Game to Grow has been using games like Dungeons and Dragons and Minecraft to help individuals build social confidence, form friendships, and find meaningful community for years. Our flagship social groups have expanded virtually in the past few years to reach individuals around the world, and a recent grant from Child’s Play Charity allowed us […]
We did it! We’ve been on an epic journey over the last month and a half and the Game to Grow community came together and helped us not only meet our original $10,000 end-of-year goal, but also raise an additional $17,241 towards our stretch goal! All of this supports more groups, more scholarships, and […]
While Game to Grow’s game-based groups are sometimes called “social skills groups,” the purpose isn’t actually to teach social skills. Why? Because we’re aiming for something much more important. Often, social skills “training” programs focus on deficits, viewing neurodivergent participants as needing to be fixed, adjusted, or helped to fit into the world of […]
In March of 2021, Game to Grow applied for a grant from Child’s Play Charity to expand our therapeutic role-playing game services to serve foster youth. I’m thrilled to announce that we have received the grant and have begun providing much-needed services to foster youth across Washington! Read more below and learn how you can […]
New podcast! I was on the ABSKids Autism Weekly podcast on an episode is titled “Using Games Therapeutically to Build Skills.” In it I described how Game to Grow’s therapeutic use of tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons differs from many “skills training programs” in that our groups don’t teach discrete skills from a […]
The Critical Core team, Virginia Spielmann, Adam Johns, and myself (Adam Davis) were featured on the Affect Autism podcast and blog in a feature about our “Beginner’s Box” for therapeutic role-playing games. It’s a fantastic article with links to a ton of useful resources about the foundations of both Critical Core and the Game to […]
We’ve recently transitioned some of our board members. Kirk Honda, who has been board president since Game to Grow’s founding, has transitioned out of the position, and Game to Grow has brought in three new board members. Introducing Matt Allen (“Mallen”), Kathy Allen, and Michael LeFevre! The three of them will bring a fresh set […]
It was a spicy success! On Saturday, October 9th, I joined the Penny Arcade Acquisitions Incorporated C Team for a special live fundraiser Dungeons and Dragons event with a spicy twist. As viewers donated either through Twitch bits or through Game to Grow’s Spice and Dice campaign on Tiltify, the players (myself included!) would eat […]
Join us tomorrow for Spice & Dice! 5pm Pacific on twitch.tv/PAX! For this special fundraising event, I’ll be joining the Penny Arcade “C” Team for a live-streamed Dungeons and Dragons game like no other. As donations come in to Game to Grow through Tiltify or through Twitch, we’ll be eating spicier and spicier chili-infused gummy goblins provided […]
This panel was originally presented Monday, September 6 at PAX West 2021. Panel Description: You’ve likely seen this topic debated hotly in the tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) community. Some will argue it’s not historically accurate, others will point out ramps in ancient Greece. Weirdly enough, this isn’t a debate about historical accuracy in […]