Tabletop Gaming Intro and Factions Challenge Review Game

What's inside Tabletop Gaming Intro and Factions Challenge Review Game:

• A wealth of accessible information about how to use tabletop RPGs in the classroom
• Detailed examples
• Resource lists and materials descriptions
• Factions Challenge, an original low-prep TTRPG-style review game for any content area grades 7-12.
• 1:1 conversion from Jeopardy!-style review games.
• Commentary on expanding the review game into an in-depth tabletop RPG for the classroom.
• FAQs and advice for the teacher who wants to implement TTRPGs like D&D into their curriculum but does not know where to begin.

This document, written in the style of a D&D manual, will tell you everything you need to know to begin implementing tabletop rpgs into your classroom or begin getting kids involved at home. The first section explains tabletop gaming in depth. Section 2 offers a simple, original review game called Factions Challenge that is low-prep and high-engagement for students. The game also serves as a gateway to the world of tabletop gaming, distilling complicated game concepts into simple dice rolls and building student background knowledge for teachers who want to experiment with more complicated tabletop RPG gaming in the classroom.

This document was made after 2 years of game-testing in a secondary English Language Arts classroom. Section one of this guide is deliberately designed for the teacher with zero knowledge of games like Dungeons and Dragons or Pathfinder--it's meant to be a jumping-off point. I designed section two as a universally-accessible introductory tabletop RPG for classroom use. Section two contains a rule set, character sheets, examples, explanations, definitions, and everything else you need to play my D&D-inspired review game, Factions Challenge.

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This guide is an in-depth introduction to TTRPG use in the classroom and everything you need for a fun, basic TTRPG-style game that will get kids excited and engaged.

Who should use this guide: Anyone who wants to gamify learning and explore the possibilities of TTRPG games in the classroom.