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Save the RPG Community Center and RPG Museum, Serving thousands - Help Re-open the doors to the public in 2024!

Serving thousands in Spokane and across 6 continents online each year: Help save the East-Central Spokane Community Center by donating, to re-open the doors to the public, or this unique and amazing r

Status Update on Development of the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Introductory Adventures - Cover Image
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Status Update on Development of the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Introductory Adventures

A status update on our development of the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game (BFRPG) partnership with Chris Gonnerman and his community around this d20 opensource RPG clone, creating introductory modules

Donate to RPG Research, Through Your Support Helping Improve Thousands of Lives Each Year - Cover Image
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Donate to RPG Research, Through Your Support Helping Improve Thousands of Lives Each Year

Donate today! Since 2017 RPG Research's community programs across 6 continents have directly helped more than 100,000 people, and indirectly helped millions more! Keep the dream alive and growing.

East-Central Spokane RPG Community Center Public Hours Temporarily Suspended Pending Donations - Cover Image
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East-Central Spokane RPG Community Center Public Hours Temporarily Suspended Pending Donations

East-Central Spokane Role-Playing Game Community Center must temporarily suspend public Drop In & RPG programs until more donations are received to cover the costs of being free & open to all.

Status Update on the Role-Playing Game Professional Books, Apps, and more - Cover Image
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Status Update on the Role-Playing Game Professional Books, Apps, and more

The Third Edition of the Role-Playing Game Professional training programs, books, workshops, mobile and web apps, are nearing publication and release to the public very soon. Here is an overview.

No Longer Open To Public on Fridays! DONATE Today: East-Central Spokane Role-Playing Game Community Center New Hours Update July 20th, 2023 - Cover Image
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No Longer Open To Public on Fridays! DONATE Today: East-Central Spokane Role-Playing Game Community Center New Hours Update July 20th, 2023

Due to an increasing power bill for air conditioning and decreased donations, we can no longer be open on Fridays to the public. We're still open Saturdays. DONATE TODAY TO KEEP THE CENTER OPEN.

Why It is So Difficult For Us To Provide Concise Pithy Messaging: 13+ Diverse Audiences We Serve! - Cover Image
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Why It is So Difficult For Us To Provide Concise Pithy Messaging: 13+ Diverse Audiences We Serve!

One of the number one challenges we have is organizing our content, website, media, and messaging in more concise and accessible ways. This is difficult due to serving at least 13 different audiences

Healthy Escape versus Unhealthy Escapism - Cover Image
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Healthy Escape versus Unhealthy Escapism

Some people assume all forms of escape are unhealthy, but decades of research shows a much better understanding, there are adaptive and maladaptive forms of escapism.

No Longer Open Fridays. DONATE TODAY! New Role-Playing Game Community Center Hours Effective June 1st, 2023 - Cover Image
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No Longer Open Fridays. DONATE TODAY! New Role-Playing Game Community Center Hours Effective June 1st, 2023

Role-Playing Game Community Center hours changing for Fridays to 5-9 pm. Saturdays still 1-5 pm. UPDATE JULY 2023: SEE https://www.rpgresearch.com/calendar FOR CURRENT SCHEDULE CHANGES.

Role-Playing Games and Politics
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Role-Playing Games and Politics

Can tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) be used to provide a space to work through sociopolitical issues and strategies?

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Donate to the non-profit RPG Research Today!

Reasons to donate to RPG Research Today!

Keep the RPG Community Center Doors Open to the Public, hurry and Donate Today! - Cover Image
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Keep the RPG Community Center Doors Open to the Public, hurry and Donate Today!

The RPG Community center urgently needs to donations to keep the accessible free programs open to the community it serves.

Moving to a Membership Model - Cover Image
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Moving to a Membership Model

The RPG Research Board of Directors has approved transitioning RPG Research to a membership model. This means by default everyone will be a non-donating member by default in order to have access to co

RPG Community Center accommodating Blind, Visually Impaired, Deaf, and Hard of Hearing in addition to others. - Cover Image
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RPG Community Center accommodating Blind, Visually Impaired, Deaf, and Hard of Hearing in addition to others.

RPG Community Center accommodating Blind, Visually Impaired, Deaf, and Hard of Hearing in addition to others from ages 4 years old through senior adults, and everyone in between.

Role-Playing Game Research Archives Once Again Available to the Public - Cover Image
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Role-Playing Game Research Archives Once Again Available to the Public

After extensive challenges with insurance companies (see earlier postings for explanations), we can finally once again re-open the 10,000+ content items in the world's largest free and open knowledge

RPG Research's Hawke Robinson on GenCon TV List - Cover Image
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RPG Research's Hawke Robinson on GenCon TV List

By popular request and for your convenience, here is a list of all the GenCon TV episodes that RPG Research's founder, Hawke Robinson, has been a special guest on over the years.

Wow! We have unboxed a LOT of games recently, check out this list! And  many more on the way! - Cover Image
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Wow! We have unboxed a LOT of games recently, check out this list! And many more on the way!

RPG Research has a weekly live-broadcast of "Games Unboxing and Actual Play Evaluations", Sundays 6-9 pm PST on https://twitch.tv/rpgresearch. This is not your everyday unboxing or game evaluations sh

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Support RPG Research on Twitch - Up Vote Adding RPG Research as Charity on Twitch.tv

IMPORTANT: Please up vote adding RPG Research as charity on Twitch so it can be supported by Twitch channels - also Follow and/or Subscribe. Spread the word.

Next Batch of Role-Playing Game Master Level 1 Trainees Starting Soon - Sign Up today! - Cover Image
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Next Batch of Role-Playing Game Master Level 1 Trainees Starting Soon - Sign Up today!

The 501(c)3 non-profit charity, RPG Research, offers the world's most rigorous role-playing game master training available in a diploma format. We offer it freely to our volunteers, only asking that i

RPG Community Center Public Hours Update, August 25th, 2022 - Cover Image
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RPG Community Center Public Hours Update, August 25th, 2022

This posting covers details on the updated schedule and programming options for the RPG Community Center in Spokane, as of August 26th, 2022.