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Therapeutic Tabletop Gaming (Coming Fall 2025)
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What Is It?
What Does It Teach?
What Does It Teach?
Therapeutic tabletop gaming combines the fun and learning associated with games with the therapeutic aspects of play and modeling. Participants will act out scenes and adventures as their characters while practicing skills they can then apply to the real world.
What Does It Teach?
What Does It Teach?
What Does It Teach?
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Social Skills
- Self-advocacy
- Collaboration & Teamwork
- Math
- Public Speaking
- Etiquette
Who Is It For?
What Does It Teach?
What Can I Expect?
Everyone! However, Rara Avis Therapeutics limits the age to 14 and up depending on the game and system being used. Games are specifically targeted to certain age groups and therapeutic goals, and each person will learn different skills and applications.
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What Can I Expect?
What Does It Teach?
What Can I Expect?
Games are a commitment of a minimum of 6-8 weekly or bi-weekly sessions of 1.5-2 hours each week. Players should expect to be challenged while having fun, and all players are expected to abide by the Rara Avis Therapeutics house rules for gaming.
Prospective Therapeutic Tabletop Games
Humblewood
Misspent Youth: Fall in Love, Not In Line
And That's How I Died + Ink
In this D&D-compatible game, players are woodland animals who must find the lost remnants of an ancient people. Along the way, they must practice decision making and apply social skills to get the answers they seek.
Specifically targeted to work on social skills, there will be two games of Humblewood available. One for ages 14-18, and one for ages 18+. Seat limit is 6 players.
And That's How I Died + Ink
Misspent Youth: Fall in Love, Not In Line
And That's How I Died + Ink
First of all, you are the greatest of heroes. Second, you're dead and in Valhalla. In this combination game, players will start their adventures by finding out just how epic their deaths were through the hilarious game "And That's How I Died." Once their deaths are established, players will move on to The Ink, a purgatory-like realm of da
First of all, you are the greatest of heroes. Second, you're dead and in Valhalla. In this combination game, players will start their adventures by finding out just how epic their deaths were through the hilarious game "And That's How I Died." Once their deaths are established, players will move on to The Ink, a purgatory-like realm of darkness and despair that requires the player to come to terms with their Shadow side, resolve some Burden left over from life, and commit to the ultimate adventuring showdown, the Total Party Kill. Only then can they level up and eventually pass into the brighter parts of the Afterlife. Designed to aid in emotional resolution, self-discovery, and pro-active decision making.
Ages 16+ for strong themes and mature content. Limited to 6 players.
Misspent Youth: Fall in Love, Not In Line
Misspent Youth: Fall in Love, Not In Line
Misspent Youth: Fall in Love, Not In Line
Specifically targeted for LGBTQIA+ individuals searching for their voice in a world trying to silence them, Misspent Youth: Fall in Love, Not in Line pits the Youthful Offenders against a corrupt and oppressive corporate regime bent on molding society to its vision.
Ages 16+ for mature content and language. Limited to 6 players.