Many folks email me about applied TTRPGs (that is, TTRPGs used for different effects, or measuring impact of playing TTRPGs).
It’s not really what I do, but the latest IJRP is chock-full of exactly that kind of research.
It’s not really what I do, but the latest IJRP is chock-full of exactly that kind of research.
For those interested in the academic research of role-playing games, we have just released our latest issue of the International Journal of Role-Playing (17!).
221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
No. 17 (2026): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 17 | International Journal of Role-Playing
Published by the Department of Game Design, Uppsala University-Campus Gotland. ISSN (online): 2210-4909 | CC BY 4.0
journals.uu.se
March 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Many folks email me about applied TTRPGs (that is, TTRPGs used for different effects, or measuring impact of playing TTRPGs).
It’s not really what I do, but the latest IJRP is chock-full of exactly that kind of research.
It’s not really what I do, but the latest IJRP is chock-full of exactly that kind of research.
This is a @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social query, but gonna post some links:
* Game Studies - gamestudies.org/2402
* Games and Culture - journals.sagepub.com/home/gac
* International Journal of Role-Playing - journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
* Game Studies - gamestudies.org/2402
* Games and Culture - journals.sagepub.com/home/gac
* International Journal of Role-Playing - journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
July 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is a @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social query, but gonna post some links:
* Game Studies - gamestudies.org/2402
* Games and Culture - journals.sagepub.com/home/gac
* International Journal of Role-Playing - journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
* Game Studies - gamestudies.org/2402
* Games and Culture - journals.sagepub.com/home/gac
* International Journal of Role-Playing - journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
gamestudies.org/2402
journals.sagepub.com/home/gac
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
www.jarps.net/journal
analoggamestudies.org
sciendo.com/journal/BGS
press.etc.cmu.edu/publications...
dl.acm.org/journal/games
digitalcommons.njit.edu/jrpssteam/
todigra.org/index.php/to...
www.gamejournal.it
journals.sagepub.com/home/gac
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
www.jarps.net/journal
analoggamestudies.org
sciendo.com/journal/BGS
press.etc.cmu.edu/publications...
dl.acm.org/journal/games
digitalcommons.njit.edu/jrpssteam/
todigra.org/index.php/to...
www.gamejournal.it
Game Studies - Issue 2402, 2024
gamestudies.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
For those interested in the academic research of role-playing games, we have just released our latest issue of the International Journal of Role-Playing (17!).
221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
No. 17 (2026): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 17 | International Journal of Role-Playing
Published by the Department of Game Design, Uppsala University-Campus Gotland. ISSN (online): 2210-4909 | CC BY 4.0
journals.uu.se
March 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM
For those interested in the academic research of role-playing games, we have just released our latest issue of the International Journal of Role-Playing (17!).
221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
Brand-new International Journal of Role-Playing issue, this time on the topic of Consent in RPGs. @suzphdm.bsky.social served as Special Issue Editor on this one, and we are thrilled to see it in the world.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
No. 16 (2025): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 16 | International Journal of Role-Playing
Special Issue: Consent in Analog Role-playing Games
journals.uu.se
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Brand-new International Journal of Role-Playing issue, this time on the topic of Consent in RPGs. @suzphdm.bsky.social served as Special Issue Editor on this one, and we are thrilled to see it in the world.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
Re-introduction:
* I'm a scholar of German, Film, and Games, with specialties in East German cinema, SF media, and role-playing games, respectively.
* I co-founded @goldencobra.bsky.social & @analoggamestudies.bsky.social and still help em; also Playable Theatre & IJRP
* Higher ed deserves critique
* I'm a scholar of German, Film, and Games, with specialties in East German cinema, SF media, and role-playing games, respectively.
* I co-founded @goldencobra.bsky.social & @analoggamestudies.bsky.social and still help em; also Playable Theatre & IJRP
* Higher ed deserves critique
May 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Re-introduction:
* I'm a scholar of German, Film, and Games, with specialties in East German cinema, SF media, and role-playing games, respectively.
* I co-founded @goldencobra.bsky.social & @analoggamestudies.bsky.social and still help em; also Playable Theatre & IJRP
* Higher ed deserves critique
* I'm a scholar of German, Film, and Games, with specialties in East German cinema, SF media, and role-playing games, respectively.
* I co-founded @goldencobra.bsky.social & @analoggamestudies.bsky.social and still help em; also Playable Theatre & IJRP
* Higher ed deserves critique
There was a lot of stuff revealed today, both in the direct but also outside of it. So, I put together a comprehensive video going over EVERYTHING we know about the system and its games! ^o^ *now time for bed*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRp...
