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2025Friday 26th September 2025In personPanel 4Fulgrim vs Ferrus Manus (c) Games Workshop

“Into the Underhive”: Year 2 of Case Study on American Middle School Youth in Collaborative Tabletop Gaming

Heads up, scummers, we are in for some mayhem! Continuing research in SEL skills development and Peer relations in middle schoolers, this talk will present findings utilizing a “deeper dive” into longer gaming experiences through the use of the the “Necromunda” game system. Through the use of extended campaigns, role-reversal, and collabortive play, this study …

2024Panel 11Saturday 28th September 2024Warhammer 40k

Case Study: American Middle School Youth in Collaborative Tabletop Gaming

This case study reflects advising a Warhammer Alliance club at a private Northern California Middle School and the observations of American middle schoolers. From collaborative storytelling, low risk/high rewards probability models, and the exploration of 41st Millennium “Grimdark” themes of Theocracy, Imperialism, and Xenophobia while promoting 21st century SEL skills of Inclusivity and Peer relations, …