RPG

A sociedade atual passa por grandes mudanças a partir do surgimento da cultura digital. Esta característica demanda um novo olhar e uma nova forma de gerir quaisquer processos nos quais ocorram interação humana. A educação é uma das áreas alvo de estudos para implementação dessas inovações, e o uso de técnicas aprendidas a  partir dos games é cada vez mais frequente nas pesquisas e práticas  criadas. A presente pesquisa consiste numa análise documental de  livros de RPG sobre as ferramentas e processos utilizados na  construção de histórias compartilhadas, visando identificar as práticas do narrador de jogos de RPG que podem ser aproveitadas por  professores em suas atividades didáticas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa  qualitativa aplicada à prática docente, com objetivo descritivo-explicativo de analisar a utilização de elementos de jogos de  interpretação de personagens (RPGs) para fins didático-pedagógicos. Quanto aos procedimentos, é uma pesquisa híbrida, documental com assimilação de estudo de caso por lidar com livros de referência de RPGs e suas possíveis utilizações em ambientes de aprendizagem. Os RPGs são uma atividade que vêm influenciando a cultura, principalmente o entretenimento, desde a sua concepção no início da década de 1970. Almejando contribuir para as práticas didáticas e planejamento didático, esta pesquisa apresenta materiais referenciais para que professores possam utilizar práticas e técnicas utilizadas usualmente por narradores de RPG. Os termos encontrados nos livros foram associados aos conteúdos escolares, ao planejamento didático do professor e aos prazeres envolvidos na prática lúdica de contar e compartilhar histórias. Foi possível estabelecer fortes relações entre o conteúdo do jogo e a prática docente e constatar vários pontos de imbricação entre o RPG e as teorias educacionais, abrindo um amplo
leque de opções para pesquisas adicionais.

Emerging in the 1970s, the Wargame Chainmail and the first RPG shared the medieval fantasy genre to explore interactive narratives. In this article, we’ll analyze the main vast narratives of the medieval fantasy genre involving RPG and Wargames and its transmedia’s implications. Some systems of rules have their game mechanics discussed, building the basis for the experience of using the RPG as a tool for creative support and cohesion of narrative in the scenario Shiang’s Lands. Using rules of both, RPG and Wargame, this article exposes the creative process and the transmedia’s implications of the expe-rience analyzed.

This article build further upon the previous essay on the possibilities of using the recreational activity known as role-playing gaming for potential therapeutic interventions. Later articles continue to build upon this premise with increasing detail.

A working draft visualization on the W.A. Hawkes-Robinson RPG Model subsection "The Four RPG Formats".
This diagram supplements the explanation of the section on The 4 Major RPG Formats as per the Hawkes-Robinson RPG Model. https://w3.rpgresearch.com/research/terminology-standards/terminology/rpg-formats

This document provides an overview of the origins, evolution, debate, and current applications relevant to the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), also known as Stages of Change (SoC) and relevance to role-playing games. It includes some of the debate about the viability, or argued lack thereof, for programs based on the TTM in any setting. The paper also includes suggestions for the potential relevance this model may have in the development and use of recreation education and therapeutic recreation interventions and role-playing games. Additionally, this paper includes some examples of potential implementations based on the TTM / SoC approach. Using the TTM as a guide from a TR perspective, it may be possible to develop a graduated series of role-playing gaming interventions for various populations.

For those discussion #InteractionPatterns, especially  in the context of #RPG, here is a refresher on my adaptations of the Avedon 1974 Interaction patterns as applied to typical uses of all 4 formats of role-playing games: #TRPG, #LARP, #CRPG, #SABM (Solo Adventure Books & Modules).  These diagrams represent the typical interaction patterns found in the most common default uses of these recreational activities.

The presentation from April 11th, 2015 "The Therapeutic and Educational Uses of Role-Playing Games (RPG) as Intervention Modalities for Individuals and Groups from the Therapeutic Recreation Perspective" at Seattle Children's Hospital for the Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association (WSTRA) 16th annual conference. The live version of this presentation was certified for Continuing Education Units (CEU's) by the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA).
Provides in-depth information about all forms of role-playing games (tabletop, live-action (LARP), computer-based, and choose your own adventure), how they benefit users in normal diversional use, how professional may use them in standard approaches to achieve client goals, and how they may be modified to meet specific client needs.

