and helped test it. I've spent two years working on this,
Practical tips for Supporting Autistic players at your Table I was recently asked by someone for some advice on helping their autistic son succeed in an improv group, and what the teacher could do to help make the group better for the youth. I gave them a list of advice on what's worked really well for my autism social