Hello, Game to Growniverse! We are Tor, a trans and gay facilitator, and Ellie, a nonbinary, queer facilitator and counselor. We work together to facilitate Game to Grow’s first LGBT+ group and Gender+ groups! These groups have been very special to run and see grow, especially in the face of so much transphobic legislation happening […]
In a previous post, we shared that Game to Grow’s founders and a handful of our players were featured in a documentary on TIME.com! We’re happy to now be able to announce that the entire documentary is now on YouTube as well! It’s embedded below, so you can watch right from here! If you were […]
Back in 2019, when Game to Grow was a much smaller organization and before we had our current global reach, we were approached by Insignis Pictures about a documentary they were producing looking at the importance of tabletop role-playing games. They wanted to feature our therapeutic use of tabletop role-playing games. They sent a film […]
Meet Game to Grow’s newest Group Facilitator! Hillary Clayton, MS Ed, earned her Master’s Degree in Education from Johns Hopkins and has been working with youth professionally for ten years as a classroom teacher, tutor, and after school program coordinator. She runs the gaming club at her school and has been a lifelong fan of video […]
The Gauntlet is an annual day of games and giving hosted by Gamers Engaged. Teams of 4 from around the games industry and community come together to compete in a gauntlet of tabletop games, all while raising money for a nonprofit. This year, they’ve chosen to support Game to Grow! Details below: The Gauntlet: Fables […]
A personal commentary from Game to Grow founder Adam Davis on what the OGL means for TA-RPG and Critical Core. We have been watching the commotion in the larger RPG community about the open gaming license and the ongoing struggles to clarify what the next steps are for those using the open gaming license to […]
Most of our sessions at Game to Grow are around 90 minutes long. That’s a perfect length for our young participants. But as the years have gone on and Game to Grow has gotten older, we noticed something. Our players have gotten older too! We’ve heard feedback from our players, some who have […]
Happy Pride Month! As we celebrate the amazing LGBTQIA+ members in our community, we’re proud to announce a new kind of group for Game to Grow! This group is focused on providing a space to empower transgender, nonbinary, and gender questioning youth through the power of tabletop roleplaying games. Creating characters for […]
Game to Grow has continued its pilot program bringing RPG groups to hospitalized youth, and we continue to receive powerful feedback about the impact of our program. This feedback came from youth at the Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, TX. You can see the last post about our hospital program here. We’ve been regularly […]
Here at Game to Grow, we’re passionate about providing high-quality trainings to mental health professionals, educators, and community members. We offer a comprehensive training program, and no matter where you are in your applied TTRPG journey – from never picked up a die to expert GM – we have a training designed to support you. […]