Research Catalog

Title

Tabletop role-playing games and the experience of imagined worlds / Nicholas J. Mizer.

Author

Mizer, Nicholas J.

Publication

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

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Details

Description

xiii, 174 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

In 1974, the release of Dungeons & Dragons forever changed the way that we experience imagined worlds. No longer limited to simply reading books or watching movies, gamers came together to collaboratively and interactively build and explore new realms. Based on four years of interviews and game recordings from locations spanning the United States, this book offers a journey that explores how role-playing games use a combination of free-form imagination and tightly constrained rules to experience those realms. By developing our understanding of the fantastic worlds of role-playing games, this book also offers insight into how humans come together and collaboratively imagine the world around us.

Series Statement

Palgrave games in context

Uniform Title

Palgrave games in context.

Subject

• Fantasy games
• Board games
• Role playing > Social aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Entering imagined worlds through enchanted rationalization -- A life well played -- Color, song, and choice diction -- Responsibility and accurately -- Journey's end.

Call Number

JFD 20-3111

ISBN

• 303029126X
• 9783030291266

OCLC

1110436398

Author

Mizer, Nicholas J., author.

Title

Tabletop role-playing games and the experience of imagined worlds / Nicholas J. Mizer.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave games in context

Palgrave games in context.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 20-3111