2020 RPG Research Year in Review
Short List
January
Hawke ,Danielle, and John working on Gen Con 2020 Programming - link
BFRPG Accessible Character Sheet published at basicfantasy.org website
Began using Odoo 13 to replace Plone and 6 other separate products.
Began prep for RPG Conference 2020
February
Met with Cursed Crypt at their factory
Spark Central Community center Workshops
Gen Con TV TableTakes - Hawke Robinson Neurodiversity in Gaming and more!
March
Looked into multiple fundraisers (Les Schwab Tires, St Patrick's Day parade.
COVID-19
Moved Spark Central Drop-in and RPG Online
Purchased New Trailer (Octane) (now fleet includes RPG Trailer 2 (1 was destroyed by theives), RPG Bus, and RPG Trailer 2)
GenCon TV TableTakes March 20th
April
Continued Spark Central moved online for Drop-in and RPG
Began work on TFN's Event Platform for ZoeCon, Technorama, Realm Builders, WorldCon, and GenCon Film Festival
Zoe Con April 24
Unboxing "Stranger Things" D&D Starter Set
Received Activity Kit from Wizard of the coast (D&D Beyond)
Stabilized 12 week training program
GenCon TV - GenCon Roundtable: GenConVersations - Socializing Distantly & General Well Being
May
Mentioned in NBC News article - link pending
Rrefurbished laptop purchases for RPG Research from donor funds for ERPG department, purchased through Techsoup
ASL RPG sessions resume
Started move from Odoo 13 to Odoo 12
Rolling for Change Podcast - https://www.rollingforchange.com/2020/05/11/rpg-research-with-hawke-robinson/
GenConTV - Gen Con Roundtable: GenConVersation - Mental Health And Socializing Distantly
June
Accessible Gaming Quarterly (Need AD)
Critical Core Playtest
World of Beru ends season 2.
RPG Tour from WA across country to ME to TX and back to WA. - www.rpgtour.com
Created RPG Museum.org and GoFundMe - www.rpgmuseum.org
Received DOTS Accessibility Committee Invitation
Hosted Technorama Australia convention on co-developed TFN Event Platform
July
Hosted Realm Makers convention on co-developed TFN Event Paltform
Hosted WorldCon 78 on co-developed TFN Event Platform
GenCon 2020 - RPG Research Workshops
GenCon 2020 - RPG Games
GenCon 2020 - Ancient and World Tabletop Games
Hosted GenCon film festival co-developed TFN Event Platform
GenCon TV Tabletakes - Overcoming Interpersonal and Societal Conflict Through the Power of Role-Playing Gaming
August
Spark Central (at same time as World Con and Gen Con)
GenCon 2020 - RPG Research Workshops
GenCon 2020 - RPG Games
GenCon 2020 - Ancient and World Tabletop
RPG Research vacation Aug 3-9, for everyone to recover from intense summer of programs.
Phase 1 BCI-ERPG completed
Phase 2 BCI-ERPG begins
Archivists department formed and begins consolidating and cleaning up research archives.
Work continues with RPG Museum, now with archivist team added.
Mindcrack Podcast
GenCon TV Tabletakes - Role-Playing Game Group Formation, Communication, and Dynamics with Hawke Robinson August 21
September
PBS KIDS contacted Hawke
Alexis and Danielle stared RPG Research inventory
Change GM level 1 training program from 12 weeks to 16 weeks.
October
Save against Fear -
Rescheduled SpoCon Epic for April 2021
Archivists team completes moving 1,000+ content items (estimated ~10,000 items)
Personally Speaking guest on KYRS Thin Air Community Radio -
Call of Cthulhu Halloween late night special broadcast -
November
OpenBCI R&D Kit
Paper submitted to Educational Psychology Review - "Play for Growth: A Systematic Literature Review of Games and Socioemotional Skills" by Lucy Zheng, et al.
RPG Training Workbook Amazon Preview Edition Published
Selected RPG Museum catalog software
December
MindCrack Charity fundraising 8-hour RPG marathon
Scheduled New Game Evaluation and brought back Advocacy class
GenCon TV TableTakes (begins at 1:15:37)