Below you find preprint versions of the articles and contributions of JARPS 6, Tools of the Trade: Props, Techniques, and Inspirations for Analog Role-Playing. The issue will be published in November. We release the preprints so that participants in our annual symposium (2025/11/22) can read them before the event. We hope this will encourage deep discussions and exchanges.

Please note that the page numbers of the preprints are subject to change. Furthermore, no DOIs have been assigned yet. If you want to quote from the articles, please refer to their published versions from November.

• ANTs on the TRPG Table: Collaborating with Actor-Network Theory to Understand Role-Playing — R. Bienia [html] [pdf]
• What Makes a Rulebook Accessible and Entertaining? Recommendations of Best Practices — C. Casimiro, M. Heron, S. Sousa [html] [pdf]
• The “Stories” of Real Escape Games Created by High School and Technical College Students: An Analysis of Proposals Submitted to the National High School Real Escape Game — K. Ishida [html] [pdf] (JP only)
• Campaign Board Games as a Steppingstone towards TRPGs: An Examination of a New Phenomenon in Tabletop Gaming — J. Reed [html] [pdf]
• Short-Term Interest, Long-Term Stagnation? An Exploratory Study of Learning Retention in Board Games as Educational Materials — T. Terashima, R. Fukamatsu [html] [pdf] (JP only)
• Field Report on the Practical Application of NotebookLM as a Support Tool for LARP Event Participants — T. Moroishi, CLOSS [html] [pdf] (JP only)