Adam Johns and I have been avidly attending PAX Prime since we first heard it existed, and this year we were struggling to secure passes to attend because of the rising popularity of the convention. I had just about given up hope on being able to attend at all, or maybe finding someone who would let me buy their Monday pass.

See, PAX Prime is not only a place where we can find out about the latest releases of video, board, and card games, see and meet celebrity guests from the geek community, and play games with new friends. It’s also a place where we can share with the gaming community about the kind of work that we do. One of the challenges of being an organization on the frontier of therapeutic gaming/gaming therapy is the difficulty of sharing the concept with the larger community in a clear and concise way to people who have no reference point. PAX is the opposite. PAX is a place where we can say, “We offer theraputic groups to help teens build social skills using role playing games.”

And the person listening says, “AWESOME! How can I help!?”

We had the pleasure of having a phone interview last week with Stephen Nettnin over at d-infinity, where we talked about how we started Wheelhouse Workshop, how we run our groups, and our goals for the future (we have some exciting things in the pipes!).  Stephen was a great interviewer, and if you are a tabletop enthusiast and haven’t checked out d-infinity yet, they have a lot of great resources.

Wheelhouse Workshop founder Adam Davis recently published a chapter in the book The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead!

The chapter Adam wrote is called”‘Everybody Knows Their Jobs’: Roles, Systems, and the Survivor Group In Your Head,” and explores the idea that what makes a successful group of survivors in a zombie apocalypse has the same qualities of a healthy psyche in everyday life.  You know…when we’re not being attacked by the living dead.

Here is the summary from the Amazon page:

He is joined by some other great contributors in the book, which you can read all about on the Amazon link. Most notably, the book features an intro by John Russo, part of the original team behind Night of the Living Dead!  What an honor!

Please let us know if you pick it up what you think of the chapter, and if you didn’t like it, blame the editor!