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Dr. Ben discusses functional roles for TTRPGs (Episode #190). #dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #wfrp Website https://rpgphd.com/ Discord https://discord.gg/e49rJVQCwW RPG PHD swag!!! https://rpg-phd.myspreadshop.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089593636905 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rpg_phd/ Bluesky @rpg-phd.bsky.social Special thanks to Evelina for the thumbnail template, much appreciated!! 😊 Description In this video I break down Benne and Sheats' functional group roles and apply them to tabletop roleplaying games, with help from Robert Bales, David Kantor's four-player model, Bruce Tuckman's stages of group development, and Lave and Wenger's work on legitimate peripheral participation. We'll look at how players can recognize their default role and stretch into new ones, how game masters can spot the roles their table is missing and use NPCs and scene design to fill them, the pitfalls of applying this research to a game table, and a step by step guide for using group roles at session zero and beyond. Tags TTRPG, tabletop RPG, group roles, player roles, Benne and Sheats, functional roles of group members, group dynamics, game master tips, GM tips, DM tips, dungeon master advice, player types, quiet player, problem players, session zero, spotlight management, RPG psychology, tabletop psychology, Kantor four player model, Tuckman stages, D&D players, roleplaying tips, RPG PHD --------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 01:06 Theory: Benne and Sheats' functional roles 08:34 Application for players 15:16 Application for game masters 22:26 Pitfalls 26:46 Step by step guide 21:48 Thoughts? -------------------------------------------- Sources Benne, K. D., & Sheats, P. (1948). Functional roles of group members. Journal of Social Issues, 4(2), 41–49. Bales, R. F. (1950). Interaction process analysis. Addison-Wesley. Kantor, D. (2012). Reading the room. Jossey-Bass. Tuckman, B. W. (1965). Developmental sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin, 63(6), 384–399. Lave, J., & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated learning. Cambridge University Press. Gersick, C. J. G. (1988). Time and transition in work teams. Academy of Management Journal, 31(1), 9–41. Laws, R. D. (2002). Robin's laws of good game mastering. Steve Jackson Games. Music and Sounds: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Erdns8jA3D/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/MRyCi54t7M/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/AQBpWzOsID/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yCvSWOBYUe/ Music: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/c0X3Z8H8uZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yCvSWOBYUe/ Music: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/bWHPOsoaql/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/uDAHxg3lIS/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/2dLRmfzdA5/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/jrNZjxJQqZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/c0X3Z8H8uZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/8c51eca6-dbb5-4925-b4ec-7ee51630322e