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Peter

A simple dungeon master trying to change the world, one dice roll at a time

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!

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

Granting player agency to create the best quarter I've ever run

Last week, I wrapped up my final session of Summer Quarter for the group I've been running consecutively for about 8 years, and I have to say that this was easily the best quarter I've ever run. I wasn't planning on running group over the Summer- I was hoping to

Rethinking Autism Social Skills groups

As applied and specifically therapeutic RPGs come into vogue, more and more I'm seeing therapists and social skills coaches running 'Autism Social Skills D&D/RPG groups.' On a lot of levels, this makes a lot of sense. It's the most obvious application of RPGs in the therapeutic space,

Running Disability Inclusion Groups

I recently started working for a nonprofit that serves the needs of individuals and families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, working in their information and referral department. While a lot of the work I'm doing is systems navigation, I found out about a Dungeons and Dragons summer program,

Do Rule Sets Matter?

I've written about choosing the right game [https://rollforkindness.com/choosing-the-best-system-for-your-needs/] for your applied group in the past, but since then the landscape has changed. Initially, the options for applied RPG groups were limited to a handful of mainstream RPGs such as D&D and Pathfinder. Now this has been