2.1.2025 From an imaginary world into the classroom. What is the benefit of roleplaying games in education? Rolling dice and calculating distances that are required to plunge and arrow into a well poisoning madmen isn’t something people would expect happening in a formal education setting. However, a study shows that incorporating play behavior into curriculum has notable, yet understudied benefits in classrooms. #roleplayinggames #education #gameresearch Game Research Highlights
11.3.2024 Drawing your map to victory - A Cartographers review A casual yet unique take on role-playing boardgame of an uncharted territory. Game Reviews
3.3.2024 Moving From Gratuitous Violence To Diplomacy Could games be used as systems for a more ethical narrative instead of always opting for violence? Features
28.11.2023 Lunar Sims with Slavery and Misogyny: a review of Kenshi A vast single-player experience, letting you explore, survive and fight with one or many characters under your control. Game Reviews
21.12.2022 Sworn by Ghostlight - Detective stories under the pale moonlight The solo-tabletop roleplaying game Sworn by Ghostlight is a great tool for horror storytelling that, depending on your preferences, might leave you wanting for deeper depth of mechanical or descriptional variety. Game Reviews
15.12.2022 Heroes´ Feast - Bringing food to the gaming table Even if you don´t happen to be a 6th-level cleric or a druid, you can create some adventurously flavored meals with the help of the official dungeons and dragons cookbook, Heroes´ Feast. Game-related media
2.4.2021 Performing and Pretending for The Audience of One: Role-Playing in Single-Player Games What are the affordances and restrictions the digital single-player role-playing games impose on the gamer? The study explores the different ways the player can use the game as a complex toy with multiple affordances to play pretend with. Game Research Highlights
1.4.2021 A game master's reflection Given unlimited time, I might eventually run a well-planned Dungeons and Dragons RPG session. Features
7.3.2021 Deceivers, seducers, mothers – Female monstrosity in Dungeons & Dragons The Monster Manual represents women through misogynistic tropes, following in the footsteps of medieval bestiaries. Combining statistics with descriptions of monsters creates a new game mechanic, the ludic bestiary. Game Research Highlights
23.12.2019 Bang! – Authentic Wild West Adventure In the fast-playing card interaction game Bang!, you take a part in an authentic Old West combat. Will you manage to accomplish your role’s task and, most importantly, survive the wild gunfight? Game Reviews
14.10.2017 Review: Starfinder Starfinder serves up high fantasy adventure in the stars. #starfinder #review #rpg Game Reviews
11.11.2016 Praedor – Elegantly Brutal Praedor is sixteen years old, and the old warhorse still has untold stories left in it. #praedor #rpg #burgergames Game Reviews