Absolutely EVERYTHING We Know About Nintendo Switch 2
YouTube video by Nintendo Life
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
There was a lot of stuff revealed today, both in the direct but also outside of it. So, I put together a comprehensive video going over EVERYTHING we know about the system and its games! ^o^ *now time for bed*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRp...
Even though I have teaching licensure and a degree in Education, I hesitated to write a "TTRPGs in teaching/learning" piece until about a decade ago, and my message today remains the same:
Larps & TTRPGs are a dialogue, a set of questions we ask via game design.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
Larps & TTRPGs are a dialogue, a set of questions we ask via game design.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
June 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Even though I have teaching licensure and a degree in Education, I hesitated to write a "TTRPGs in teaching/learning" piece until about a decade ago, and my message today remains the same:
Larps & TTRPGs are a dialogue, a set of questions we ask via game design.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
Larps & TTRPGs are a dialogue, a set of questions we ask via game design.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
Let's keep going on the self-determination theory front, but with psychological research on Dungeons & Dragons. Dungeon Masters' style shapes whether players' basic psychological needs are met. I wrote about this in my book on the psychology of D&D, too! PDF available. journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
September 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Let's keep going on the self-determination theory front, but with psychological research on Dungeons & Dragons. Dungeon Masters' style shapes whether players' basic psychological needs are met. I wrote about this in my book on the psychology of D&D, too! PDF available. journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
New issue of International Journal or Role-Playing is out! This is a special issue related to Role-Playing in Game seminar from last year. (I'm a co-editor on this special issue.)
journals.uu.se/ijrp
journals.uu.se/ijrp
April 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
New issue of International Journal or Role-Playing is out! This is a special issue related to Role-Playing in Game seminar from last year. (I'm a co-editor on this special issue.)
journals.uu.se/ijrp
journals.uu.se/ijrp
White Butterflies by Jutes
This is the song that Jutes wrote for wife Demi Lovato.
is that not all rather romantic?💘
It was only released a few days ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJrP...
This is the song that Jutes wrote for wife Demi Lovato.
is that not all rather romantic?💘
It was only released a few days ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJrP...
Jutes - White Butterflies (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Jutes
m.youtube.com
June 28, 2026 at 12:18 AM
White Butterflies by Jutes
This is the song that Jutes wrote for wife Demi Lovato.
is that not all rather romantic?💘
It was only released a few days ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJrP...
This is the song that Jutes wrote for wife Demi Lovato.
is that not all rather romantic?💘
It was only released a few days ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJrP...
I'm just starting to read but the new issue of the International Journal of Role-playing is out. This issue is about Consent in Analog Role-playing Games, a topic many of us are very interested in
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
#ttrpg
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
#ttrpg
No. 16 (2025): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 16 | International Journal of Role-Playing
Special Issue: Consent in Analog Role-playing Games
journals.uu.se
September 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm just starting to read but the new issue of the International Journal of Role-playing is out. This issue is about Consent in Analog Role-playing Games, a topic many of us are very interested in
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
#ttrpg
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
#ttrpg
Oh that's cool.
International Journal Of Roleplaying is asking for papers on consent in TTRPG
journals.uu.se/IJRP/CFP
International Journal Of Roleplaying is asking for papers on consent in TTRPG
journals.uu.se/IJRP/CFP
journals.uu.se
November 3, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Oh that's cool.
International Journal Of Roleplaying is asking for papers on consent in TTRPG
journals.uu.se/IJRP/CFP
International Journal Of Roleplaying is asking for papers on consent in TTRPG
journals.uu.se/IJRP/CFP
The International Journal of Role-playing is always a good read if you're a big ol' nerd
I really like the article where a teacher runs a classroom-wide game of mutant: year zero
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
I really like the article where a teacher runs a classroom-wide game of mutant: year zero
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
International Journal of Role-Playing
The International Journal of Role-playing is a double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal that examines all facets of role-playing games for an audience of academics, designers, and players. The journal emphasizes analog role-playing games such as tabletop, live action role-playing (larp), and freeform, but is open to submissions analyzing adjacent phenomena and other interdisciplinary topics in relation to role-playing game studies.
journals.uu.se
August 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The International Journal of Role-playing is always a good read if you're a big ol' nerd
I really like the article where a teacher runs a classroom-wide game of mutant: year zero
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
I really like the article where a teacher runs a classroom-wide game of mutant: year zero
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
Issue 17 of the International Journal of Role-playing is out! This one has been a huge effort from 22 authors from 9 countries spanning four continents, 4 editors, 19 peer reviewers, 10 copyeditors, and 2 layout editors.
