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Role-Playing Game Research - No Longer Open To Public on Fridays! DONATE Today: East-Central Spokane Role-Playing Game Community Center New Hours Update July 20th, 2023

Due to an increasing power bill for air conditioning and decreased donations, we can no longer be open on Fridays to the public. We're still open Saturdays. DONATE TODAY TO KEEP THE CENTER OPEN.

July 20, 2023 · 1 min read

The East-Central Spokane RPG Community Center, at 101 N Stone St, is now open to the public weekly on Saturdays from Noon to 6:00 pm. The RPG Center is no longer open to the public on Fridays. We are looking into options for adding back Sundays in the future.

The West-Central Drop In and RPG Community Programs by RPG Research at Spark Central are held on the first and third Saturday each month from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

We will be announcing in coming weeks a new schedule for our role-playing game professional training workshops soon.

We need $4,000/month to keep our doors open to the public multiple days per week. The cut backs in our hours open to the public is due to a short fall in donations received this year.

Our air conditioning electricity bill this time of year climbs very high, it can easily exceed $1,000+/month just to keep the space comfortable for the public.

If you would like us to be able to be open more days and hours per week, PLEASE DONATE TODAY: https://rpgresearch.com/donate.

Hawke Robinson

Known across multiple industries as "The Grandfather of Therapeutic Gaming" because he has been studying the effects and uses of role-playing games and their potential to achieve therapeutic goals longer than anyone else, Hawke Robinson is a Washington State Department of Health Registered Recreational Therapist.

He has a diverse and deep background in Therapeutic Recreation / Recreation Therapy, computer science, neuroscience, cognitive neuropsychology, neurotech, research psychology, nursing, play therapy, education, music, and role-playing gaming.

Hawke Robinson has been involved with role-playing games in community settings since 1977.
Studying methods for optimizing the experience of role-playing games, software development, and online since 1979.
A paid professional game master since 1982.
Studying the effects of role-playing games upon participants since 1983.
Providing role-playing games in educational settings and for educational goals since 1985.
Working with incarcerated populations since 1989.
Researching and using role-playing games to achieve therapeutic goals for a wide range of populations from 2 years old through senior adults since 2004.
Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit 501(c)3 charitable research and human services organization, RPG Research.
Founder and CEO of the for-profit RPG Therapeutics LLC and RPG.LLC.
Author of multiple books in technology and gaming W.A. Hawkes-Robinson books available on Amazon.
Creator of the wheelchair accessible RPG Mobile fleet vehicles and trailers.
Founder of the experiential learning Role-Playing Game RPG Museum, and much more.
Creator of the Brain-Computer Interface Role-Playing Game (BCI RPG) and many other related projects.