We were invited to appear on the Acquisitions Incorporated CTeam, during the Table Talk portion of the stream, to talk about our work in our social skills groups using Dungeons and Dragons, as well as our work on the upcoming project Critical Core. The host, Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade, has long been an advocate […]
We’re so happy to announce that we were invited to be keynote speakers at the Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Conference this year! If you are interested in attending, you can learn more and register here. Registration includes 7 CEUs (up to 6 CEs of Ethics available), plus tea and coffee, and lunch! […]
At PAX West this year we invited several other “therapeutic game masters,” those who use Dungeons and Dragons or other role-playing game in some form of therapeutic practice, to participate in a round-table discussion about their work. Panelists included Game to Grow founders Adam Davis and Adam Johns, Megan Connell, and Raffael “Doctor B” Boccamazzo. […]
One of our panels at this year’s PAX West convention was about playing role-playing games, including Dungeons and Dragons, with kids. We were joined on this panel by Ethan “Mr. E.” Schoonover, who runs a D&D after school program at Lake Washington Girls Middle School While on the panel, we discuss several important topics when […]
We had the opportunity to talk with Ches Hall over at the +7 Intelligence Podcast about how we use role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons in our therapeutic social skills groups. Some highlights: Therapeutic tabletop role-playing games – what they look like, how they work, and who they help – with Adam Johns and Adam […]
Let me explain. The way that I play is much more about the collaborative storytelling experience and play than it is about the rules of the game of Dungeons & Dragons. I will also freely break rules while running the game, aiming to make an immersive and fun experience for players, rather than always following […]
We received an email that we’ll be returning to present at our fourth PAX West, and our TENTH PAX overall! We’re excited to be back to our home PAX in Seattle. We’ll be hosting two panels this year, with some great panelists! Details below: Release the Minions! Introducing RPGs to Youth Friday, August 31st at […]
The harrowing idea of walking into a Dungeons and Dragons game with very little planned is nearly as nightmare-inducing as the concept that you could spend hours crafting and designing a world only to have your players completely ignore your quest line in favor of the goofy made-up-on-the-spot half-orc that they met at the town library. Let’s […]
We received a fantastically generous donation from Mike Shea, known on the internet as Sly Flourish, which will enable us to provide D&D Beyond for the participants in all five of our Dungeons and Dragons therapeutic social skills groups! Mike Shea, author of the well-respected Lazy Dungeon Master’s Guide, runs the blog Sly Flourish: Building […]
On Friday at PAX East, we presented our first of two panels, titled “Collaborative Homebrew 101: The Cure for the Common Murder Hobo.” In the panel we discussed the phenomenon of the “murder hobo,” the players in role-playing games who discard whatever adventure hooks the game master has planned, preferring to wander around the countryside […]