Tapping into the Therapeutic Potential of Horror Games

About this Training

There are so many tabletop roleplaying games out there, it can be difficult to identify which ones are best suited for specific therapeutic goals. Often existing games can be adapted to fulfill different needs, but sometimes designing a game from the ground up to fit your exact objectives makes more sense. This series outlines the basics of RPG design and modification with the goal of using these games in therapy. This training in particular will focus on the specific example of how to best take advantage of what therapeutic tools horror games have to offer, and how to navigate this territory more safely.
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Tapping into the Therapeutic Potential of Horror Games

Learning Objectives

  • #1

    List three existing horror tabletop roleplaying games for use in a clinical setting.

  • #2

    Identify four ways to utilize player agency in horror games for therapeutic purposes.

  • #3

    Identify and navigate four game design and GMing choices to avoid while using horror games for therapeutic purposes.

Instructor(s)

GAME DESIGNER

Yeonsoo Julian Kim

Yeonsoo Julian Kim is a game designer and writer whose work largely focuses on grief, Asian and Asian American experiences, pop culture, gender, and adolescence. After earning a Masters degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU where they studied Interaction Design, Yeonsoo Julian Kim moved into the game design and interactive storytelling field. They have contributed to tabletop roleplaying games such as Kids on Bikes, Hearts of Wulin, and FlipTales, and are the lead designer for the card game Battle of the Boy Bands. In addition to tabletop games, Clio designs live action role-playing games such as The Long Drive Back from Busan, a LARP about a struggling K-pop group, and But Not Tonight, a LARP about nuclear panic in the 1980s. Their interactive novel The Fog Knows Your Name was published by Choice of Games in 2019. When not creating games, Yeonsoo Julian Kim can often be found talking about them on panels at gaming conventions across the country.

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Course Curriculum

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