RESUMO: Este trabalho, vinculado ao PIBID – Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência-subprojeto Letras-Língua Portuguesa de Língua Portuguesa (Unioeste – campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon), tem por objetivo expor a atividade, ainda em fase inicial, desenvolvida pelos autores para o ensino de leitura para alunos do Nível Fundamental, séries finais. O trabalho desenvolvido, em suma, é constituído por dois contos (um deles de produção própria e o outro retirado da extinta revista " Dragão Brasil ") com os quais os estudantes devem adotar determinadas posturas para resolver os enigmas utilizando-se de informações recolhidas ao longo da narrativa. A inquietação que deu origem à atividade supracitada é sobre a possibilidade de fundir os aspectos leitura fruição e leitura estudo de texto (Riolfi (2008)) e, desta forma, vislumbrar a pertinência (ou sucesso) de uma empreitada pedagógica como essa.

This presentation covers the history of the anti-role-playing game movement from its inception in during the "Moral Panic" / "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s, onward through 2014 and continuing negative inculcated myths and cultural attitudes deeply embedded across generations of cohorts, countries, & cultures, with serious negative consequences to those having to operate outside of the recently growing "geek bubble" aka "gamer bubble". As part of presentation at Psychology of Human Relations at Eastern Washington University, February 12th, 2014.
Covers the most common claims, and lays out the research about those claims.

OVERVIEW This document attempts to summarize with a brief list the pros and cons of each role-playing game (RPG) format. The hope is that this differentiation between formats will improve the quality of future research studies and program planning for those professionals in various disciplines using these recreational activities as intervention modalities. UPDATED OVERVIEW This is still and ongoing work in progress, continuing to be updated as the body of new research and evidence-in-practice data grows. This document has been intermittently updated based on the research and evidence-in-practice available from public and private third-parties, as well as the evolution of the Hawkes-Robinson Role-Playing Game (RPG) Model and the Four Major RPG Formats initially outlined in 1983 and 2004.

En 1989, las últimas tropas soviéticas cruzaron, sin muchos honores, la frontera entre Afganistán y la URSS, de vuelta a sus hogares. Esta es la historia de cómo vivieron y murieron, de cómo lucharon, y de cómo lucharon sus oponentes. Esta, en suma, es la turbia y polvorienta historia de "Afgán".

Este livro reúne pesquisas diretamente ligadas ao Role-playing Game (RPG). Por vezes alvo de críticas negativas pela mídia geral desde seu surgimento e popularização, o RPG passou a ser visto como um jogo que ajudou a socializar pessoas e estimular-lhes a imaginação. Diversos sistemas de jogos e regras foram criados, e com tamanha popularidade desse jogo sua inserção no meio escolar e acadêmico era previsível. Procuramos, nesse livro, trazer importantes colaborações de pesquisadores de todo o Brasil sobre como o RPG pode ser benéfico a mediadores e público-alvo envolvidos. A falta de familiaridade aos assuntos não se mostra empecilho a quem nunca esteve envolvido com esse tipo de jogo, e – como qualquer outro desafio – qualquer interessado poderá aprender e ensinar com o RPG, se dedicar seu tempo para tal. Os textos aqui contidos podem ser um bom ponto de partida para essa nova jornada.

A brief background summary of research information about the effects of role-playing gaming upon participants, including their use as an intervention modality to achieve therapeutic and educational goals for various populations, including: Autism spectrum (ASD/PDD), at-risk youth, brain injury (stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), etc.), the Deaf community, ADHD, depression, and social phobias.
While the focus is primarily on tabletop & live-action RPGs, all formats of role-playing gaming are discussed, including Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) books, offline and online computer-based RPG, live-action role-playing (LARP), and tabletop RPG.
Briefly provide historical information and examples of each game format in a typical recreation setting, then proceeds with the existing research using RPG for various educational and therapeutic interventions from other disciplines (psychiatry, psychology, education, sociology, cognitive, behavioral, etc.), then illustrates how TR methodologies are ideal for optimizing these activities as an intervention modality for many populations in group and individual settings to achieve client therapeutic & educational goals.
This paper focuses on a more hands-on practical application of RPGs for education and therapy, rather than a more abstract theoretical discussion, though these theories are referenced for the reader to read elsewhere in more depth.

