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Old Research Repository: by Hawke Robinson — published Aug 16, 2017 — last modified Jul 10, 2022 05:27 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.
TRPG: by Hawke Robinson — last modified May 10, 2022 11:56 PM — filed under: Glossary
Tabletop Role-Playing Game
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2004 - RPGR-A00001 An Overview of the History and Potential Therapeutic Value of Role-playing Gaming: by Hawke Robinson — published Sep 30, 2004 — last modified Dec 08, 2022 10:53 AM — filed under: Pending Review, 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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RPG Research on Dragon Talk 20180122 Transcript: by Hawke Robinson — published Feb 07, 2018 — last modified Nov 28, 2022 12:45 PM
As requested, here is the transcript from the January 22nd, 2018 interview of RPG Research members on the Hasbro Wizards of the Coast "Dragon Talk" show, including Hawke Robinson and John Welker. This transcript attempts to help those in the Deaf & HoH communities, and those with visual impairments using screen readers.
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Wizards of the Coast D&D Dragon Talk Broadcast Notes: by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 05, 2023 12:22 PM — filed under: RPG Therapeutics LLC, Discipline: RPGT (Role-Playing Game Therapy), recreation therapy, correlative research, Brain Injury (Stroke, TBI, etc.), video, RPG Format: Tabletop, blog posting, RPG Textbook, Effects of RPG, The RPG Research Podcast / Vidcast, Drum Circle, News, interview / media mention, suicide / suicidal, pdd / asd / autism spectrum, Violence, therapeutic rpg, RPG Format: Computer-based, broadcast, Anti-rpg, rpg for therapy, hawke robinson, RPG Research Interview, Drum, drums, drumming, drum circle, drum circle facilitation, RPG Format: Live-action, rpg for education, recreational therapy
Here are notes from the January 22nd, 2018 interview broadcast at Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons, "Dragon Talk" with Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble, interviewing John Welker & Hawke Robinson of RPG Research, Spokane Area Gaming Alliance, & RPG Therapeutics LLC, about role-playing game education, therapy, and more. Currently a work in progress. I am working on it each day in small snippets of time while juggling everything else. I will let folks know when it is ready for sharing.
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