Role-Playing Game Studies: A Transmedial Approach

2017 | Art, Photography & Fashion

This collection offers readers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, international, and transmedia examination of roleplaying games. Tracing the history of the genre from its origins in tabletop and pen-and-paper RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons all the way up to contemporary franchises like World of Warcraft, chapters analyse the cultural impact of roleplaying games and their intersection with issues such as identity, race, sexuality, fandom, worldbuilding, economics, and education. Contributors draw from a range of perspectives including performance studies, sociology, literary studies, and game design. Each chapter includes key terms, sidebars with additional content, and recommended readings to help both students and postgraduates new to roleplaying games get the full scope of this interdisciplinary field.

Sebastian Deterding (Author)

Jose Zagal (Author)