Learning to learn through TTRPGs
Today’s article talks about how TTRPGs help us practice skills and attitudes that foster a love of learning and help us to be good at it!
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Tips and Tricks: DIY Area of Effect Aide for TTRPGs + Geometry Lesson for Young Kids
In this tips and tricks post, I’m going to show an easy way to help with area of effect zones in tabletop RPGs using a very simple kid-friendly craft! I also show how you can use these to teach key concepts to young kids, like counting by fives, what a radius is, and understanding diagonals while also getting into how to level this up for higher concepts (i.e. using different shapes or teaching volume/circumference).
Tabletop RPG Classroom: In-Game Chemistry Experiments for Elementary School Kids
Kicking off a new type of TTRPGkids article, check out below for tips on how to structure a tabletop RPG around chemistry class experiments to get kids, either at home or in school, engaged with some awesome science lessons! This first article will cover how to structure a classroom game with an example experiment set and story for kids in elementary school. Future articles will include examples for middle school and high school, so stay tuned too!
Educational TTRPGs and/or XP? Call for proposals is open for SXSW EDU 2025 through July 21 + help from TTRPGkids!
Do you have an educational TTRPG that you think would help educators? Do you have experience using TTRPGs to teach or help students? Consider submitting your proposals to SXSW EDU 2025 to help others with your XP!
Review of Venture Society by 9th Level Games
Venture Society is a TTRPG designed for young players that teaches about empathy and social skills while on a fun non-violent adventure! I had the opportunity to GM the pre-release demo at Origins Game Fair with an awesome little adventurer and his family, and I got to speak with the game’s creators about their goals with the game. Here’s my take, and I hope you enjoy this preview!
TTRPGkids on Ludology Podcast, Episode 14: TTRPGs and SEL in the classroom
TTRPGkids has a regular spot on Ludology Podcast, and in this part of the series, I’ll be talking about educational TTRPGs! Episdoe 14 gets into how TTRPGs build SEL skills into the classroom, and you can check it out here along with some additional resources for after you listen!
How TTRPGs engage learners
In this article, we’ll take a look at a few of the ways tabletop role-playing games can engage learners, be used for intentional educational elements, and help kids see learning as fun instead of as a chore.
Interview with Shelly Mazzanoble, D&D curriculum creator and senior brand manager at Wizards of the Coast
While at SXSW EDU 2024, I had the amazing opportunity to meet and talk with Shelly Mazzanoble about D&D in the classroom! Check out our chat here to learn about Shelly’s XP at Wizards of the Coast and see what educational resources she’s been part of making!!
Shifting from “educational” to “classroom ready” TTRPGs
With a wider community acceptance of the idea that games provide players with benefits to skill development, many publishers are releasing educational TTRPGs. However, for these games to be widely accepted in a classroom setting and to actually be accessible to educators who are stretched on time and resources, it’s important to make sure that your game is not just educational but that it’s also classroom ready.
TTRPGkids on Ludology Podcast, Episode 10: Including educational elements in your TTRPGs
In this episode of TTRPGkids on Ludology Podcast, I talk about different ideas for incorporating educational elements into your tabletop RPGs for both in-class and at home!