RPGAd - Role-Playing Gaming Advocate (4 hours)
Course ID: RPG-ADV-1-100-01
Focus: Layperson.
Total Training Hours: 4 Hours
RPG Formats Included: All 4 Formats (TRPG, LARP, CRPG, SRPG)
Total Rate (local): $300 (can be divided among number of participants, paid in advance)
Rate (teleconference): $300 (can be divided among number of participants, paid in advance)
Rate (on-site distant): Negotiable / RPG Trailer
Number of Trainees: No limit.
Prerequisite Training: None
Post-training test: Yes (multiple-choice, fill in the blank, matching, and advocacy plan essay) require 90%+ score to receive certificate. Also recommended to meet the requirements for joining the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Gaming - http://www.car-pga.org
Training Certification Received: RPGAd-1 (Role-Playing Gaming Advocate Level 1). Certificate is valid for 5 years, or can be renewed with CEUs.
Details: This program is available to laypersons and established care professionals.
This program includes:
- Detailed history and background of Role-Playing Gaming (1 hour).
- Research indicating the effects, pros, and cons, of all 4 RPG formats (2 hours).
- Building upon the above information, interactive role-playing practice to interact with "typical" people either curious or biased about RPGs, in various settings, from various backgrounds, working on addressing the most commonly debated topics that occur (1 hour).
Training includes very brief introductory examples illustrating all 4 RPG formats:
- Tabletop (TRPG)
- Live-action (LARP)
- Solo and group computer-based (CRPG)
- Solo adventure books and modules (SRPG).