How can the tabletop gaming space be more accessible? We welcome Jesse McNamee to discuss that question — how it has and how it could be more.
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Twitter: @jessemcnamee
What makes a tabletop role-playing game accessible, both to players and characters? We welcome Jacob Wood, owner of Accessible Games, to discuss that question.
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More often than not, variety makes things better. We welcome Jasper William Cartwright and Jeremy Cobb, 2/3 of the podcast Three Black Halflings to talk about diversity in the gaming space.
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It’s October! It’s all about dressing up and pretending!That’s what role-players do best! And now, you can do that for charity! We welcome Oneuppington with Roleplay4Charity.
We are looking for guests for Playing the Other. If you’d like to be our guest, let us know at wyrmworkspublishing.com/contact
Content Warning: Cancer
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Life is tough, and sometimes, it seems like today’s CR is a bit too high. So what do you do? Get more people in the party! We welcome Josh Simons of Jasper’s Game Day to talk about mental health and suicide prevention through TTRPGs.
In our “Playing the Other” segment, we welcome Matt Weber with a great discussion about his physical disabilities and his decades of gaming experience.
Content Warning: Suicide, Body shape discussion, Mental Illness, Phobias
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Twitter: @wyrmworksdale
How can TTRPGs help people on the autism spectrum? We welcome Daniel Kwan & Naomi Hazlett from Level Up Gaming, where they’re doing great work in that area.
In our “Playing the Other” segment, we welcome Nico Meyering with a discussion on breathing difficulties and other disabilities in gaming.
Content Warning: Breathing Difficulties
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How can TTRPGs give us perspective on our own world and the people in our lives? We welcome Hugo, Aurora, and BFA award winner, Elsa Sjunneson, an expert in perspective.
In our “Playing the Other” segment, we welcome IdenTTRPG, an endogenic plural system.
Content Warning: Endogenic Plurality, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Personalities Disorder
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Learn more about Endogenic Plurality: https://pluralpedia.org/w/Endogenic
Everyone should be able to play TTRPGs, right? But what if you can’t see the dice you’re rolling? We welcome Tyler Palermo from the DOTS RPG Project to talk about RPGs for the blind & visually impaired.
In our “Playing the Other” segment, we welcome Casse Redus to talk about spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury and D&D.
Content Warning: Anxiety/Depression
0:14 Introduction
4:00 Tyler Polermo & the DOTS RPG Project
34:25 Casse Redus on Spinal Cord Injury & Traumatic Brain Injury
46:29 Wrap-up
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Sometimes, it can be hard to #LoveYourYou, but nothing like the support you can get from your gaming group to help with that! We welcome Honey from Honey & Dice to bring you some sweetness.
In our “Playing the Other” segment, we welcome Sebastian Yūe to talk about eating disorders and RPGs.
Content Warning: Eating Disorders
0:28 Introduction & Announcements
4:26 Honey and Dice
17:13 Sebastian Yūe on Eating Disorders
30:00 Wrap-up
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Welcome to Moni Barrette, Co-Founder of Creators, Assemble!, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting indie creators and promoting education through popular culture and gaming. We talk about TTRPGs in education and what they can do for independent content creators! In “Playing the Other,” we welcome Heather Thomas to talk about Executive Dysfunction and Intrusive Thoughts and how those would play out in Dungeons & Dragons or other role-playing games.
Content Trigger Warning: Suicidal Ideation
Creators, Assemble: https://www.creatorsassemble.org/
https://twitter.com/CreatorsAssemb
Heather’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/lyndicat