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- 1. Hawke Robinson
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- 12. Brooke Lively, Director Fundraising & Marketing, and Volunteer Coordinator
- 13. Katy Koenen, Game Master I Trainee & Twitch Show RPG Player
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- 15. Kara, Volunteer Twitch Show Real-time Artist Candidate
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- 20. Marissa McDaniel, Volunteer Twitch Show RPG Player Candidate
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- 24. Brian Huseland
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- 31, Erik Mitchell, Research Asst I Trainee
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- 34. Valerie, Player Archetype Specialist I Trainee
- 35. Ryley, Player Archetype Specialist I Trainee
- 36. Jennifer, Game Master I Trainee
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RPG Research In the media
- 2007 - ARTICLE - The Battle Over Role Playing Gaming, Other Minds Magazine
- 2012 - VIDEO - PBS Idea Channel Mentions and recommends RPG Research for more information.
- 2014 - VIDEO - LARP as Therapy Panel
- 2014 - VIDEO - Speaking at ZoeCon II
- 2015 - Seattle Children's Hospital WSTRA15
- 2015 - ARTICLE: Autism & Role-Playing Games
- 2015 - VIDEO - WorldCon Panel, Gaming for Therapy & Education
- 2015 - AUDIO - PANEL - WorldCon 73 Game Designers Tool Box
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- Research Archives Overhaul in Progress
- RPG Tour Status Update Sept 6th 2018
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- Good Game Mastering Discussion Part 1: Robin's Guide to Good Game Mastering
- RPG In Prisons
- House Rules: Some Love, Others Hate.
- Gaming With Children
- How to Write a Game Module
- Tuckman's Small Groups & Role-Playing Games Part
- Short Intro to Immersion, Flow, & Role-Playing Games
- Some Basic Considerations for RPGs with At-risk Populations
- RPG Research Actual Play: Sentinels of the Multiverse TRPG
- RPG Research AiMe Eves of Mirkwood Actual Play
- RPG Research Role-Playing Game Master Training: Rosters
- Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of Change, Therapeutic Recreation and Role-Playing Games
- Meaningful Religions for Your Game
- Happy Holidays & Upcoming New Content from RPG Research
- Drop in and RPG Spokane Valley January 4 2019
- Role-Playing Games and The Deaf Community
- RPG Professional Game Master Coaching
- Dungeons and Dragons Rolls Into the Classroom (a response)
- RPG Research Old Archives Will Be Offline for a Bit
- Audience Interactive Live Broadcast Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition RPG Starter Set Unboxing & Play Through
- Removing Star Wars from our Tier 1 Game Offerings
- Some Trivia about RPG Research's Staff
- How Can You Help? Read. Contribute. Share. Participate. Donate. Help.
- Why "waste" so much time discussing the past?
- Current List of Super Hero RPGs We Are Evaluating. Any others you recommend?
- Important Information about Contact Info
- About the RPGSN.net (RPG Research Intranet / Role-Playing Gamers Social Network)
- Nominate RPG Research as Your Favorite KREM/STCU Charity
- CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER, Vol. 28, No. 2, February 2019
- Searching for Old West RPG
- Working on RPG Protocols
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- International Journal of Role-Playing
- Romach, Israeli Group RPG Therapy for Youth
- Game To Grow
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- Other Minds Magazine
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News
- The Great Western USA RPG Tour 2018 Sep 19 - Oct 10
- November & December 2018 RPG News
- RPG Model: Add ERPG Place Above CRPG?
- Join us at Pax Unplugged 2018!
- The Fantasy Network Lives!
- RPG Research Staff Panels Schedule at SpoCon Aug 10-12 2018
- How to Write a Game Module
- RPG Research Presenting at Eagle Peak Alternative Public School
- What encourages you to support the non-profit RPG Research?
- RPG Talk Show: Andy Exclusive: Dopieralsky & Brian S. Lewis at SpoCon 2018
- RPG Talk Show August 18th 2018 Episode
- Welcome Volunteer Number 50 to RPG Research!
- Drop in and RPG at North Spokane County Library!
- RPG Research Old Archives Will Be Offline for a Bit
- RPG Research Role-Playing Game Master Training: Voicing
- How Can You Help? Read. Contribute. Share. Participate. Donate. Help.
- Status Update on RPG Research Respository Archives Move
- Therapeutic Game Master Panel Video at PAX Unplugged 2018
- Important Basic Considerations for Programs Using Role-Playing Games with At-risk Populations
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- Avedon Interaction Patterns and Role-Playing Games (RPG) 1-page Summary by Hawkes-Robinson 20140218c-rev20180831a.pdf
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- Famous IP without RPG
- RPGs to Enhance the Learning Process, from the Cognitive Neuropsychology Perspective
- RPGs, Working Memory, Thinking Illustratively and Elaborately
- Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Association Between Role Playing Games and Psychopathology
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Does RPG reading complexity impact participant development of intrinsic reading motivation, speed of development, and total reading advancement?
- Psychology of Gamers and Hackers from the Information Security Perspective
- Ethics in Fantasy: Morality and D&D Part 2: Concerned About Role Playing
- Orc Tribes Turn On Each Other When Borez
- incorporating Real Drum Circles as part of LARP/RPG Storyline and activity
- RPG System Impact on Play Style?
- Average Setup And Preparation Time
- RPG optimization - Maximizing enjoyment, benefit, immersion, flow, safety, etc.
- How to get started using RPGs
- results of playing the game of social studies knowledge in an eighth grade classroom
- Personality of Fantasy Game Players
- Experiences of Hobby Game Players: Motivations Behind Playing Digital and Non Digital Games | GrogHeads
- Provisioning Resources in Leisure Worlds
- Mockery of Gamers
- An Exploration of the Interplay between Player and Character Selves in Role-Playing Games
- LARP and Education
- Why People Like to Participate in Role-playing gaming activities.
- Politicians View of RPG
- Politicians that participate in RPG
- Verified List of Famous People that have participated in RPG
- Dungeons, dragons and gender: role-playing games and the participation of women
- Therapy is fantasy: role-playing, healing, and the construction of symbolic order.
- Shows and Writers Still Perpetuating Negative RPG Gamer Stereotypes, Even in Webisodes
- Gender Bias in Gaming Community and Industry
- RPG Floater
- Using Role-playing Games To Assist Recovery of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
- PTSD
- Too Much RPG Thresholds
- Tools Used in RPG Campaigns
- Social Workers’ and other providers Perceptions of the Association Between Role Playing Games and Psychopathology
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