Tentative program for the Academic Seminar
9:00–9:30 Registration
9:30–9:45 Opening words
9:45–10:45 Keynote: Prof. Gary Alan Fine
10:45–11:10 Coffee break
11:10–12:40 Session 1: Design (90 min)
- 11:10–11:40 Soanjärvi: Designing for Friendships in Educational Tabletop Role-Playing Games
- 11:40–12:10 Lares: Larp Design and the Finnish Community for Organizing Historical Larps
- 12:10–12:40 Ruutu: The ”Brotherhood of Steel” Project – Adolescents Developing a Role-Playing Game in a Change Laboratory Intervention in School
12:40–14:15 Lunch break
14:15–15:45 Session 2: Practices (90 min)
- 14:15–14:45 Bowman, Westborg & Baird: Analog Role-Playing Games as Vehicles for Co-Creative Social Skill Development
- 14:45-15:15 Mattinen & Macey: “Boosters, Please” – Gamblification of Digital Games: A Case Study of Magic: The Gathering Arena
- 15:15-15:45 Durán & Apperley: Thieves’ World and the Fantasy City: The Thief and the Expanding Role of Literature in Early Tabletop Roleplaying
15:45–16:00 Closing words
16:00 Seminar closes