Background Role-playing game (RPG) is a term that covers a series of forms and styles of
games that involve, in some way, the creation, representation and progression of characters …

This article compares educational role-play and role-playing games in education by
examining their definition, similarities in their elements, differences current use, implication …

In an April 07, 2018, Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch, a group of friends are sitting around
a table, playing the popular board game Life (1960, Hasbro). The group is multicultural, with …

Gameful and playful design aspire to make existing activities and systems more engaging by
infusing them with the engaging qualities of games and toys. One such quality is make …

Previous research has established the lack of motivation by primary education students vis-à-
vis the acquisition of the necessary key competencies compulsory in the Spanish school …

While role-playing games and personalized learning have been regarded as effective tools
to improve students' learning, incorporating personalized learning into role-playing games is …

Over the last five years Dungeons and Dragons [D&D](Arneson & Gygax, 1974) has risen in
prominence and popularity with a broadening of its player demographic. Though the game's …

Imaginative pretend play is often thought of as the domain of young children, yet adults
regularly engage in elaborated, fantastical, social-mediated pretend play. We describe …

The purpose of developing chemistry learning game for basic atomic theory material was to
help students' understanding as young learners to make it easier to understand and …

A comprehensive book explaining “applied RPGs”—using role-playing games
therapeutically. Across the globe, therapists are using tabletop roleplaying games (RPG) …