Due to some very positive but time consuming events, the final format of issue 5 will be further delayed. As that is however no reason to prevent our authors’ work from being read, we here publish the four peer-reviewed articles and one reviewed book review that form most of the issue. They have not been layouted yet, and will be replaced later by properly formatted ones, but their content will no longer change. The editorial will be published later on, in the full issue.

Sarah Lynne Bowman and Anne Standiford: Educational Larp in the Middle School Classroom:
A Mixed Method Case Study

Mary Lynn Crow and Larry P. Nelson: The Effects of Using Academic Role-Playing in a Teacher Education
Service-Learning Course

Marjukka Lampo: Ecological Approach to the Performance of Larping

Michael Sangyeob Lee and Carrie Heeter: Cognitive Intervention and Reconciliation: NPC Believability in Single-Player RPGs

Mika Loponen and Jukka Särkijärvi: Review: Playing at the World