Category: CASTT

  • The Rule of Two

    In this blog post, we hear from CASTT Gamer Brian Quinones, EDD, LPC as he reflects on using a two-facilitator model for TTRPG groups. To see what Brian and GATE, LLC are up to check out their website here. When CASTT asked me to write a post about why GATE, LLC uses the two-facilitator model…

  • From Monsterhearts to Belonging Outside

    Since it’s Halloween, we thought it would be a great time to share with you our thoughts on adapting two Monsterhearts’ playbooks for a Belonging Outside Belonging game. This blog post is first appeared in the CASTT Gamers’ Spring 2021 newsletter. Teenage Nightmare is a game of Belonging Outside Belonging that uses a simple No…

  • Crit Hit Pedagogy: the Educator Show

    Co-Hosts: Graham Gentz & Kayla Devorak Tell us what games we should get critical with in the comments below! Every 1st Thursday of the Month @ 8:00pm EST Join us as we explore the “How and Wow” of Intentionality and Practice in TTRPGs to create immersive learning experiences across STEM, Language, Critical Thinking, Humanities, Community…

  • Clashing with Intention: Kicking Big and Startering Small

    So Kickstarter is a pretty big deal now, eh? Though launched in 2009, it was in 2015 when the first image of upcoming board game “Scythe” was posted and set the Internet ablaze. A clear source of “inspiration” for our modern art-churning AIs, Jakub Rozalski’s paintings of rudimentary mechs lording over pre-Industrial Russian peasants in…

  • What are One Pagers?

    What is a One Pager? When CASTT first started, Menachem suggested one way to share our thoughts on the intentional applications of TTRPGS could be through a one page review of the game we played (either with the group or in another setting) thus the One Pagers were born. We are bringing the CASTT One…

  • Friday Night CASTT

    Every Friday Night @ 9:45pm Eastern Current FNC CASTT members: Dustin Yager, Kayla Devorak, Lara Taylor-Kester, Menachem Cohen, Scott K, Timothy Grant, Tinelle Reno Evans. Friday Night CASTT started as a group of multidisciplinary professionals playing games together on Friday nights. Each player was growing and learning as a TTRPG player and Game Master from…

  • Save Against Fear 2022

    The Bodhana Group’s yearly convention, Save Against Fear, will be held this year on October 6th-9th. SAFe holds a special place for CASTT: founding members met as Save Against Fear 2019 was where the CASTT seeds were first planted, inspired by their experiences at SAFe to continue to play games intentionally together.  This year, many…

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    We have a BLOG!!

    Welcome to the CASTT Gamers’ Blog! Wow! Our CASTT website and blog are finally live! We’re so excited to have another way to share all our intentional gaming resources and thoughts with others. We intend to use this blog space as a way to share information about our current and upcoming shows, our One Pager…

  • Hello!

    Hi! We are CASTT Gamers and we just launched out website! Check out our Lore page to learn more about who we are and what we do! In the meantime, feel free to watch this highlight reel from the last year! Follow us on Twitch or YouTube to watch us play TTRPGS with intention! https://www.twitch.tv/castt_gamers