From an imaginary world into the classroom. What is the benefit of roleplaying games in education?

Rolling dice and calculating distances that are required to plunge and arrow into a well poisoning madmen isn’t something people would expect happening in a formal education setting. However, a study shows that incorporating play behavior into curriculum has notable, yet understudied benefits in classrooms. #roleplayinggames #education #gameresearch

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Performing and Pretending for The Audience of One: Role-Playing in Single-Player Games

What are the affordances and restrictions the digital single-player role-playing games impose on the gamer? The study explores the different ways the player can use the game as a complex toy with multiple affordances to play pretend with.

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