Reading Writing & Roleplaying

Welcome to the official wiki of Reading, Writing & Roleplaying, one of the many projects devoted to the positive promotion of roleplaying games from The Escapist. Here, you will find resources for using role-playing simulations as teaching tools, to teach a variety of subjects.

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Lesson Plans

(Lesson plan template)

Reviews

(Review template)

Role-playing games

• Adventures in Oz - Roleplaying Beyond the Yellow Brick Road - reviewed by David Millians
• Harnmaster - reviewed by David Millians
• Heroquest - reviewed by David Millians
• Pendragon - reviewed by David Millians

Board and card games
Coming soon

Resources

• A Guide to GURPS Books
• A Guide to Simulation Rules

External Resources

• Ruthless Diastema - "An exploration of games in the classroom." This high school English teacher gives his students a "character sheet" that they fill out as they achieve different accomplishments in his class. He has a fantasic blog and podcast that are filled with ideas and examples. Required reading and listening!

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