LARP

This note last modified August 21, 2025

Live action roleplay: Where you pretend to be a character and speak with others, also acting.

Using LARPs to teach history

Intercon: Larp convention


Collection of RPGs for learning:

~*~Books~*~
-Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse: https://lnkd.in/eDznNy5a
-Repairing Play: A Black Phenomenology by Aaron Trammell: https://lnkd.in/eg5KBWmz
-The Functions of Role Playing Games by Sarah Bowman: https://lnkd.in/e4Qwy9yX

~*~TTRPGs~*~
-Ben Little and his periodic table: https://lnkd.in/eBcaYc5R
-Decolonized speculative fiction game Coyote and Crow: https://coyoteandcrow.net/
-Explicitly anti-colonial game SPIRE: The City Must Fall: https://lnkd.in/equud37H
-Trove of name your price, one page RPGs: https://lnkd.in/eCanV7mY

~*~Other Great Resources~*~
-Repo of the 3D dice that Huaidian Hou and Shapiro Design Lab made: https://lnkd.in/erdgQ9Wf
-Curation of educator stories, articles/research, and materials that can be used in the classroom: https://lnkd.in/eaTFRc45
-Genially website (to frame a RPG-like setting for students to explore): https://genially.com/
-Twine (open source tool to author and publish branching narrative stories): https://twinery.org/
-Email: phillcam@umich.edu - Invitation to collaborate on gaming and learning projects, whether in higher education or K-12. He’s also happy to consult on projects for free, whether they’re at the brainstorming, milestone setting, production, or deployment phases.

Also TTRPGKids - https://www.ttrpgkids.com/ and Discord: https://discord.gg/aCZ6prCq

And the TTRPGs that Teach Game Jam - https://itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-that-teach-jam and Discord: https://discord.gg/MKUusuAW

IGDA EduSig - https://discord.gg/Jxen9RCQ

You missed “Roll for Learning” - https://playstorypress.org/books/roll-for-learning/