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The Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Game Studies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zagal, José P.
- Series:
- Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Handbooks Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy games--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Fantasy games.
- Video games.
- Virtual reality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (788 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
- Summary:
- This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume.
- Contents:
- Section I: Definitions
- Definitions of "role-playing games" / José P. Zagal and Sebastian Deterding
- Section II: Forms
- Precursors / Jon Peterson
- Tabletop role-playing games / William J. White, Jonne Arjoranta, Michael Hitchens, Jon Peterson, Evan Torner, and Jonathan Walton
- Live-action role-playing games / J. Tuomas Harviainen, Rafael Bienia, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Simon Brind, Michael Hitchens, Yaraslau I. Kot, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, David W. Simkins, Jaakko Stenros, Ian Sturrock, and Xiong Shuo
- Single-player computer role-playing games / Douglas Schules, Jon Peterson, and Martin Picard
- Multi-player online role-playing games / Mark Chen, Jon Peterson, and David W. Simkins
- Text-based role-playing games / Jessica Hammer and Paul Czege
- Section III: Disciplinary Perspecives
- RPG theorizing by designers and players / Evan Torner
- Game design and role-playing games / Staffan Björk and José P. Zagal
- Theatre and performance studies and role-playing games / Sarah Hoover, David W. Simkins, Sebastian Deterding, David Meldman and Amanda Brown
- Sociology and role-playing games / J. Patrick Williams, David Kirschner, Nicholas Mizer, and Sebastian Deterding
- Psychology and role-playing games / Sarah Lynne Bowman and Andreas Lieberoth
- Literary studies and role-playing games / David Jara and Evan Torner
- Learning and role-playing games / Jessica Hammer, Alexandra To, Karen Schrier, Sarah Lynne Bowman, and Geoff Kaufman
- Economics and role-playing games / Isaac Knowles and Edward Castronova
- Section IV: Interdisciplinary Issues
- The impact of role-playing games on culture / Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Jaakko Stenros, Staffan Björk, and William J. White
- Documented and actual play in role-playing games / Shelly Jones
- World building in role-playing games / Karen Schrier, Evan Torner, and Jessica Hammer
- Role-playing games as subculture and fandom
- Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Aaron Trammell
- Immersion and shared imagination in role-playing games / Sarah Lynne Bowman
- Players and their characters in role-playing games / Sarah Lynne Bowman and Karen Schrier
- Transgressive role-play / Jaakko Stenros and Sarah Lynne Bowman
- Sexuality and the erotic in role-play / Ashley ML Guajardo and Jaakko Stenros
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion in role-playing games / Adrianna Burton, Aaron Trammell, Katherine Castiello-Jones
- Power and control in role-playing games / Jessica Hammer, Whitney Beltrán, Jonathan Walton, and Moyra Turkington.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781040029749
- 1040029744
- 9781003298045
- 1003298044
- 9781040029763
- 1040029760
- OCLC:
- 1432599257
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