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Read An RPG Book In Public Week

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Read an RPG Book In Public Week occurs three times a year: GM’s Day – March 4, Gary Gygax’s birthday – July 27, and Dave Arneson’s birthday October 1.  Each of the three weeks starts on the Sunday on or before, and ends on the Saturday on or after.

  • March 3-9, 2019.
  • July 21-27, 2019.
  • September 29- October 5, 2019.

This effort was started by The Escapist Blog, operated by RPGAdvocate, not the same as the media site. The Escapist advocates for the positive aspects of RPGs and works against the negative stereotypes and attacks on RPGs and players. Reading an RPG book in public is a quiet way to get the material visible to others in a non-threatening manner. It invites questions and engagement.

Now that D&D and other RPGs are experiencing record growth and popularity, The Escapist ‘s author has not felt the need to be as proactive in fighting the attacks on RPG culture and players.

I think it is still important to promote Read an RPG Book In Public Week each of the three weeks each year. It celebrates GM’s and the co-creators of D&D Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax. Everyone, not just RPG players need to know the origin story of RPGs and D&D.

We may not all agree on the details, but we should not deny that it took both men to bring us the idea of role playing with rules and the game D&D.

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Read An RPG Book In Public

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This week is the second of the three annual Read An RPG Book In Public weeks promoted by The Escapist, AKA RPG Advocate.

The whole idea is to read any RPG related book in public to show people that it is an acceptable thing to do. This comes from the mindset of those who lived through the Satanic panic. Now that D&D is cool, and the hatred and misunderstanding is abating, we should still celebrate our hobby and keep it in the public eye.

The week of March 4th is GM’s Day and coincidentally the day Gary Gygax died in 2008.

The week of July 27 is Gary Gygax’s birthday.

Finally, October 1 is Dave Arneson’s birthday. Dave Arneson invented what would become D&D.

It is fitting that this Saturday, Luke Gygax and WOTC are teaming up for Founders & Legends to celebrate the founders and pioneers of the game. It isn’t just all 5e and Eberron. Stephan Pokorny of Dwarven Forge is running AD&D! In addition to lots of online gaming, viewers are encouraged to donate to Extra Life. Luke will even be playing his old character Melf with 5e stats.

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READ AN RPG BOOK IN PUBLIC WEEK – 2015 – July 26th – August 1st, 2015

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Just a little reminder that next week starting this Sunday, July 26th through August 1st, is the second of the three annual weeks for Read an RPG Book in Public Week.

This year, I have not managed to read an RPG book in public during an official week, but I have read part of the 5th Edition Player’s Handbook while in my hammock, between two big trees in my front yard. If the weather cooperates, I should be able to manage to actually meet this challenge.

 

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READ AN RPG BOOK IN PUBLIC WEEK – 2015 – March 1 – 7

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As I was working on my daily postings for the next few days, I realized that Read an RPG Book in Public Week starts Sunday.

The Escapist has not yet updated the dates for the three weeks throughout the year for 2015.

I am not sure how or when I will be able to read an RPG book in public. I have transitioned to working from home, since they are closing the local office. The village where I live does not have many good places to go, other than the library, so I’m not sure when I could get there.

Since this snuck up on me (Because I didn’t put a reminder on my calendar.), I don’t have a plan. I will think on this and try to figure out when I might do this. I am not a coffee drinker so going to a coffee shop to read is not my thing. Driving 15 or 20 miles just to read a book in public is a bit much. the local library is my best option in this weather.

Once it warms up, if it isn’t raining, I can do read in my hammock in the shade over lunch.

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READ AN RPG BOOK IN PUBLIC WEEK – 2014 – March 2 -8

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Three times a year, The Escapist encourages gamers to read an RPG book in public; any book from any RPG, as a way of educating the public that RPGs are fun.

This is called “READ AN RPG BOOK IN PUBLIC WEEK“.

The weeks are “during the weeks surrounding March 4th, July 27th, and October 1st (starting on the Sunday on or before, and ending on the Saturday on or after).”

The rationale for these three dates are: “March 4th was designated as GM’s Day in 2008, and was coincidentally the same day that E. Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away. July 27th is Gygax’s birthday, and October 1st is the birthday of Dave Arneson, the other co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons. It is also common for the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week to happen on or close to this week – and RPG books have been banned from some schools and libraries in the past due to many misunderstandings about their content and nature, which is the exact sort of thing that this event is hoping to clear up. ”

For 2014, this means March 2-8; July 27 – August 2; and September 28 – October 4.