Call for Game Abstracts
Book Title: “Roll for Learning: Micro Tabletop Role-Playing Games to Use in the Classroom”
Editors: Camilla Zamboni, Matthew Farber, William Merchant
ETC Press / Carnegie Mellon
Deadlines for abstracts (350 words): August 1, 2023
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2023
Deadline for full games + chapters (2-page game, 2-page chapter materials): September 15, 2023
We are excited to
announce an open Call for Chapters / Games for our forthcoming volume: “Roll
for Learning: Micro Tabletop Role-Playing Games to Use in the Classroom,”
to be published by Carnegie Mellon University's ETC Press.
This peer-reviewed book will focus
on the increasingly popular medium of micro tabletop role-playing games (micro
TTRPGs) and bring together scholars and instructors working with them. By focusing on the micro
TTRPG model, which is quick to read and easy to implement, the volume will
discuss how to harness its learning potential and provide an implementation
guide for such a model in educational settings. By featuring original
contributions of micro TTRPGs tailored to varied learning outcomes and
different target audiences, as well as templates and step-by-step guides on how
to create and implement micro TTRPGs inside and outside the classroom, the
editors aim to create a space that is at once informed by research, aligned
with new trends in the RPG worlds, and welcoming to new interested users.
Further, this book is also an excellent opportunity to create and share new
games that can be played freely at conventions, conferences, and social
gatherings. Submitted games that are submitted will undergo a peer review
process before acceptance. Published games and published corollary materials
will be fully available in open-access formats.
We are looking for
submissions of original and unpublished micro TTRPGs that address various
content areas, respond to different learning outcomes, and can be applied to
specific audiences, from preschool to Higher Education. We welcome interdisciplinary
games that can respond to multiple learning outcomes and/or different
audiences. The main content areas we will feature are Literacy, STEM and
Science, Math, Social Studies, SEL, Arts, and Humanities.
As micro TTRPGs, all games must not be longer than two-pages in length. Lasers and Feelings can be remixed, a popular micro TTRPG with a system that is “open for hacking and remixing under a CC BY 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0." The educational materials that precede the game will follow a template that the editors provide and will also be two-pages in length. Here is a sample chapter that has both the game and educational material: https://drive.google.com/file/d/134KAkPrs1Q6c6dM_nILhd-w_4-iWm8DU/view?usp=sharing
At this early stage, we are requesting an abstract of roughly 350 words by August 1, 2023. Your abstract should include a working title, the main idea of the game, its learning objective(s), and its target audience(s).
