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Merging Role-playing Game terminology with Recreation Therapy terms

by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 20, 2015 05:05 PM, last modified Feb 05, 2023 12:22 PM
I'm currently working on a class project that involves developing a tabletop game as a recreation education intervention for adult special needs population (Autism Spectrum, physical disability, or others).
Merging Role-playing Game terminology with Recreation Therapy terms

I have taken the basic role-playing game system rules I created years ago for Tolkien gaming, and have begun to merge some recreation therapy terminology into the rules system, so that it will make even more sense to a recreation therapist wishing to consider using role-playing gaming as a therapeutic modality...

Some examples of recreation therapy terminology that I am attempting to integrate into the core RPG system rules (eventually to be used as "RPG Therapy") include:

* Success Target, with gradients of success for action resolution

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