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Board Game Facilitation Resources
Everything Board Game Therapy™ offers in one place: free tools to start with, the TABLE Method™, the Game Library, articles, and paid guides for when you want a full session plan.
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The Free TABLE Method™ Quick-Start Guide
A practical quick-start to the five TABLE steps (Target, Assess, Build, Lead, Extract and Extend), so you can run your next game night with a purpose. Confirm your email and the guide opens right away.
Start Here
New to Board Game Therapy™? These pages explain what it is, what it is not, and who it is for.
Free
Host, Coach, Therapist scopes
One method with three scopes, and where each role should stop.
Free
Start page
A short walkthrough of the method and the free Quick-Start Guide.
Learn the TABLE Method™
The method and the supporting frameworks behind every guide.
Free
TABLE Method™
Target, Assess, Build, Lead, Extract and Extend, with a worked Hanabi example.
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Game-to-Goal
How to match what a game asks people to do with the goal you actually have.
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Embedded Facilitation
How to play inside the game while keeping an eye on the people at the table.
Free
Social Engagement Progression
Five stages of relational demand, and how to pick the right one for a group.
Find a Game
Free guide pages for every game in the library, plus quizzes and a house-rule tool.
Free
Game Library
Filter games by goal (communication, cooperation, belonging and more) or by game type. Every game has a free preview.
Free
Quizzes
Three free play-style quizzes. Results never need an email.
Free
House Rule Picker
Four taps to get one house rule or official variant for your next game night.
Read the Articles
Practice notes on choosing games, facilitating, and debriefing within your scope.
Free
Choosing a Game for the Goal You Actually Have
Matching a mechanic to a purpose, without picking a popular game first.
Free
Debrief Without Turning Game Night Into Therapy
Board-first reflection prompts for hosts and leaders.
Free
All articles
Every published article, newest first.
Guides and Session Collections
For when you want a full, ready-to-run session plan. Instant PDFs through Gumroad.
$49
All-Guides Pass
Every $7 single-game guide, current and future, in one purchase.
$7 each
Single-game guides
A TABLE plan, opening script, planned pauses, debrief, rule variations, desk card and reflection sheet.
$19.99
The Deck: Session Collection
Ten TABLE Method™ sessions that need only one standard deck of cards.
In Development
These are not available yet. No dates are promised.
Waitlist
The Board Game Therapy™ book
Unpublished manuscript. Join the waitlist for updates.
Interest only
Pilot
Interest list only. Not a scheduled cohort.
Questions
Contact
Ask a question about the method or the guides at hello@playbgt.com.