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Potential Effects of RPG
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Hawke Robinson
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published
Mar 13, 2016
The areas and degree of effects likely vary between the different RPG formats of tabletop, live-action, solo/CYOA, or computer-based.
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POTENTIAL AREAS OF EFFECT
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Mar 24, 2016
The effects of RPGs upon participants are influenced by many variables, including the RPG format: Tabletop, Live-action (LARP), Choose Your Own Adventure / Interactive Solo, and computer-based
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Old Research Repository
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Aug 16, 2017
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last modified
Mar 21, 2019 02:48 PM
This is RPG Research's older research repository. We are currently moving more than 3,000 content items (1 multi-page essay equals 1 content item) from this old site to our new repository at www.rpgresearch.com/research . The new repository is better organized and formatted, but it takes months for our volunteers to move all this content from the old site to the new site, so we are keeping the old repository available until the move is complete. All new research is being added to the new repository, no new research is being added to this old repository as of 2018.
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TRPG
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Hawke Robinson
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Aug 05, 2018 11:34 AM
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filed under:
Glossary
Tabletop Role-Playing Game
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Michael Tresca Interview of RPG Research's Hawke Robinson - Part 3 of 3
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Hawke Robinson
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Oct 12, 2015
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Oct 15, 2015 08:29 PM
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News,
interview / media mention
Hawke Robinson is founder and Primary Investigator for The RPG Research Project, and the creation of the RPG Trailer. Michael Tresca: "I've known Hawke Robinson, Washington State registered Recreation Therapist (#RE60526204) for some time but haven't gotten a chance to interview him before." This is part 3 of 3 parts to this interview...
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2005 (March) - Working Hard at Play - Kestrel
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Hawke Robinson
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May 14, 2018
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Jul 12, 2020 07:50 AM
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Discipline: Education / Formal Classroom Setting
Many educators acknowledge the learning potential of out-of-school literacies. Here, I'd like to discuss the merits of roleplaying games (RPGs). The genre is very broad with games such as Star Wars, Call of Cthulhu, Lord of the Rings, and Stargate SG-1 produced by a variety of companies.
The oldest formal roleplaying game is Dungeons & Dragons® which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, in 2004. This is the best selling game of its type. Currently, there are over 4 million players worldwide, ranging in age from preteens to senior citizens. These are the players of the paper-based, book product, not the computer game variants. I'll draw my specific examples from the newest edition of the game (version 3.5 published in 2003), but the general points are applicable to any RPG.
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2004 - RPGR-A00001 An Overview of the History and Potential Therapeutic Value of Role-playing Gaming
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Hawke Robinson
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Sep 30, 2004
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Jun 07, 2020 12:20 PM
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RPG Research Essay,
Archive,
Discipline: TR/RT
Role-playing gaming (RPGing) has its roots as far back as ancient history with the development of war-gaming. War-gaming is the simulation of combat strategies and tactics represented in reduced scale with various rules, often with some sort of randomizing agent such as dice or cards to add an element of “realistic” unpredictability. As long as there has been organized warfare, there appears to have been some form of war-gaming in every culture throughout history. Chess and the Chinese game Go both are very much based on war-gaming, but considered lacking by some because of the lack of unpredictability offered by “true” war-gaming using some degree of randomization.
The RPG Research Project Document ID #RPGR-A001-A-20120927A-CC
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About The RPG Research Project Community Website (All on one page).
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admin
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Aug 14, 2017 09:25 PM
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RPG Research Goal,
RPG Research Project Updates
This community-focused website began with efforts, starting initially around 1985, and advancing since 2004, to identify the effects of role-playing games upon participants. Furthermore research efforts consider the potential uses of RPGs as intervention modalities to achieve educational and therapeutic goals for diverse populations. RPG Research is loose consortium of contributors and completely volunteer-run.
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W. A. Hawkes-Robinson
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admin
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Jun 18, 2015
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Oct 29, 2018 12:03 PM
W. A. Hawkes-Robinson, "Hawke Robinson", is the founder of the RPG Research Project, creator of the Wheelchair Friendly RPG Trailer, and President of RPG Therapeutics LLC.
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About
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by
Hawke Robinson
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Sep 23, 2015
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last modified
Sep 23, 2015 11:07 AM
Here is a much longer version of the "About" page for the RPG Research Project.
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