O artigo analisa as cenas sexuais que percorrem a trilogia The Witcher (2007 – 2015), o desenvolvimento narrativo, artístico, publicitário e cinematográfico. Também analisa as opções de escolhas oferecidas ao jogador durante a série de jogos, a representação feminina, e demais polêmicas envolvendo a relação entre sexo e videogames. Por fim, discute o conservadorismo nos videogames, os fãs considerados tóxicos. Esses consumidores são responsáveis por ataques e ameaças a jornalistas, devido a críticas a seus jogos favoritos, entre eles The Witcher.

Creating a game based on JRR Tolkien's beloved epic high fantasy books is like stepping into the ring of a championship fight. The pressure is so high, you'll either choke, leading to a terrible game, or you'll bring your A-game and knock the whole thing out of the park. Fortunately, the developers of Middle-Earth: Shadow of War managed, against all odds, to do the latter. Wrapped inside the game's epic Tolkien-esque story lies a superbly designed action-adventure RPG that's unlike any other title in its class.

Abstract: This dissertation looks at literacies practices in the collaborative construction game known as MUD Valinor, a project created by fans of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. The present work applies case study methodology and uses a corpus collected on the game's server as the main source of data, together with texts and statements from the community that have been gathered. The core aim has been subdivided into three research questions which complete each other: (1) how do social dynamics work within the affinity space that is supported by MUD Valinor? (2) What are the main characteristics of the literacy of fans within this space? (3) What are the most central genres of discourse for the practice of these literacies, and what are their main characteristics? In relation to the first question, we see that the path trailed by the subjects towards the integration of the community passes through two articulated planes, the development in narrative skills and also as a player, and then in parallel as a produser. The subject shall also have social transit and also pass through different functions as it moves between different forms of literacy, which means that there is the occurrence of fluid roles resulting from knowledge of literacy. In the second issue, there is the study of literacy patterns shown by fans; we have the perspective of literacies being regarded as socially accepted ways of generating, communicating and negotiating significant content through encoded texts within contexts of participation in discourse; and that objects (such as MUD) are a constituent element of literacies, as also the subjects, strategies and the practices involved. Based on this theoretical background, we have established different descriptive categories for the typical activities of users. We see that the literacies of the fans and also of the game add external literacies to the practice of the produser of MUDs. In the third question of the research, there is the identification of which discourse or textual genres are central to the practices as already mentioned. Based on the Bakhtinian theory, genres of MUDs are established, and then assessments are carried out to see how these genres are established and how they process their functions attached to the playing of the game. The theory is used to investigate the situation in which the statements are produced, and then to understand how this factor is indeed inherent to its content, compositional construction and style. There is also a search for an analysis of the textual genres which are central to the practice of MUD literacies, by duly examining them, and finally to think about the subversions and renovations which take place when the subjects (players) are free to take them in. Last but not least, the present dissertation would like to propose a discussion about the consequences that these literate practices would have for the study of new literacies, and also the possible implications and the applicability of collaborative systems for educational purposes.

Resumo: A dissertação examina práticas de letramento no jogo de construção colaborativa MUD Valinor, um projeto de fãs da obra de J. R. R. Tolkien. O presente trabalho aplica a metodologia do estudo de caso e utiliza como fonte de dados um corpus coletado no servidor do jogo, além de textos e depoimentos acumulados na comunidade. O objetivo foi desmembrado em três perguntas de pesquisa que se completam: (1) Como funciona a dinâmica social no espaço de afinidade que se apóia no MUD Valinor? (2) Quais as principais características de letramentos de fãs em tal espaço? E (3) Quais são os gêneros discursivos mais centrais para a prática desses letramentos e quais suas características específicas? Na primeira questão, verifica-se que o percurso dos sujeitos para integrar a comunidade passa por dois planos articulados, evoluir na narrativa e como jogador, e depois em paralelo como produsuário. O sujeito transita socialmente e entre funções conforme transita entre letramentos, portanto, há ocorrência de papéis fluídos em decorrência do domínio de letramento. Na segunda questão, estudam-se os letramentos de fãs; temos a perspectiva de letramentos como maneiras socialmente reconhecidas de gerar, comunicar e negociar conteúdo significativo por meio de textos codificados em contextos de participação no discurso; e que os objetos (como o MUD) são parte constitutiva dos letramentos, assim como os sujeitos, estratégias e práticas envolvidas. A partir desse aporte teórico, foram estabelecidas categorias descritivas para as atividades típicas de usuários; nota-se que letramentos de fãs e jogo agregam letramentos externos a pratica do produsuário mudiano. Na terceira questão de pesquisa, identificam-se quais os gêneros discursivos / textuais centrais às práticas já mencionadas. A partir da teoria bakhtiniana, são estabelecidos gêneros de MUD, é avaliado como esses gêneros se constituem e processam suas funções vinculadas às práticas do jogo. Utiliza-se a teoria para examinar a situação de produção dos enunciados, e compreender como este fator é intrínseco ao seu conteúdo, construção composicional e estilo. Busca-se análise dos gêneros textuais centrais a pratica dos letramentos de MUD, examinando-os para, ao final refletir, acerca das subversões e renovações que acontecem quando os sujeitos (jogadores) têm liberdade para se apropriar deles. Por fim, a presente dissertação gostaria de propor uma discussão sobre as implicações dessas práticas letradas para o estudo de novos letramentos, além de possíveis implicações e aplicabilidade de sistemas colaborativos com fins educacionais.

