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

Geek Therapeutics Certified Therapeutic Game Master program review

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with Anthony Bean, founder and Director of Geek Therapeutics. After talking shop about applied RPGs and our shared vision for the future of the field, he invited me to become certified as a Therapeutic Game Master through Geek Therapeutics. I

Educational RPG's wargaming problem

I've recently had a chance to look at a few educational RPGs, and was thinking to myself, "What is the learning goal here? How would assessment work? What are the students going to carry away? How does the design of this game feed into those learning goals?" And in many

RPGS With Kids- Lesson 2 - It’s All About Your Character

Hello Travelers, Heroes’ Hall is in full swing. I have affectionately been calling it the Heroes’ Hall Hydra - as one person decides it isn’t for them, two take their place! With three weeks under our belts, we have filled nine tables of players, about 66 kids. Eight of

Using Rewards in Applied RPG groups

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 weapons, or magical items or information

100 Warm Up Questions

This is, as the title says, a list of 100 warm up questions. I've spoken about how to use warm up questions before [https://rollforkindness.com/enhancing-your-game-through-warm-ups/], but I wanted to make a more thorough list for people to use. Many of these are ones I've used, others are ones

Applied GM's Manifesto

Years ago, I read the Cyberpunk Manifesto [http://cyberpunk.asia/pages_html.php?html=manifeste&lng=us], 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

RPGs with Kids Lesson 1: Skillin' It

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 after a 1.5 year hiatus.