Joe Weinberg

Dr.University of Minnesota Crookston

weinb110@umn.edu

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Logic and Dice: Table Top Gaming as a Pedagogical Tool

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Joe Weinberg University of Minnesota Crookston

February 09, 2015
Logic and Dice: Table Top Gaming as a Pedagogical Tool In a table top game, the best game masters make sure that the adventure is exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous. But the goal is not to defeat the players. In a good tab ...
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A Community of Gamers: Discourse analysis and LARP House Rules

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Joe Weinberg University of Minnesota Crookston

February 04, 2015
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A Community of Gamers: Discourse analysis and LARP House Rules If there is one thing that all LARP (Live Action Role Playing) games have in common, that thing is House Rules. Special tweaks or exceptions, changes to the published rules (whatever the syste ...

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Re: Educational Live Action-Roleplaying in the Classroom

making edularps work

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Joe Weinberg University of Minnesota Crookston

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 — 5:15 pm
Sarah, This is a fascinating post. I'd really like to know more about how these larps work. Are they continuous over the course of the semester or limited to one or two class periods? I wonder if it is possible to design an entire course based arou ...
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Re: A Community of Gamers: Discourse analysis and LARP House Rules

Mechanics and rules

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Joe Weinberg University of Minnesota Crookston

Friday, February 6, 2015 — 5:33 pm
Sarah, I was referring to leisure based LARPs. Edu-larps are somewhat of a new phenomenon (for me, that is), and the vast amount of my experience comes from more formalizes leisure RPGs. Having started this sort of gaming in college, it has remained an ...
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Re: A Community of Gamers: Discourse analysis and LARP House Rules

House rules, recreation, and additional benefits

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Joe Weinberg University of Minnesota Crookston

Monday, February 9, 2015 — 4:22 pm
Maury, I really appreciate your thoughtful response. I hope I am able to answer your concerns in a way that you find satisfactory. First off, the 'Play culture' idea you referred to from Montola is actually one of the problems that I think Hou ...