This document provides some observational views by the author about the unnecessary barriers to entry when introducing new players to role-playing games. This document was prepared as part of the planned programming for presentation and attendee discussion at the international researchers RPG Conference July 10th, 11th, & 12th, 2020. It was revised in late 2020 for general public release. This is a draft pending citations cleanup. Most of the citations were in the slideshow and need to be migrated to this document and formatted to fit APA standards. This session was meant for professionals to share their observations and organizational challenges and successes with each other, so some portions may come across as promotional in the context of sharing with others. The current references section is a mess of notes. A later revision of this document is expected in 2021 with these citations and any relevant updates in preparation for the international research RPG Conference 2021. See the Author's Relevant Body of Works at the end of this document for most of the relevant citations. NOTE THAT I ALREADY HAVE THE CITATIONS RELEVANT TO ALL OF THE (citation pending) placeholders, I just haven't had time yet to integrate them properly for APA formatting. This will be resolved in future drafts.

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This article provides a very brief list of just a few of some basic, but critical, considerations that we (author and program associates)  frequently come across that can help make role-playing gaming (RPGing)  more effective for at-risk populations.

This document assumes you are already familiar with the potential benefits and caveats of using role-playing games (RPGs) in your practice or facility to help various populations achieve recreational, entertainment, educational, and therapeutic goals. If you are not already familiar with the research, see the website www.rpgresearch.com for a comprehensive literature review on the topic.

While primarily covering cooperative intragroup interaction pattern ( citation avedon ) versions of the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG) format, most of this information is applicable for similar interaction patterned electronic role-playing game (ERPG), and live-action role-play (LARP) formats, and in some adaptations of the solo adventure books/modules (SABM) RPG format. ( rpg formats citation )

The following may be very obvious to experienced program designers & facilitators, but we have run into many practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, and various facilities, that have attempted to integrate role-playing games (RPGs) into their programs, but had to cancel their programs because of a lack of experience and nuanced understanding about the adaptive considerations a program designer should make when using a role-playing game (RPG) as an intervention modality for at-risk populations and related populations.

Related populations include: at-risk youth & adults, incarcerated youth & adults, in-patient and out-patient mental health clients, in-patient substance dependency transition programming, Autism Spectrum (ASD/PDD), ADHD, various learning disabilities, physical disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH), visually impaired, developmental delays or impairments, and others that have factors putting them “at risk”. ( citation definition of at risk ).

Sem negar a existência de diferenças relevantes entre os mundos virtuais criados com o apoio das tecnologias digitais e outros tipos de mundos simbólicos, este texto recorre à teoria literária para propor a noção de 'universos diegéticos interativos'. Para isso, parte de uma discussão das semelhanças e diferenças entre os mundos virtuais instituídos com computadores e outros tipos de mundos simbólicos (particularmente na literatura, cinema, televisão). Para além de localizar os mundos virtuais digitais em relação aos formatos que os precederam, essa formulação ajuda a compreender a permeabilidade da representação diegética, contribuindo para a discussão do potencial de novas possibilidades como, por exemplo, a realidade aumentada e a realidade alternativa.