Link to the issue here: journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
Link to the issue here: journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
No. 17 (2026): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 17 | International Journal of Role-Playing
Published by the Department of Game Design, Uppsala University-Campus Gotland. ISSN (online): 2210-4909 | CC BY 4.0
journals.uu.se
March 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Issue 17 of the International Journal of Role-playing is out! This one has been a huge effort from 22 authors from 9 countries spanning four continents, 4 editors, 19 peer reviewers, 10 copyeditors, and 2 layout editors.
Link to the issue here: journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
Link to the issue here: journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
Volume 15 of the International Journal of Role-Playing, which I co-edit, is now available:
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
International Journal of Role-Playing
The International Journal of Role-playing is a double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal that examines all facets of role-playing games for an audience of academics, designers, and players. The journal emphasizes analog role-playing games such as tabletop, live action role-playing (larp), and freeform, but is open to submissions analyzing adjacent phenomena and other interdisciplinary topics in relation to role-playing game studies.
journals.uu.se
June 18, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Volume 15 of the International Journal of Role-Playing, which I co-edit, is now available:
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
journals.uu.se/IJRP/index
NOT good...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrP...
#news #movie #life #trending #breaking #update #new #world #global #film #watch #free #love #hope #gift #fight #show #read #headline #death #died #search #war #important #alert #warning #vacation #followback #see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrP...
After Floods, China Hides A Bigger Crisis: COVID Outbreak Explodes 10x, Hospitals Overwhelmed
YouTube video by China Observer
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2026 at 6:16 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=IjRp...
Judge ruled Trump cannot build his ballroom while this is on appeal.
Judge ruled Trump cannot build his ballroom while this is on appeal.
Trump HIT with FATAL BLOW he FEARED on BALLROOM
YouTube video by Legal AF
youtube.com
April 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=IjRp...
Judge ruled Trump cannot build his ballroom while this is on appeal.
Judge ruled Trump cannot build his ballroom while this is on appeal.
Issue 16 for the International Journal of Role-playing is out. This special issue focuses on Consent and Analog Role-playing Games. Susan Haarman joined the editorial team to lead this publication.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
No. 16 (2025): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 16 | International Journal of Role-Playing
Special Issue: Consent in Analog Role-playing Games
journals.uu.se
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Issue 16 for the International Journal of Role-playing is out. This special issue focuses on Consent and Analog Role-playing Games. Susan Haarman joined the editorial team to lead this publication.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...
I think The Quiet Year is not a role-playing game. This is not a value statement, just a statement of fact. It just lacks the *roles*.
But I did appreciate your comments on gatekeeping. It was not my intention, but being published in the inaugural issue of IJRP accentuates that critique.
But I did appreciate your comments on gatekeeping. It was not my intention, but being published in the inaugural issue of IJRP accentuates that critique.
September 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I think The Quiet Year is not a role-playing game. This is not a value statement, just a statement of fact. It just lacks the *roles*.
But I did appreciate your comments on gatekeeping. It was not my intention, but being published in the inaugural issue of IJRP accentuates that critique.
But I did appreciate your comments on gatekeeping. It was not my intention, but being published in the inaugural issue of IJRP accentuates that critique.
I have mixed feelings on that paper. I wrote it in ~2005, and it just took forever to get published, so already when it got out in IJRP, it felt dated to me. Not dated when it comes to ideas -- it still has some of my favourite ideas -- but I would have written it very differently in 2008 already.
September 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I have mixed feelings on that paper. I wrote it in ~2005, and it just took forever to get published, so already when it got out in IJRP, it felt dated to me. Not dated when it comes to ideas -- it still has some of my favourite ideas -- but I would have written it very differently in 2008 already.
Angleterre - Argentine : le leader des Rolling Stones apparaît dépité, la séquence devient un mème.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/iJRp
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July 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Angleterre - Argentine : le leader des Rolling Stones apparaît dépité, la séquence devient un mème.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/iJRp
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/iJRp
Cheers Evan! Already working on an article about it for submission to the IJRP!
July 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Cheers Evan! Already working on an article about it for submission to the IJRP!
Ok I got a little break at work, so I'm back to reading the IJRP issue on Consent in Analog Role-playing Games.
I'm on page 22, section 8.1 journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
I'm making a new thread because I don't feel like finding yesterdays thread.
I'm on page 22, section 8.1 journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
I'm making a new thread because I don't feel like finding yesterdays thread.
IJRP Full Issue 16 -- Special Issue on Consent in Analog Role-playing Games | International Journal of Role-Playing
Table of Contents for International Journal of Role-playing 16
journals.uu.se
September 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ok I got a little break at work, so I'm back to reading the IJRP issue on Consent in Analog Role-playing Games.
I'm on page 22, section 8.1 journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
I'm making a new thread because I don't feel like finding yesterdays thread.
I'm on page 22, section 8.1 journals.uu.se/IJRP/article...
I'm making a new thread because I don't feel like finding yesterdays thread.