<description>&lt;p&gt;In this &lt;em&gt;Talk of the Table &lt;/em&gt;Roundtable special, Brian &amp;amp; Elliot sit down with Dr. Emily Friedman, Quintin Smith aka ‘Quinns’, and Brennan Lee Mulligan for a discussion on pedagogic actual play. We dig into whether or not actual play is the best tool for teaching games, how we understand skill and learning in TTRPGs and beyond, and who our imagined student is when thinking of actual play as a teaching tool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Talk of the Table is hosted by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/morebluebs" rel="nofollow"&gt;Elliot Davis&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/mrbrianflaherty" rel="nofollow"&gt;Brian Flaherty&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hear the rest of this Episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/manysidedmedia" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Talk of the Table &lt;/em&gt;on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/friede.bsky.social" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dr. Friedman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/itsquinns.bsky.social" rel="nofollow"&gt;Quinns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brennanleemulligan.bsky.social" rel="nofollow"&gt;Brennan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://watch.dropout.tv/dimension-20-dungeons-and-drag-queens" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dungeons &amp;amp; Drag Queens&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g8HtwtnEOo" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Play to Find Out&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/ecfriedman/home" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dr. Friedman&amp;#39;s Patreon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommendations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cla.auburn.edu/cah/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D191135623" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dr. Friedman’s Event Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Novels of Sally Rooney&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.megangreenwell.com/book" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad Company&lt;/em&gt; by Megan Greenwell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/product/art-after-money-money-after-art/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Art After Money, Money After Art&lt;/em&gt; by Max Haiven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://discord.gg/C3hV2e4J" rel="nofollow"&gt;Many Sided Media Discord&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://substack.com/@manysidednewsletter" rel="nofollow"&gt;Many Sided Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edited by Elliot Davis&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Produced by &lt;a href="https://www.manysidedmedia.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Many Sided Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Talk of the Table

Many Sided Media

Roundtable: Teaching Games Through Actual Play

OCT 20, 202559 MIN
Talk of the Table

Roundtable: Teaching Games Through Actual Play

OCT 20, 202559 MIN

Description

In this Talk of the Table Roundtable special, Brian & Elliot sit down with Dr. Emily Friedman, Quintin Smith aka ‘Quinns’, and Brennan Lee Mulligan for a discussion on pedagogic actual play. We dig into whether or not actual play is the best tool for teaching games, how we understand skill and learning in TTRPGs and beyond, and who our imagined student is when thinking of actual play as a teaching tool.


Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty. 


Hear the rest of this Episode:

Talk of the Table on Patreon


Links:

Dr. Friedman

Quinns

Brennan


Dungeons & Drag Queens

Play to Find Out

Dr. Friedman's Patreon


Recommendations:

Dr. Friedman’s Event Series

The Novels of Sally Rooney

Bad Company by Megan Greenwell

Art After Money, Money After Art by Max Haiven


Many Sided Media Discord 

Many Sided Newsletter


Credits:

Edited by Elliot Davis

Produced by Many Sided Media



Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands