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One of the great superpowers of role playing games is their ability to enable us to participate in a wide variety of experiences. In contrast to more traditional video games, role playing games have a particularly large variety of non-violent play experiences. We continually see creators releasing projects centered around cooperation, compassion, and empathy. These games gives players an avenue to experience situations they may not often come across in their day-to-day lives and a place to learn how to relate to people of different backgrounds and life circumstances. This week we are highlighting creators and games that bring compassion and empathy to the forefront of their experience. Enjoy and as always…

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This week we’re highlighting some great games that focus on compassion & cooperation. 

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Capybara Capers from Momatoes offers a smooth, seamless tabletop RPG experience for playing a criminal critter, with mechanics for sharing trust, escalating rolls, and even individual win conditions. Ideal for 3-6 players, plus a Game Master! We can confirm it’s exceptionally cute and it’s available on Itch right now and would play seamlessly on role.

Moose Trip is a game designed by Kira Magrann in which each player becomes a moose who is about to embark on a magical psychedelic journey, one in which the streams are cooling, the willows ripe with delicious leaves, and soft orange moss dots granite rocks amid grassy fields. You and pick it up on itch and play it on Role in just a matter of minutes.  

Watch

Ginny Di wants to help you become a better player by helping teach you 10 things your GM wishes you did!

Do you want to be a more generous role player? Ginny can also help you do a better job including the more quiet players at the table.

Community

This may be the funniest thing we’ve seen all week. If you’re at all into the festivities of the Holidays, buckle up for a new post every day from Bad DND Advice on Twitter slowly revealing the worlds worst, most hilarious advent calendar. So far, we’ve seen a Digimon, a Fishing lute and some Dinosaurs but we’re all on the edge of our seats awaiting the next reveal each day.