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Dr. Ben discusses Social Contract Theory in TTRPGs, Full Lecture (Episode #122). #dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #wfrp Social Contract Template: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g1orltaymuigt0oc9zpfz/Social-Contract-Template.pdf?rlkey=53q9zktt90mut1faon6qi3f35&st=vmy475vy&dl=0 Website https://rpgphd.com/ RPG PHD swag!!! https://rpg-phd.myspreadshop.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089593636905 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rpg_phd/ Blyesky @rpg-phd.bsky.social Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87730462&view_as=patron Emergent Video: https://youtu.be/tWDnfvQF_ww --------------------------------------------- Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:08 Social Contract Theory 03:57 Statecraft to Gamecraft 07:48 Implict vs Explicit 15:04 Play Culture 20:15 Structuring The Social Contract 25:41 Agency, Consent, Tone, Narrative 31:58 Design and Social Contract 36:38 Final Thoughts 39:24 Thoughts? --------------------------------------------- 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 Works Cited Britannica, “social contract,” Encyclopædia Britannica Martin Ralya & Chris “Bankuei” Chinn, “Social Contracts for RPG Groups,” Gnome Stew, Adam Brown, “A Deeper Look at the Social Contract,” Gnome Stew, April 6, 2022 RPG Museum Wiki, “Social contract” and “Big Model,” retrieved 2020 Iain McAllister, “RPGs and the Social Contract,” The Giant Brain, Nov 27, 2019 The Same Page Tool by Chris Chinn, Deeper in the Game blog, Mar 2010 “The Culture Beneath the Stairs #3: Why the Gaming Group Isn’t a Social Contract,” Jazzsequence, “TTRPG Social Contract & Safety Tools,” jazzsequence.com, 2022 John Stavropoulos, “X-Card” safety tool document (2013) – via RPG Museum Sarah Lynne Bowman & Evan Torner et al., “Role-playing Games for Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations,” DiGRA 2020 (excerpt on social contract)