Resumo: O RPG D&D é um jogo de interpretação fantasiosa sobre uma narrativa contemporânea acerca do medievo. Desta forma, se apropria, associa e (re)produz o medievo de forma peculiar, (re)construindo uma "Idade Média fantasiada" caracterizada, também, por aspectos mitológicos que, muitas vezes, não são definidos historicamente. Esta investigação é parte do projeto de pesquisa em desenvolvimento com financiamento do PIBIC-UFBA sob orientação do Prof. Dr. Marcelo Pereira Lima. Como se trata de um trabalho preliminar, vamos apresentar as principais diretrizes que norteiam a tentativa de problematizar inicialmente como e por que são produzidas essas representações que permanecem no imaginário contemporâneo sobre a Idade Média.

O artigo analisa as cenas de sexo apresentadas nas trilogias Dragon Age (2009 – 2014) e Mass Effect (2008 – 2012), ambas são séries desenvolvidas pelo estúdio Bioware. O texto discute como as cenas de sexo são apresentadas ao jogador, os seus elementos cinematográficos, artísticos e narrativos. Também analisa alguns personagens e suas funções in game. Afinal, o sexo é importante para a história ou vemos apenas bonecos sexuais? Por fim, discute as polêmicas e as repercussões decorrentes das cenas sexuais oferecidas aos jogadores.

En esta ponencia, observaré los videojuegos Rol Playing Game para proponer que el Derecho tome dichas herramientas comunicacionales en su mismo sistema. En particular, incorporar los avances de diseño de interfaz gráfica de un videojuego RPG, que es la causa de la aceleración en sus comunicaciones. De esta manera, la ponencia consta de tres partes, primero una observación del desarrollo comunicacional de los juegos RPG, que al acelerar sus comunicaciones adicionalmente mejoran la adquisición de conocimiento. En segundo término, una observación del uso de gráficos en el Derecho marcario y el Derecho del tránsito. Por último, presentaré tres ejemplos de aplicación al Derecho de una interfaz gráfica, y que tendría repercusiones tanto en el aula como en la vida de sus instituciones: el contrato de compraventa, el procedimiento judicial y la sociedad comercial.

Presentation to January 2016 Pacific Northwest American Therapeutic Recreation on "The Therapeutic and
Educational Uses of Role-Playing Games (RPG) as Intervention Modalities for Individuals and Groups from the
Therapeutic Recreation Perspective". Academia.edu won't allow me to upload the full presentation file due to file size constraints. See full length version at http://www.rpgresearch.com This version is a shorter printable summary of the presentation.

Jedną z najważniejszych przyjemności gier RPG jest możliwość wcielania się w wyobrażone postaci. Proces kreowania i rozwijania ich tożsamości będzie określał charakter danej gry. W poniższym artykule chcę przyjrzeć się możliwościom konstruowania tożsamości bohatera gracza, jakie projektanci implementują w systemach reguł gier. W dyskusji o elementach reprezentacji postaci, a najczęściej w takich kategoriach przedstawia się tożsamość bohaterów, nierzadko zapomina się o wymiarze mechanicznym gry. Mój artykuł skupia się na warstwie zasad i reguł kreacji oraz rozwoju postaci dwóch systemów RPG. Za przykład posłuży klasyczna gra Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 oraz bardziej współczesna Klanarchia. Materiałami do analizy będą karty postaci obu systemów oraz fragmenty podręczników. Posłużę się językiem opisu reguł gier Miguela Sicarta oraz ludologiczną perspektywą takich autorów jak Jesper Juul i Espen Aarseth, a także popularną wśród projektantów gier fabularnych tzw. teorią GNS. Wyniki badania za...

