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Board games as media / Paul Booth.

Booth, Paul, 1981- (author.).

Summary:

"Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media"--Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501357169
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Physical Description: xii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : board games as media -- 1. Meeples, miniatures, and cubes : ludo-textual analyses of board games -- 2. A depressing choose-your-own adventure : the interactive potentiality of board games -- 3. Colonizing Mars : ludic discourse analysis -- 4. The designer as créateur : the board game industry and constructed authorship -- 5. The player as fan : ludic fandom in board game cultures -- 6. Surveying board game players : who plays what ... -- 7. ... and why : examining motivations and popularity of board games -- 8. Cultural studies of games : diversity and inclusion in the board game industry and hobby -- 9. The epic adventure of Grundy and Trixie : an autoethnographic journey through Gloomhaven -- Conclusion : the board gaming environment.