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Last modified by Hawke Robinson on 2023/06/18 09:36

This page provides a curated list of commonly, or suggested, search terms to use for finding relevant content.

Role-Playing Game Research Sorted by Professional Discipline or Knowledge Domain

We are still working on tagging the vast database of content, so these lists are far from complete, but we're working on it as quickly as possible. Please consider joining as a volunteer to help speed up this process. Many disciplines included, based on article tags.

Role-Playing Game Research Archives Sorted by Population or Diagnosis

 Populations include, but are not limited to:

Role-Playing Game Research Studies Sorted by Research Study Type

  • Correlative, correlational research
  • Meta-analysis research
  • Case studies
  • Causal research
  • Controlled research
  • Experimental research
  • Non-experimental research
  • Quasi-experimental research
  • Clinical, evidence-in-practice
  • Peer-reviewed
  • Longitudinal
  • Cross-sectional, Synchronous research
  • Cohort
  • Non-peer-reviewed
  • Theoretical research
  • Applied research
  • Exploratory research
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
  • Descriptive research
  • Explanatory research
  • Deductive investigation
  • Inductive research
  • Hypothetical-Deductive research
  • Primary research
  • Secondary research
  • Documentary (cabinet)
  • Field research
  • Laboratory research
  • Literature review
  • Mixed-method: Documentary, field, and/or laborator

Queue of RPG Research Questions

Here is a list of research questions The RPG Research Project would like to be able to answer: http://www.rpgresearch.com/about/list-of-research-questions/

Role-Playing Game Research Sorted by Effects / Potential Benefits/Deficits / Targeted Goals / Topics

Related to the above list of research questions, here is relevant information gathered so far, if you are looking for information targeting specific benefits/goals, many areas of benefit are often realized through the intentional utilization of music and role-playing games, some of the most common benefits include:

Social

Creative

Intellectual, Cognitive, Neuroscience

Optimizing the RPG Experience

  • Immersion
  • Flow State
  • Maximizing Flow State
  • Game Master Variables
  • Adventure / Campaign Variables
  • Player Variables
  • Environment Variables
  • Game Variables (system, printing, components, etc.)
  • Group variables
  • Session variables
  • Media variables
  • Play style
  • Duration
  • Frequency
  • Group size

APIE

  • Assessment
  • Baseline
  • Documentation
  • Evaluation
  • Intake
  • Planning / Design
  • Reassessment
  • Tools

Assessment Tools

  • Beck Depression Inventory
  • Brief Cognitive Rating Scale (BCRS)
  • Children's Depression Inventory
  • Cognitive Age / Functioning Assessments for Best Game System Complexity Match or Adaptations
  • Cooperation and Trust Scale (CAT)
  • Demographics Information
  • Emotional age / functioning assessment to gauge "safety" of certain story types / tropes/ circumstances
  • Flow state scales
  • FOX - Activity Therapy Skills Baseline
  • Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
  • Gaming Experience Assessment
  • Game System Complexity Assessment
  • Genre Interest Assessment
  • Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF)
  • Immersion scales
  • Leisure Attitude Measurement (LAM)
  • Leisure Diagnostic Battery
  • Leisure Interest Measure (LIM)
  • Leisure/Recreation Interest Assessment Tools
  • Leisure Satisfaction Measure (LSM)
  • Play Style Assessment
  • Rancho Los Amigos Scale
  • Range of Motion (ROM)
  • Perceived Locus of Control 
  • Sedation Scale
  • Visual Disability Rating Levels Scale
  • Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale

Book full of example Recreation & Leisure Tools: Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields, 4th Edition by joan burlingame and Thomas M. Blaschko.

RPG Specific Topics

  • Bleed
  • Game Systems
  • Randomization, dice, probability curves
  • Player Style
  • Game Master GM / Dungeon Master DM Style
  • Old school RPGs
  • Evil player characters in RPGs
  • Romance or sex in RPGs
  • Sandbox
  • Railroad
  • Social contract
  • Gaming Code of conduct
  • RPG accessories
  • Electronic technologies with tabletop RPGs
  • Character archetypes
  • Player archetypes
  • Game master archetypes
  • Game facilities inspection and checklists
  • Game preparation checklists

By General Topics

Role-Playing Game Research Sorted Chronologically by Date

Research Archives Sorted by Date