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The elusive shift : how role-playing games forged their identity / Jon Peterson.

Peterson, Jon, (author.).

Summary:

"Peterson animates the history of role-playing games found in zines, from the collision of the niche audiences of war gaming and fantasy in the 60s to the extreme commercial growth of D&D in the 80s"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780262044646
  • ISBN: 9780262544900
  • Physical Description: xix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject:
Fantasy games > History.
Dungeons and Dragons (Game) > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design GV1469.6 .P48 2020 (Text) 30245128 Book Volume hold Available -

Series Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
A Note on Sources xi
Introduction xv
1 The Two Cultures
1(36)
The Legacy of Wargaming
4(9)
Gaming as Characters
13(7)
Collective Authorship
20(8)
Early Perceptions of Difference
28(9)
2 How To Play
37(28)
Wishful Thinking
42(6)
Deciding for You
48(4)
Resolution
52(13)
3 Designing For Role Play
65(44)
Self-Determination
71(13)
Ethical Calculus
84(10)
Personal Goals
94(15)
4 The Role Of The Referee
109(38)
Steering a Story
115(13)
Destiny's Mark
128(9)
Unsupervised Adventure
137(10)
INTERMEZZO: TRANSCENDING DESIGN
147(116)
5 Toward A Philosophy
159(60)
Wargamers Counterattack
166(10)
Definitions and Controversies
176(10)
Simbalist's Paradoxes
186(13)
The Generation Gap
199(7)
Just a Game?
206(13)
6 Maturity
219(44)
The Blacow Model
226(7)
Applying the Model
233(7)
Starting from Scratch
240(6)
Invisible Systems
246(7)
The Elusive Shift
253(10)
Epilogue 263(8)
Notes 271(16)
Bibliography 287(14)
Index 301