Kentucky Educators for Role Playing Games

Sterling Harris.

Sterling's class is rigorous, aligned with ELA standards and durable skills.

A student-led group playing D&D.

A corner of Sterling's classroom.

On Friday, I was a guest of Sterling Harris's Western STEM Magnet HS class "Creating Writing with #dnd." Sharing more soon, but for now, wanted to give this innovative teacher & awesome students a shoutout! #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #kygoplay #AllinKY #KYILN #UnitedWeLearnKY #EduSky #TTRPGsky

Screen capture of my donation to Gygax Memorial Fund on Kickstarter.

Just brought the Gygax Memorial Fund to six digits raised! Consider pledging a donation before Halloween at midnight! #kyedrpg #dungeonsanddragons

www.kickstarter.com/projects/617...

Dungeons & Desks PD, 10/20/25.

Dungeons and Desks PD, 10/20/25.

Thank you Chaotic Good Coffee, Comics, and Games!

Kalli Colley, presenting at Dungeons and Desks.

Today, our "Dungeons & Desks" quest took us to London, KY! Kalli and I are thankful for SESC for hosting us, our guest speakers for sharing insights, and our participants for playing along! #kyedrpg #kygoplay #gamebasedlearning #AllinKY #KYILN #UnitedWeLearnKY #EduSky #LevelUpEDU #TTRPGsky

Thank you for sharing James!! #kyedrpg #TTRPGsky #ttrpgcommunity #EduSky #kygoplay #gamebasedlearning #KyLchat

A slide and screencap from my presentation at Highline College yesterday for Indigenous Peoples Day. The presentation was called Decolonizing Your Gaming

group of four Natives pictured left to right: Diego Luna, Kenna Alexander, Tanya Powers, Sadekaronhes Esquivel

I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at Highline College yesterday for #IndigenousPeoplesDay, and I gave a new presentation called Decolonizing Your Gaming. Its positive reception has really inspired me and I have some fun ideas that will grow from this.

KyEdRPG Spotlight: Librarian Laura Mann and TTRPGs for Literacy Librarians -- and the library -- are often the heartbeat and hub of a school.  Since extracurricular game clubs are frequently held in suc...

In #edtechelixirs, I share the tale of librarian Laura Mann from Bernheim Middle School (Bullitt County, KY). She designed a tabletop role-playing game to use instructionally as her sixth grade students read "The Bletchley Riddle"! #EduSky #TTRPGsky #kyedrpg
watsonedtech.blogspot.com/2025/10/kyed...

KyEdRPG Spotlight: Librarian Laura Mann and TTRPGs for Literacy Librarians -- and the library -- are often the heartbeat and hub of a school.  Since extracurricular game clubs are frequently held in suc...

Very cool piece from @watsonedtech.bsky.social Edtech Elixirs on one of our own school library leaders, Laura Mann! watsonedtech.blogspot.com/2025/10/kyed... #KyLChat #SchoolLibraries @kyedrpg.bsky.social #KentuckyLibraries

"Praise for the book" for "TTRPGs in the Classroom." On publisher website.

Thankful to Francesco Crocco for some early praise, posted at @mcfarland.bsky.social!

Final proofread and index DONE & turned in. Still on track to publish by end of the year! For more details and preorder links, visit:
sites.google.com/view/kyedrpg...
#kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #ttrpgs #kygoplay

Stephen Reid and Becky Keene pointing to a Minecraft sign

Flashback to six years ago, when Stephen Reid and Becky Keene launched a set of #Minecraft Education worlds and lessons for #GBL. ALL of this content is now freely available on our website! phygitallabs.com/resources

Flier for KC Royal baseball game, with adventure and dice swag.

If we live in a world where this kind of thing can happen at a major league baseball game, I have hope for a more joyful future. (Game was on 9/17/25.) #kyedrpg

Prompts for Google Gemini 2.5 Flash.

The result, thanks to Google Gemini Nano Banana.

I was curious about the Nano Banana image features of the Gemini app (which seems to work okay with Flash 2.5 with an educational domain account),so I tried something with my senior picture. Go J-Town Chargers, class of 1992!

@mrpiercey.com would be proud.

#AI #artificialintelligence #nanobanana

This school year, students sign-in to our gamified learning hub and vote to make decisions that impact the story and setting of "The Academy."

Starting small, as in the pictured example where students help a character choose their class, (Magician, Knight, Beastmaster, Ranger, or Bard.) #EduSky

"Urgent Care for Educators."

Chapter 19 of "Urgent Care for Educators."

Just got my copy of "Urgent Care for Educators," where I wrote a guest chapter! Happy to share the story of #kyedrpg, but more importantly,celebrate several OVEC educators such as @collinsclasssc.bsky.social & @breweredu.bsky.social. #ttrpgs #gamebasedlearning #dnd #EduSky #TTRPGsky #LevelUpEDU

Bernheim Middle School.

Bernheim Middle School.

Bernheim Middle School.

Bernheim Middle School.

