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      <image:caption>Tabletop role-playing games (or RPG’s) provide a rich environment for group storytelling. Players adopt a role of an imaginary character living in a created setting, often fantastic or perhaps just outside their everyday world. Together with their team of fellow players and guided by a referee (or games master), they explore strange environments, encounter a diverse range of characters and creatures, and face challenges of all kinds on order to achieve a pre-determined heroic goal. In addition to providing the participants hours of creativity and enjoyment, skills and techniques in role-playing have been developed over thousands of years. Theatre and performance disciplines across the world have explored the human condition through the use of role-play and performance, thrilling audiences and some of the most memorable stories in human history. Today, role-playing techniques and games are now well-documented as educational tools for learning, critical thinking, compassion, and team bonding. Organisations are finding the value of implementing role-playing scenarios to develop their individuals and teams, through therapy, training, and exemplify the value of collaboration to achieve their goals and vision.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Behind Role Play Experience: Games Master Ian Zammit</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ian is a professional Games Master for Role Playing Games, and has a passion for connecting people through stories and the use of play to better our society. He has played and refereed role-playing games for over thirty years, including major campaigns of Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Shadowrun, and Low Fantasy Gaming. Through Role Play Experience he has partnered with Penrith City Library and Headspace to facilitate introductory games of Dungeons and Dragons for young people, and has run introductory games for new players of all ages through Collector Con Penrith and Campbelltown. Ian has also facilitated workshops for corporate clients, including Storytelling modules at the heart of Bija Yoga teacher training and Leadership through Performance Skills for the teachers of Grace Village Early Learning Centre. Ian has current Working With Children certification and Public Liability Insurance coverage for role-playing game, performance and workshop activities. Ian’s background is in performing arts practice, management and education: awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Drama &amp; Theatre Studies from Middlesex University (U.K.), and certification in Training &amp; Assessment in Adult Education from CBD College in Sydney, Australia. Ian was co-founder and director of Emu Heights Theatre Company, providing live performances of plays on the HSC English curriculum and engaging 5,000+ students over 5 years from the Western Sydney region and beyond. He was proud to take on the role of Theatre Programs Coordinator for Q Theatre and the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in his home town of Penrith, delivering a range of educational theatre making workshops and activities to children aged 5-18, people living with disability, and seniors. He continues theatre work as the Front of House Manager of Rooty Hill’s Sydney Coliseum Theatre. Ian’s activities champion the creative and collaborative concepts and values that Role Play Experiences provides: that group storytelling can change people, businesses, and society, for the better.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An introduction for families or groups of teenagers to the creativity and fun of role-playing experiences! Perfect to share with a group of friends or for families to have a one-of-a-kind shared story-telling experience.  Book a single “one-shot” workshop to introduce the game as part of a birthday party surprise, or book a short series of sessions so they can immerse themselves in the role-playing experience over several weeks.  Available for groups of teenagers aged 13 and up, and group sizes of 3-6. Role Play Experience: Teens &amp; Families Package Groups booking a Teens &amp; Families Package receive: Either a 2-5 hour introductory role-playing game session of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, OR a mini-campaign series of adventure to introduce characters and build a story together over 5 sessions A Character Pack to keep, including a character sheet, pencil, eraser, and notebook. An introduction to character creation before diving into an adventure scenario Game rules will be introduced step by step through the play of the adventure Option: a set of dice for each participant, additional $15 per participant. 2-hr Packages for 3-6 participants start from  AU$100 per group for a one-shot session AU$300 per group for a series of 5 sessions Dice sets AU$15 per participant Enquiries: Contact Games Master Ian Zammit at ian@roleplayexperience.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Get your team together for a fun day or night of adventure! Book a team building experience with a difference, or a fun role-playing game party for friends. Introductory workshops to role-playing games are available and can be tailored for groups of 3-6. Role Play Experience: Adult Teams Package Groups booking the Adult Teams Package receive: Either a 2-5 hour introductory role-playing game session of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, OR a mini-campaign series of adventure to introduce characters and build a story together over 5 sessions A Character Pack to keep, including a character sheet, pencil, eraser, and notebook An introduction to character creation before diving into an adventure scenario Game rules will be introduced step by step through the play of the adventure Option: a set of dice for each participant, additional $15 per participant. 2-hr Packages for 3-6 participants start from  AU$200 per group for a one-shot session AU$600 per group for a series of 5 sessions Dice sets AU$15 per participant Enquiries: Contact Games Master Ian Zammit at ian@roleplayexperience.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Role Playing Games Tables @CollectorCon Collector Con continues Tabletop Role Playing Games this year in Penrith and Newcastle! The gaming tables will be back with our team of experienced Games Masters sharing their skills throughout each day, including legendary #dungeonsanddragons sessions along with other exciting systems like #callofcthulhu and #marvelsuperheroes I am delighted to be trying my hand at a whole new #TTRPG, and running a fim noir style mini-campaign over the five Penrith games with the new #daggerheart system, and set in the infamous city of Baldurs Gate! Games are open to everyone - those who wants to try their hand at Tabletop Role-Playing Games AND for seasoned players keen to connect, welcome new players to tables and make new friends while creating memorable stories together. Collector Con’s next event will be: Sunday 26 July 2026: Penrith We hope to see you there!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Role Play Experience - Adults &amp; Teens D&amp;D at Penrith City Library</image:title>
      <image:caption>What a year for #roleplayexperience at Penrith City Libraries! It’s been sincerely gratifying to bring #roleplayinggames and #dungeonsanddragons to our community from 2018-2026. Last year the Library team worked with #RPX to run a fun mini-campaign in support of #Pride month for adults over June-July, and this year we ran a sold out series of sessions for teens aged 12-16 in Term 1, teaching the rules and basics of the tabletop Role Playing Game experience to Adults long interested in the activity; including a special One-Shot in June to celebrate Pride month and bring the community together. I look forward to new gaming possibilities together for 2025 and beyond. that our partnership on FEB &amp; MAR one-shot Introduction games for adults are now sold out! To ask about future gaming possibilities, contact Penrith City Library’s team for information on 4732 7891 or libmarketing@penrith.city #tabletoprpg #ttrpg #roleplayinggames #penrithcitylibrary</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Role Play Experience - Partner Highlight: Bija Yoga</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bija Yoga brings connection and life to Western Sydney’s community through its ethos, its words, and its practice. I am delighted to work with founder Keith Kempis and the teachers of the studio to bring the power of story to its members through Role Play Experience’s activities. I have been deeply grateful over the years to hvae been invited to lead the Storytelling workshops in support of four groups of Bija Yoga teacher trainees. The workshop engages new yoga teachers with the basic elements of the story template, The Hero’s Journey, that can be applied to their understanding of the narrative within The Bhagavad Gita. The workshop also provided techniques to help teachers recognise that they - and their students - are the Heroes of their own journey, and to apply the lessons when nurturing students in their own classes.  It is a blessing to take part in the growth of Bija Yoga’s teachers, in addition to the many activities the studio offers its members and the wider community. Learn more about Bija Yoga’s activities here.</image:caption>
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