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Role playing games are an excellent environment to develop friendships. By examining the traditional sociological and newer primatological research we can understand how friendships develop. We can also understand why RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons are so good at helping people make friends. Become a Tabletop Theory supporter for $5 a month! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tabletoptheory   Follow Tabletop Theory on twitter, Instagram and TikTok @TabletopTheory1 Research articles below as well: Making friends after 30: New York Times https: //www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/fashion/the-challenge-of-making-friends-as-an-adult.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3&   The Three Basics of Friendship: Psychology Today  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-waves/201703/the-three-basics-friendship  With a Little Help From Our Friends: Scientific American Mind  https://lydiadenworth.com/articles/little-help-friends/   The evolutionary origins of friendship: Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney  https://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~seyfarth/Publications/annurev-psych-%20Friendship.pdf

Consent in gaming is a really important topic and book for the Role Playing Game community. I wanted to break it down like a book review so that you could decide weather or not it was worth your time. Become a Tabletop Theory supporter for $5 a month! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tabletoptheory   Follow Tabletop Theory on twitter, Instagram or TikTok @TabletopTheory1

Come listen to the amazing panel that I was able to participate in at PAX West this year. The panel was called TTRPGS: Out of Fantasy Worlds & Into the Real World. We talked about how RPGs can be used as a tool to help people deal with their mental health, learn social skills and study history. My fellow panelists were Maryanne Cullinan, Amelia Herbst, Peter Jung and Alexander Pereira.  You can follow Tabletop Theory on Twitter and Insta @Tabletoptheory1 You can follow Amelia on Twitter @Wanderingshrink You can follow Maryanne on Twitter @Culliope and @Cauldronofcullie You can follow Peter on Twitter @Rollforkindness You can follow Alexander on Twitter @Redbreard

I talk with Maryanne Cullinan a middle school teacher who uses role playing games to help her students learn in the classroom. We talk about the importance of learning styles, student engagement and rocks.   You can follow Maryanne on Twitter @Culliope and @CauldronofCulli Become a Tabletop Theory supporter for $5 a month! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tabletoptheory  Follow Tabletop Theory on twitter! https://twitter.com/Tabletoptheory1  Tabletop Theory on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/tabletoptheory/?hl=en

House rules are a great part of Dungeons & Dragons. I wanted to share some of my favorites. Become a supporter on buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tabletoptheory  Give a follow on twitter and Instagram @Tabletoptheory1