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Mark Ezra
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Infusing social-emotional learning into tabletop roleplaying games — one story at a time.

Mark Ezra Stokes

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July 12, 2026

The NEW Ealdsmyth: An optimized system with psychological growth in mind

I can’t begin to explain how groundbreaking this summer has been for us creators of the Ealdsmyth TTRPG system. Roger Speer, Greg Peterson, and I spent a few days together on a creative retreat, and what we emerged with is an intentional, even more immersive and meaningful system that we call “Ealdsmyth 2026.”

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July 5, 2026

How EALDSMYTH Prepares Teens for Real-Life Heroism

I regularly work with teenagers as a high-school theatre teacher. Though I wish I could just lecture them into learning life skills, it’s unfortunately not that easy. Teens, like all humans really, need a story worth stepping into to effectively learn how to live.

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June 8, 2026

Safety Tools Are SEL Goldmines

There’s something really vulnerable about sitting at a shared table and communicating what you think should happen in a story you’re telling together. There’s potential for judgment, for resentment, and for genuine discomfort when someone takes the story too far.

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