Overview: Transformative Leisure Role-playing Games
Welcome to our unit on Transformative Leisure Role-playing Games! These types of games were not necessarily designed for an educational or therapeutic purpose, but that players might find them transformative in a variety of different ways.
In this Unit, we will cover:
- Transformative leisure role-playing games
- Transformative game design theoretical framework
- Role-playing games designed to explore topics related to feminism: the #Feminism anthology
Note: Some of the materials below may not be available outside of this course. We have linked resources that are open access. Do not distribute PDFs.
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Required materials:
Readings:
- Bowman, Sarah Lynne, Elektra Diakolambrianou, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, and Josefin Westborg. In review. “Chapter 2: Transformative Role-playing Games: Types, Purposes, and Features.” In Transformative Role-playing Game Design, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman, Elektra Diakolambrianou, and Simon Brind, 39-65. Transformative Play Research Series. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala University Press.
- Diakolambrianou, Elektra, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Simon Brind, Josefin Westborg, and Kjell Hedgard Hugaas. In review. “Chapter 3: Theory, Central Concepts, and Inspirational Materials.” In Transformative Role-playing Game Design, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman, Elektra Diakolambrianou, and Simon Brind, 66-110. Transformative Play Research Series. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala University Press.
- Kemper, Jonaya. 2020. “Wyrding the Self.” Nordiclarp.org, March 18.