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Mythic RPG

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Mythic RPG
 
Role Playing Games, or RPGs, allow players to experience the excitement of being larger-than-life heroes adventuring in a variety of imaginative settings. More versatile and interactive than video games, RPGs encourage reading, socialization and teamwork as players cooperate in overcoming obstacles and solving puzzles.
 
Our first and most successful literacy program, the Mythic RPG, was  launched in 2005 to encourage kids to read more for recreation and to increase their visits to our local library.
 
From a one-shot event the Mythic RPG has taken root and grown into a weekly activity that regularly draws over a dozen kids to the Hawley Public Library every Saturday morning. There are up to three games running simultaneously each session, providing Players with a variety of gaming choices.
 
Developing Valuable Life-Skills
 
We've been told that the kids in our Mythic RPG program are forming more friendships, are displaying leadership skills (organizing their own games and teaching their friends to play) and are demonstrating great passion for their shared hobby.
 
Some kids are now playing RPGs with their parents and siblings. One young man re-introduced the game to his grandma (his dad used to play when he was younger) and they occasionally adventure together. 

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Educational Fun for the Whole Family

Cultivating Creativity
 
The Mythic RPG has spawned a DM Academy that teaches kids how to run their own adventures.  The library based games are now mostly run by graduate DMs. The DMs also run home games that interweave with and connect the library adventures.
 
The DM Academy now meets informally. We've graduated 12 DMs and each graduate DM is currently training an Apprentice.
 
Current Hercules Invictus Mythic RPG Campaigns:

Mythic Greece

StarGate Olympus

Hyborian Age of Conan 

Forgotten Realms

Eberron

HeroQuest

Several unique worlds designed by our DMs and Apprentice DMs

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Hercules Invictus is proud to be a participating member of the After-School Adventures With Dungeons & Dragons program, a Wizards of the Coast initiative that facilitates using Dungeons & Dragons in local libraries to promote literacy, stimulate creativity and foster teamwork.

Parental participation is always welcome.

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