Resumo: Neste artigo apresenta-se um breve relato de uma relação com o Role Playing Game e o teatro nos últimos 20 anos, e comoinfluenciou a minha vida e, desta forma, como pode ser uma excelente ferramenta para apresentar valores ambientais. Assim, buscou-se responder a seguinte questão "O RPG pode ser capaz de nos motivar a uma mudança permanente na forma com que nos relacionamos com o meio ambiente?" O meio ambiente é o local aonde nós vivemos, e todos com que nos relacionamos fazem parte deste. Então, uma mudança para melhorar a forma como interagimos com os outros realizará alterações no modo como atuamos com o meio ambiente. Nesse contexto, serão realizadas as seguintes ações em busca de uma mudança. Primeiramente, serão narradas três aventuras de RPG, cada uma com três encontros de períodos de uma hora. Cada uma das aventuras terá seis participantes. Depois de cada sessão e no final de cada aventura, haverá pequenas discussões sobre o que ocorreu em busca de uma reflexão sobre os fatos que ocorreram na sessão de jogo e como estes se interagem com o ambiente aonde os participantes estão envolvidos. AbstractIn this project I present a brief account of my relationship with Role Playing Game and theater over the last 20 years, and how it influenced my life and in this way can be an excellent tool to present environmental values. In this project I try to answer the following question: "Can RPG be able to motivate us to a permanent change in the way we relate to the environment?" The environment is where we live, and everyone we relate to is part of this. So a change for the better in how we interact with others will bring about changes in the way we interact with the environment. In this context the following actions will be carried out in search of a change. Firstly, three RPG adventures will be narrated, each with three one-hour period encounters. Each of the adventures will have six participants. After each session and at the end of each adventure there will be small discussions about what happened in search of a reflection on the facts that occurred in the game session and how these interact with the environment where the participants are involved.

Basic summary of a larger paper. Related populations include: at-risk youth & adults, incarcerated youth & adults, in-patient and out-patient mental health clients, in-patient substance dependency transition programming, Autism Spectrum (ASD/PDD), ADHD, various learning disabilities, physical disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH), visually impaired, developmental delays or impairments, and others that have factors putting them “at risk”.

This article addresses some of the more common issues consistently observed with a whole range of at-risk population programs. These RPG-based programs readily address issues related to executive function (EF) impairment , learned helplessness, anger management, locus of control, turn-taking & impulse control, social skills development, and many others. This article draws upon decades of experience, research, program development & implementation, and assessments. We have been involved with RPGs since the late 1970s, researching the effects of RPGs since 1983, implementing RPGs in educational settings since 1985, and in therapeutic settings since 2004.

Roleplaying games (RPGs) are an activity in which a group of people (called the players) creates and roleplays characters in a world devised by one other participant, called the Game Master, who describes the results of their actions as well as the actions themselves of everything and everybody else in this created world. The malleability of this world, coupled with the RPGs’ social aspect, parallels the socially constructed reality which usually surrounds us. In this paper I collect a series of impressions from a few roleplaying sessions during which different groups of players attempted to construct new realities. In this sense, I examine the shared creation of reality out of empty space, exploring the potential inherent in roleplaying as a metaphor for organizing. I look for non-standard view-points on organizing which emerge from these sessions, and examine the process itself, not trying to pinpoint any regularities, but rather seeking the unusual and the sublime.

The past is still very present for many. We regularly meet people in the  gaming community who do not understand why we "waste" time talking  about all the misconceptions of the past regarding role-playing games  and gamers. This is because outside of the fandom bubble, a very large  percentage of people unfortunately still believe the negative myths and  stereotypes. If we don't address those issues up-front and head-on, it  is literally the difference between our programs being accepted or  denied.
A historical context is important  in being prepared for any potential “push back” that may sometimes  occur because of many inculcated conceptions regarding role-playing  gaming and gamers.
Even as recently as 2019, we have run into many settings and people  who still believe the inculcated negative stereotypes and myths about  role-playing gamers and games.
Outside of the geek culture "bubble", the majority of people need to  be educated about the myths and realities of role-playing games. We run  into hundreds of parents a year worried about the dangers of their child  participating in a role-playing game program. We are usually able to  assuage most of these concerns if given the chance to present our  methodical approach to these discussions.
We literally have to spend most of our initial presentation when we  first approach new clients outside of fandom, addressing their concerns  that role-playing games / Dungeons & Dragons are dangerous or  inherently evil.

Abstract—The ever increasing demand for improvements in software maintainability and modernization cannot be met through traditional techniques of software development and modernization. Most approaches to software development and modernization do not explicitly address software reuse however new approaches that address issues and concerns of software reuse must be developed. The benefits of software reuse are widely accepted by software engineers and developers. However based on our previous work in software reuse for the modernization of legacy systems, we have identified the need to build a knowledge based software reuse process and a reuse repository that manages reusable artefacts to enable software reuse to become an integral phase in the legacy system modernization process. Our latest legacy system modernization approach incorporates a reuse process and repository, which we have called the Knowledge Base Software Reuse (KBSR) Process and the KBSR Repository. The KBSR Process ...