This book is the first in a series to support those therapeutic professionals across multiple disciplines wishing to incorporate tabletop, live-action, electronic, and hybrid role-playing games (RPGs) into their practice. Supported by over 45 years of research and evidence-in-practice.

• Preview Release eBook Draft (April 2023)

• Hardcover (pending, Fall 2023)

• Softcover (pending, Spring 2024)

Collected Works of RPG Research

Volume 1:

• First Edition Preview Edition eBook (April 30th, 2023)

• First Edition Hardcover (Fall/Winter 2023)

• First Edition Softcover (Spring 2024)

• Second Edition Preview Edition eBook (Summer 2024)

• Second Edition Hardcover (Fall/Winter 2024)

• Second Edition Softcover (Spring 2025)

Volume 2:

• First Edition Preview Edition eBook (Fall/Winter 2024)

• First Edition Hardcover (2025)

• Second Edition Softcover (2026)

Collected Works of W.A. Hawkes-Robinson

W. A. Hawkes-Robinson is the Founder and President of RPG Therapeutics lLC as well as Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit 501(c)3 RPG Research

Volume 1:

• First Edition Preview Edition eBook (March 11th, 2023)

• First Edition Hardcover (Winter 2023)

• First Edition Softcover (2024)

• Second Edition Preview Edition eBook (Summer 2024)

• Second Edition Hardcover (Fall/Winter 2024)

• Second Edition Softcover (2025)

Online Self-Paced Courses:

• RPG.Education

Workshops (live in-person and online):

• RPG Therapeutics Individual and Group Workshops

• RPG.LLC Certification Programs

• RPG Research Diploma Programs

Workbooks: 

• Level 1 Role-Playing Game Professionals:

• • Third Edition (February 20th, 2023)

  • Second Edition (2022)

  • First Edition (2020)

  
  

• Level 2 RPG Professionals:

• • Second Edition (Summer 2023)

  
  

• Level 3 RPG Professionals:

• • First Edition (December 2023)

  
  

• Level 4 RPG Professionals:

• • Spring 2024

  
  

• Level 5 RPG Professionals:

• • Summer 2024

  
  

• Level 6 RPG Professionals:

• • Fall 2024

  
  

• Level 7 RPG Professionals

• • Winter 2024

  
  

• Level 8 RPG Professionals

• • Spring 2025

  
  

• Level 9 RPG Professionals:

• • Summer 2025

  
  

• Level 10 RPG Professionals:

• • Fall 2025

  
  

• Level 11-20 RPG Professionals:

• • Pending

  
  

Self-Study Guides:

• Level 1 RPG Professionals:

• • April 2023

  
  

• Level 2 RPG Professionals

• • January 2024

  
  

• Level  3 RPG Professionals

• • Fall 2024

  
  

Over 45 Years of Proven Experience 

• Improving functioning and quality of life for all ages through research and evidence-in-practice supported   holistic bio-psycho-social   therapeutic recreation cooperative music and role-playing game programs.

• Using Role-Playing Games since 1977.

• Researching the effects of RPGs since 1983.

• Using RPGs for educational settings and goals since 1985.

• Using RPGs with at-risk, high-risk, and incarcerated populations since 1989.

• Using RPGs for social and cognitive development, and therapeutic programs for diverse populations since 2004.

We provide solutions for individuals, couples, family, groups, and organizations meeting the needs a wide range of populations by applying relevant research and evidence-based approaches to assess, design, develop, & implement programs utilizing forms of adaptive cooperative music and role-playing gaming (tabletop, live-action, and electronic) as therapeutic and educational intervention modalities applying Recreational Therapy, Therapeutic Recreation methodologies, multidisciplinary biopssocial approach draws from proven psychology, play therapy, practical skills development, experiential techniques, compassion-focused therapy (CFT), mindfulness, social, information technology, computer sciences, neurosciences, and other applicable disciplines.

Meeting A Diversity of Needs and Providing A Variety of Effective Services

Our programs address:

• Behavioral issues

• Cognitive and other functioning

• Empathy

• Mood

• Quality of life

• Resilience

• Self-efficacy and real self-esteem

• Social skills

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Supporting Diverse Populations From Ages 2 Years Old Through Senior Adults

Our programs benefit a great many people from a wide range of populations from ages 2 years old through senior adults, and everyone in between. Some of the most notable areas getting significant attention from researchers, professionals, and the media is the efficacy of our programs to help:

• At-risk and high-risk populations

• Autism spectrum

• Behavior self-regulation issues

• Brain injuries recovery

• Practical daily functioning

• A wide range of people needing help with social skills development

How Do Your Role-Playing Game Programs Help "Improve Lives"?

This is exactly the question we have been working toward answering for decades through research and evidence-in-practice. This is a complex topic, and for more thorough information you may want to reference our "cousin company", RPG Research, to dive into the world's largest research archives on the topic, offered  freely and openly to the public. Below are a few pages to help you get started with overviews that may help you.

General explanation on the Benefits of Role-Playing Games for Education and Therapy:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237074784_Role-playing_Games_Used_as_Educational_and_Therapeutic_Tools_for_Youth_and_Adults

For Autism Spectrum and others:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-role-playing-games-help-neurodiverse-autism-hawke-robinson/

Use for Brain Injury recovery:
https://www.academia.edu/4363040/Traumatic_Brain_Injury_interventions_using_role_playing_games

The above should give you a good starting place. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to ask us.

Differentiation between offerings from the for-profit RPG.LLC versus the non-profit RPG Research

It all starts with roots in the 1970s and with RPG Research. RPG Research is a 100% unpaid volunteer-run, 501(c)3 non-profit research and charity organization, completely separate from RPG.LLC, studying the effects and uses of all role-playing game formats, but due to have the same founder, W.A. Hawkes-Robinson ("Hawke Robinson"), can be considered "cousin companies".

RPG Research and RPG.LLC are completely separate companies. RPG Research is a full C-Coporation with a board of directors, etc. RPG.LLC is a single own Limited Liability Company.

RPG Research provides everything modeled after the founder's opensource philosophies, free and open, and is always in a constant state of development flux, always updated with the latest research, while RPG.LLC provides more stabilized, polished, and targeted paid professional services.

After more than 45 years of research and evidence-in-practice demands for specific professional services evolved in the 2000s leading to a dizzying array of offerings from both organizations. 

Below is a high-level summary of the broad range of offerings and where there are clear distinctions between the two organizations. You can click on the image to be able to zoom in for a closer view:

 

We set the highest standards in the industry. Our programs are by far the most rigorous in the world. Training requirements are extensive and take significant amounts of time to complete our peer-reviewed training and authorized partnership provider certification programs.

If you are ready to make such a commitment to being second-to-none in the industry, and are interested in partnering, and/or becoming an Authorized RPG.LLC Role-Playing Game Professional Service Provider, contact us for details.

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