The League of Worlds was formally established in 2004.

At the end of the first conference in Helsinki, Finland, it was agreed that LoW’s mission should be to stimulate and disseminate research, analysis, theory, technical and curricular developments in the creative, educational, training-based and social use of role-playing, simulations and virtual worlds; and to contribute towards the development of coherent frameworks for their advancement, application and assessment.

LoW’s primary areas of interest include:

• theoretical analysis
• the development of practical applications
• the documentatlon of framework projects and case studies

LoW organises an annual conference and other activities - real and virtual.