Comments on: RPP-310: Roleplaying Promotes Wellbeing http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing Better Gaming by Design Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:01:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MadBrew http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/#comment-2865 MadBrew Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:48:05 +0000 http://madbrewlabs.com/?p=1131#comment-2865 @Questing GM: Glad you liked it! This makes me think that perhaps the Church of the Radiant Polyhedron needs a monastic arm focused on teaching... @Questing GM: Glad you liked it! This makes me think that perhaps the Church of the Radiant Polyhedron needs a monastic arm focused on teaching…

]]> By: Questing GM http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/#comment-2864 Questing GM Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:29:32 +0000 http://madbrewlabs.com/?p=1131#comment-2864 Can I be a lecturer? This is an absolutely great post! <abbr><em>Questing GM’s last blog post..<a href="http://questinggm.blogspot.com/2009/04/13-reasons-why-wizards-want-you-to-buy.html" rel="nofollow">13 Reasons Why Wizards Want You to Buy a D&D Book Instead of a PDF</a></abbr></em> Can I be a lecturer?

This is an absolutely great post!

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]]> By: Tommi http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/#comment-2863 Tommi Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:05:03 +0000 http://madbrewlabs.com/?p=1131#comment-2863 I've read roughly 2/3 of the book, so take that into account. Huizinga argues that in the good old ancient times people had ritualised behaviours that were engaged in to avoid war, and further ritualistic forms of warfare to further reduce it (like champions fighting and solving the issue in that way). He argues that total war is far from play. I’ve read roughly 2/3 of the book, so take that into account.

Huizinga argues that in the good old ancient times people had ritualised behaviours that were engaged in to avoid war, and further ritualistic forms of warfare to further reduce it (like champions fighting and solving the issue in that way). He argues that total war is far from play.

]]> By: MadBrew http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/#comment-2862 MadBrew Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:52:40 +0000 http://madbrewlabs.com/?p=1131#comment-2862 @Jonathan: It's part of my ten year plan: 1) Get my Masters, 2) Get a PhD, 3) implement rigorous coursework in play at the elementary, secondary and collegiate levels. Oh the importance of recess (it's not a break, it's another form of learning!). @Tommi: Thanks for the reading suggestion! I have heard other theory that discusses the idea of competitive sports being a ritual to assuage the cultural drive for war. I wonder if that book touches on that subject. @Jonathan: It’s part of my ten year plan: 1) Get my Masters, 2) Get a PhD, 3) implement rigorous coursework in play at the elementary, secondary and collegiate levels. Oh the importance of recess (it’s not a break, it’s another form of learning!).

@Tommi: Thanks for the reading suggestion! I have heard other theory that discusses the idea of competitive sports being a ritual to assuage the cultural drive for war. I wonder if that book touches on that subject.

]]> By: Tommi http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/#comment-2861 Tommi Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:39:58 +0000 http://madbrewlabs.com/?p=1131#comment-2861 Huizinga, in the book called Homo ludens or some translation thereof, argues that (almost) all culture springs from competitive play, and also argues that play and holy rituals, justice, and several other activities are closely related. Worth reading, even if I find myself disagreeing with the man in several places. Huizinga, in the book called Homo ludens or some translation thereof, argues that (almost) all culture springs from competitive play, and also argues that play and holy rituals, justice, and several other activities are closely related. Worth reading, even if I find myself disagreeing with the man in several places.

]]> By: jonathan http://madbrewlabs.com/rpp-310-roleplaying-promotes-wellbeing/#comment-2860 jonathan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:54:35 +0000 http://madbrewlabs.com/?p=1131#comment-2860 OK... sooo.. when are these courses going to be available at my local Community college, eh? I see a future where you are the Dean of the School of Imaginative Play <abbr><em>jonathan’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCoreMechanic/~3/cgx5JZ5dWz4/kobold-quartlery-9-interview-with-dave.html" rel="nofollow">Kobold Quartlery #9 - INTERVIEW with DAVE ARNESON + Free Dice</a></abbr></em> OK… sooo.. when are these courses going to be available at my local Community college, eh? I see a future where you are the Dean of the School of Imaginative Play

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