The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity

(Part of the Game Histories Series)

by Jon Peterson

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How the early Dungeons & Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games, theorizing a new game genre.

When Dungeon & Dragons made its debut in the mid-1970s, followed shortly thereafter by other, similar tabletop games, it sparked a renaissance in game design and critical thinking about games. D&D is now popularly considered to be the first role-playing game. But in the original rules, the term "role-playing" is nowhere...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262544903

ISBN13:9780262544900

Release Date:March 2022

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:0.04 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Games Social Science Social Sciences

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