We had a fantastic PAX West! We had a table again, thanks to Table Titans, and we were happy with the positive response to our Pinny Pin and Life Cog. Our panel, Roll for Healing: Therapuetic Game Master Round Table, was filmed! The panel features Game to Grow’s executive director Adam Johns, Tacoma-based Game to […]
Last weekend at Emerald City Comicon we presented two panels. In the panel on Friday, titled Future Possible, we spoke about how RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons have the power to make the world a better place. Ethan Schoonover joined Adam Davis and Adam Johns on the panel. Our second panel, Dungeons, Dragons, and Social […]
At PAX South this year, we presented a panel we’ve hosted at other conventions called Therapeutic Game Master Round Table. Each time we host this panel we aim to highlight some of the leading minds in applied RPGs, with a special focus on someone local or semi-local to the area. This year we had the […]
At PAX Unplugged this year, we presented an updated version of our panel Release the Minions: Introducing RPG to Youth, with Ethan Schoonover. We shared how to choose a game, introduce the game, and modify the game. Enjoy! Panel Description: We love RPGs and we love sharing our passion with others, but what do […]
This year at PAX Unplugged, Game to Grow presented a panel called Roll for Healing: Therapeutic Game Master Round Table. We presented a similar panel at PAX West 2018 though this panel features some additional panelists who are using role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons in other parts of the country. Enjoy! Panel […]
At PAX Unplugged, we presented a return of our panel Collaborative Homebrew 101: Cure for the Common Murder Hobo. We’d presented this at PAX East and PAX South, but this time the panel featured Scott Kurtz from Table Titans! Table Titans has been a fantastic support for Game to Grow, offering us table space at […]
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 a great time at Emerald City Comicon sharing the message that games of all kinds can have important therapeutic power when played intentionally. The panel featured Adam Davis and Adam Johns of Game to Grow, as well as Wilder Heath and Johnny Spangler, who each use video games in their work with youth. […]