Editorial: Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2025 -- Games, Conflict, and Education

Albom, Sarah. 2021. “The Killing Roll: The Prevalence of Violence in Dungeons & Dragons.” International Journal of Role-Playing 11: 6-24.

Atherton, Gray, Rhys Hathaway, Ingela Visuri, and Liam Cross. 2024. “A Critical Hit: Dungeons and Dragons as a Buff for Autistic People.” Autism (August 21): 13623613241275260.

Blancarte, Tom. 2026. “Aesthetic Conflict in the Musical Role-Playing Game Runic Soundscapes.”International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 76-84.

Boss, Emily. C. 2007. “Romance and Gender in Role playing Games: Too Hot to Handle?” Presentation at Ropecon 2007. Helsinki, Finland. Black and Green Games.

Bowman, Sarah Lynne. 2013. “Social Conflict in Role-playing Communities: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.” International Journal of Role-Playing 4: 4-25.

Burton, Adrianna, Aaron Trammell, and Katherine Castiello Jones. 2024. “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Role-playing Games.” In The Routledge Handbook of Role-playing Game Studies, edited by José P. Zagal and Sebastian Deterding, 456-469. London: Routledge.

Bratteteig, Tone, and Ina Wagner. 2016. “Unpacking the Notion of Participation in Participatory Design.” Computer Supported Cooperative Work 25: 425–475. Link here.

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Cho, Yeonhee, Chris Coward, Jakob Lackner, Travis Willingham Windlehart, and Jin Ha Lee. 2023. “The Use of an Escape Room as an Immersive Learning Environment for Building Resilience to Misinformation.” Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 57 (2): 1-15.

Connell, Megan, Elizabeth D. Kilmer, and Jared N. Kilmer. 2020. “Tabletop Role Playing Games in Therapy.” In Integrating Geek Culture into Therapeutic Practice: The Clinician’s Guide to Geek Therapy, edited by Anthony M. Bean, Emory S. Daniel Jr., Sarah A. Hays. Fort Worth, TX, USA: Leyline Publishing.

Dashiell, Steven L. 2020. “Hooligans at the Table: The Concept of Male Preserves in Tabletop Role-Playing Games.” International Journal of Role-Playing 10: 26–39.

Davis, Adam, and Adam Johns. 2020. “Dungeons, Dragons, and Social Development.” In Integrating Geek Culture into Therapeutic Practice: The Clinician’s Guide to Geek Therapy, edited by Anthony M. Bean, Emory S. Daniel Jr., Sarah A. Hays, 95-107. Fort Worth, TX,

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Fisher, Olivia. 2026. “Let’s Do It Together! Why Participatory Design and Co-Creation are Promising Approaches for Designing an Edu-larp.” International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 93-102.

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George, A. A. 2014. “Gaming’s Race Problem: GenCon and Beyond.” Tor.com, August 13.

Henry, Elsa S. 2015. “Reimagining Disability in Role-Playing Games.” Analog Game Studies II (II) (February 2).

Hilman, Irene, Alula Hirst, Scooter Flanagan, and Diana Leonard. (2026). “Masculinity at the Table: Untangling the Male Preserve in Indie and Mainstream Gaming.” International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 17-35.

Hugaas, Kjell Hedgard. 2024. “Bleed and Identity: A Conceptual Model of Bleed and How Bleed Out from Role-Playing Games Can Affect a Player’s Sense of Self.” International Journal of Role-Playing 15 (June): 9-35.

Hugaas, Kjell Hedgard. 2026. “Bleed as Intrapersonal Conflict: Understanding Bleed Management and Resilience as Parts of a Homeostasis Recovery Process.” International Journal on Role-Playing 19: 85-92.

Konzack, Lars, and Chris Coward. 2026. “Transformative Play for Building Resilience to Misinformation.” International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 52-62.

Johansson, Karin, and Mafalda Morganti. 2026. “Larp with Erasmus: A Quantitative Study of Live Action Roleplay Projects Funded by EUs Erasmus+ Program Between 2014-2022.” International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 103-121.

Kemper, Jonaya. 2018. “More Than a Seat at the Feasting Table.” In Shuffling the Deck: The Knutpunkt 2018 Color Printed Companion, edited by Annika Waern and Johannes Axner. ETC Press.

Lankoski, Petri, and Simo Järvelä. 2012. “An Embodied Cognition Approach for Understanding Role-playing.” International Journal of Role-Playing 3: 18-32.

Lederach, John Paul. 2014. Little Book of Conflict Transformation: Clear Articulation of the Guiding Principles by a Pioneer in the Field. New York: Good Books.

Leonard, Diana J., and Tessa Thurman. 2018. “Bleed-out on the Brain: The Neuroscience of Character-to-Player.” International Journal of Role-Playing 9: 9-15.

Long, TiMar. 2015. “Character Creation: The Symbolic Annihilation of Race in Dungeons & Dragons.” In The Wyrd Companion Book 2015, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman, 124-144. Los Angeles, CA: Wyrd Con.

Mendez Hodes, James. 2019a. “Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part I: A Species Built for Racial Terror.” Jamesmendezhodes.com, January 14. Link here.

Mendez Hodes, James. 2019b. “Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part II: They’re Not Human.” Jamesmendezhodes.com, September 1. Link here.

Montola, Markus. 2010. “The Positive Negative Experience in Extreme Role-playing.” In Proceedings of DiGRA Nordic 2010: Experiencing Games: Games, Play, and Players. Stockholm, Sweden, August 16.

Rebecchi, Kevin. 2026. “Asteria and Neurodiversity in Role-Playing Games: Inclusion or Tokenism? Examining Community Conflicts Over Autism Representation.” International Journal of Role-playing 19: 1-16.

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Stang, Sarah. 2021. “The Fiend Folio’s Female Fiends: Kelpies, Vampires, and Demon Queens.” Analog Game Studies, Special Issue: The Fiend Folio (October 10).

Torner, Evan. 2015. “Bodies and Time in Tabletop Role-Playing Game Combat Systems.” In The Wyrd Companion Book 2015, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman, 160-171. Los Angeles, CA: Wyrd Con.

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van Tilborg, Guus, and Peter Groote. 2026. “Press Start for Heritage: Representing University Sports Rivalries in EA Sports College Football 25.” International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 63-75.

Wu, Minyue. 2026. “From Digital to Analog: Disco Elysium’s Conflict Transformation Mechanisms for Educational Larps.” International Journal of Role-Playing 19: 36-51.

Yu, Jiaxuan. 2022. “When the Local Encounters the Global: Aesthetic Conflicts in the Chinese Traditional Music World.” The Journal of Chinese Sociology 9 (1): 6.

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