Humans are the only species that engages in sustained, complex pretend play. As pretend
play is practically ubiquitous across cultures, it might support or afford a context for …

This chapter explores the relationship between role-playing games (RPGs) and learning,
broadly construed. It includes both formal educational settings, such as schools; informal …

Many psychologists, therapists, and educators have emphasized the practice of play,
especially with enacted roles, as a site for learning and therapeutic growth. This article …

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a popular fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) that
has been enjoyed by millions of players since its creation in the 1970s. The game is played …

Fictionality and fictional experiences are ubiquitous in people's everyday lives in the forms of
movies, novels, video games, pretense and role playing, and digital technology use. Despite …

The study explores the pivotal role of artistic activities in cultivating creative thinking skills
during early childhood in identifying the profound impact of these activities on children's …

Learning and development solutions often contain some form of role-playing activity. Many
live-action role-playing (larp) leisure events openly center their themes or story on …

Sažetak The goal of this paper is to see how mental and language representations are
unique from a video-game perspective, using two main criteria. First, I will posit that the level …

To further our discussion of the didactic potential of RPGs, this chapter will discuss the
basics of live action role-playing games (larp), as well as adjacent phenomena. We will …

Although there is a large body of research on the effects of unstructured group therapy
among college students, there is inconclusive research on how implementing tabletop …