CAR-PGa is the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games, an international research and information network involved in all aspects of role-playing games. We started as a game defense operation and occasionally must return to this duty as the attacks have not stopped, but we have been able to go on to more enjoyable activities as well.
Membership is dues-free, but work is expected from our members. This can include a number of things: writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper or writing a peer-reviewed paper for a scholarly publication; keeping a watch on the mass media for any story that may affect gamers; collecting material from anti-gamer organizations; an appearance on local TV or radio; finding us a grant; recruiting more active members; etc. Beyond that, we only ask that members keep us informed of these things, sending us copies of material produced or found so we can make it available to the rest of the group, and keep us informed of any changes in the membership-form data.
A sample of current projects that CAR-PGa is working on may be found on the Projects page.
We would be interested in having you join us; for information, see the Join page.