What is your Quest? Learning through Role Playing Games is a chapter in the book “Creativity for Library Career Advancement”. The chapter focuses on how to use Role Playing Games to learn skills through simulation. You can order the book below. This page is supplementary information that will be periodically updated.
Role Playing Resources
For Beginners
HOW TO ROLEPLAY: A SHORT PRIMER
Watch Relic and Rarities, a D&D Campaign run by Deborah Ann Woll
Single “session” games
Single session games can be completed in one sitting once you are familiar with the rules.
Dread
FIASCO
Tenra Bansho Zero
A game that does not require a GM that has players tell a cooperative stories that often go off the rails. If you are looking for a game to help you learn to think on the fly, this is the way to go.
Tenra Bansho Zero is a Japanese Role Playing Game that focuses on a 3 act structure with a fairly complicated rule set. Great if you want that Manga/Anime feel, but difficult for a beginner. It is also great if you want to experiment with “high drama” as the game is heavily inspired by Samurai Dramas, except it's set in space.