Role-Playing Game Studies: A Transmedia Approach Deterding Sebastian Paperback
Role-Playing Game Studies: A Transmedia Approach Deterding Sebastian Paperback This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines,…
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Role-Playing Game Studies: A Transmedia Approach Deterding Sebastian Paperback
This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to the rise of live action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like Fallout and World of Warcraft.
Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like transmedia worldbuilding, immersion, transgressive play, or player-character relations. Each
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