Started the morning at the beautiful Bullitt County Bernheim Middle School at their Design Studio, helping staff members create #ttrpgs for their classrooms! Returning next week to see one in action. #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #ttrpgcommunity #MovingForward @jesse-bacon.bsky.social

Flier for the November 3 PD "Dungeons & Desks" in Hazard, KY.

The FREE PD for educators "Dungeons & Desks" is coming to Hazard, KY on November 3! For more details, check out the #kyedrpg Events page. Registration link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#gamebasedlearning #kygoplay #EduSky #TTRPGsky #ttrpgs #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #UnitedWeLearnKY #LevelUpEDU

YouTube video by Adam Watson Nerd Night Louisville, September 2025!

For those of you close to Louisville, I'd love to see you at Gravely Brewing on September 25 at 7:00 pm!

youtu.be/e3jvY6o_xOw?...

#kyedrpg #nerdnitelouisville #gamebasedlearning #AllinKY #kygoplay #UnitedWeLearnKY #KyLchat #ttrpgs #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpgcommunity #EduSky #TTRPGsky

I don't know what I love more....#ttrpgs for speech therapy, or the idea of a lending library for minis and dice. Awesome to hear about Jen Siler's work!

Hopkinsville Community College.

Hopkinsville Community College.

Hopkinsville Community College.

I came down to Hopkinsville Community College (KY) to lead some PD around #ttrpgs in education.We went over the basics (what, why, how) & even played an educational tabletop role-playing game. Beautiful campus & some wonderful staff! Thanks for having me, & for attending!
#gamebasedlearning #EduSky

Game Con Junction 2025

Event tix became available for all Game Con Junction convention ticket holders as of today! And remember, once you pay for your conference pass, all events are FREE! Claim yours now on the Tabletop Events app.

@nerdlouisville.bsky.social

tabletop.events/conventions/...

KyEdRPG - Newsletter Read the latest newsletter embedded below (or click here to view in a new tab). Note there are multiple pages of the newsletter, navigatable by the pop-up button at the bottom left of the embed frame.

The Fall 2025 newsletter for #kyedrpg is out! You can see an embedded Canva version, along with archived links to prior issues, here:
sites.google.com/view/kyedrpg...

#gamebasedlearning #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #EduSky #TTRPGsky #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #LevelUpEDU #AllinKY #KYILN #KyLchat #kygoplay

Nerd Night Louisville speakers schedule on September 25, 2025.

Here waiting for the first presenter at Nerd Nite Louisville to start and what do I discover? Guess that makes TWO #kyedrpg friends on September 25, 7:00 pm at Gravely Brewing Co in Louisville! Come see @breweredu.bsky.social and me present next month!

A flier for "Dungeons & Desks" at the SESC office in London, KY on October 20.

Testimonials for previous participants of our "Dungeons & Desks" PD series.

Our FREE PD series "Dungeons & Desks" returns to London, KY on October 20! Read the testimonials of previous participants. Come play and learn with us! Registration:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#kyedrpg #kygoplay #KYILN #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #gamebasedlearning #TTRPGsky #EduSky #LevelUpEDU

College overview 🧵 for historical game design projects soon #gamingthepast, but, in the meantime, I have posted my most recent rubrics for long-term historical boardgame design projects and long-term historical choice-based text projects. Should be (I hope) of considerable help. (pls amplify) 🧵🗃️ 1/

Home · Hidden Door An immersive adventure game set in the worlds of your favorite books, movies, and shows.

Very curious what this will be like. You can sign up on their waiting list.

#LevelUpEDU #gamebasedlearning #EduSky #TTRPGsky

www.hiddendoor.co

"The Book of Dragons" (2025).

"The Book of Dragons" (2025).

"The Book of Dragons" (2025).

"Hic sunt dracones."

Excited to read this!!

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons @dndbeyond.com

Sharon Peck.

Dr. Jacobs (left) and Dr. Rose.

Dr. McNeil.

Dr. Fielder and the books that inspired him.

Highlights of day 3 of #seriousplay25! Dr. Peck makes #ttrpgs for classrooms to improve literacy. Dr. Rose & Jacobs presented research on play-based practice (and we played a fish game!). @edugamergal.bsky.social brings play to PD. @drpigeon.bsky.social told us about his semester long RPG! #EduSky

Serious Play Conference 2025, day 3.

Serious Play Conference 2025, day 3.

Day 3 of #seriousplay25! Time for awards!

Serious Play 2025.

Serious Play 2025.

Serious Play 2025.

Serious Play 2025.

A delayed post on Wednesday's #SeriousPlay25 panel, where Kalli Colley and I spoke about #ttrpgs in education! We were so fortunate to be wonderfully moderated by Sana Alimohamed, and joined by panelists Sharon Lee De La Cruz, Phill Cameron, and Huaidian (Daniel) Hou. #kyedrpg #EduSky #TTRPGsky

Deb Fuller and Luigi Guarniccio.

Bert Snow.

Some highlights from Day 1 of #seriousplay25! Deb Fuller and Luigi Guarniccio talk about the need for accessibility in games. Bert Snow shared how combining games and primary resources are powerful.

#gamebasedlearning #EduSky