Role Playing Games
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Role Playing Game Studies
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Author : Sebastian Deterding
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-17
Role Playing Game Studies written by Sebastian Deterding and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with Games & Activities categories.
This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to the rise of live action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like Fallout and World of Warcraft. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like transmedia worldbuilding, immersion, transgressive play, or player–character relations. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help fans, students, and scholars new to RPG studies find their way into this new interdisciplinary field.
A Guide To Japanese Role Playing Games
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Author : Bitmap Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-25
A Guide To Japanese Role Playing Games written by Bitmap Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with categories.
Fantasy Role Playing Games
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Author : John Eric Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Fantasy Role Playing Games written by John Eric Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Fantasy games categories.
A consumer's guide to the popular fantasy games such as Dungeons and Dragons.
Music In The Role Playing Game
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Author : William Gibbons
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-09
Music In The Role Playing Game written by William Gibbons and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-09 with Music categories.
Music in the Role-Playing Game: Heroes & Harmonies offers the first scholarly approach focusing on music in the broad class of video games known as role-playing games, or RPGs. Known for their narrative sophistication and long playtimes, RPGs have long been celebrated by players for the quality of their cinematic musical scores, which have taken on a life of their own, drawing large audiences to live orchestral performances. The chapters in this volume address the role of music in popular RPGs such as Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft, delving into how music interacts with the gaming environment to shape players’ perceptions and engagement. The contributors apply a range of methodologies to the study of music in this genre, exploring topics such as genre conventions around music, differences between music in Japanese and Western role-playing games, cultural representation, nostalgia, and how music can shape deeply personal game experiences. Music in the Role-Playing Game expands the growing field of studies of music in video games, detailing the considerable role that music plays in this modern storytelling medium, and breaking new ground in considering the role of genre. Combining deep analysis with accessible personal accounts of authors’ experiences as players, it will be of interest to students and scholars of music, gaming, and media studies.
The Creation Of Narrative In Tabletop Role Playing Games
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Author : Jennifer Grouling Cover
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
The Creation Of Narrative In Tabletop Role Playing Games written by Jennifer Grouling Cover and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Games & Activities categories.
Despite the rise of computer gaming, millions of adults still play face to face role playing games, which rely in part on social interaction to create stories. This work explores tabletop role playing game (TRPG) as a genre separate from computer role playing games. The relationship of TRPGs to other games is examined, as well as the interaction among the tabletop module, computer game, and novel versions of Dungeons & Dragons. Given particular attention are the narrative and linguistic structures of the gaming session, and the ways that players and gamemasters work together to construct narratives. The text also explores wider cultural influences that surround tabletop gamers.
The Functions Of Role Playing Games
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Author : Sarah Lynne Bowman
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2010-04-13
The Functions Of Role Playing Games written by Sarah Lynne Bowman and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-13 with Games & Activities categories.
This study takes an analytical approach to the world of role-playing games, providing a theoretical framework for understanding their psychological and sociological functions. Sometimes dismissed as escapist and potentially dangerous, role-playing actually encourages creativity, self-awareness, group cohesion and "out-of-the-box" thinking. The book also offers a detailed participant-observer ethnography on role-playing games, featuring insightful interviews with 19 participants of table-top, live action and virtual games.
The Fantasy Role Playing Game
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Author : Daniel Mackay
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-08-11
The Fantasy Role Playing Game written by Daniel Mackay and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-11 with Games & Activities categories.
Many of today's hottest selling games--both non-electronic and electronic--focus on such elements as shooting up as many bad guys as one can (Duke Nuk'em), beating the toughest level (Mortal Kombat), collecting all the cards (Pokemon), and scoring the most points (Tetris). Fantasy role-playing games (Dungeons & Dragons, Rolemaster, GURPS), while they may involve some of those aforementioned elements, rarely focus on them. Instead, playing a fantasy role-playing game is much like acting out a scene from a play, movie or book, only without a predefined script. Players take on such roles as wise wizards, noble knights, roguish sellswords, crafty hobbits, greedy dwarves, and anything else one can imagine and the referee allows. The players don't exactly compete; instead, they interact with each other and with the fantasy setting. The game is played orally with no game board, and although the referee usually has a storyline planned for a game, much of the action is impromptu. Performance is a major part of role-playing, and role-playing games as a performing art is the subject of this book, which attempts to introduce an appreciation for the performance aesthetics of such games. The author provides the framework for a critical model useful in understanding the art--especially in terms of aesthetics--of role-playing games. The book also serves as a contribution to the beginnings of a body of criticism, theory, and aesthetics analysis of a mostly unrecognized and newly developing art form. There are four parts: the cultural structure, the extent to which the game relates to outside cultural elements; the formal structure, or the rules of the game; the social structure, which encompasses the degree and quality of social interaction among players; and the aesthetic structure, concerned with the emergence of role-playing as an art form.
The Evolution Of Fantasy Role Playing Games
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Author : Michael J. Tresca
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
The Evolution Of Fantasy Role Playing Games written by Michael J. Tresca and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Games & Activities categories.
Tracing the evolution of fantasy gaming from its origins in tabletop war and collectible card games to contemporary web-based live action and massive multi-player games, this book examines the archetypes and concepts within the fantasy gaming genre alongside the roles and functions of the game players themselves. Other topics include: how The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings helped shape fantasy gaming through Tolkien's obsessive attention to detail and virtual world building; the community-based fellowship embraced by players of both play-by-post and persistent browser-based games, despite the fact that these games are fundamentally solo experiences; the origins of gamebooks and interactive fiction; and the evolution of online gaming in terms of technological capabilities, media richness, narrative structure, coding authority, and participant roles.
Cards Quests
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Author : Allison Markello
language : en
Publisher: Skirmisher Publishing
Release Date : 2015-04-25
Cards Quests written by Allison Markello and has been published by Skirmisher Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-25 with categories.
Welcome to Cards & Quests! This game is intended for players who enjoy playing fantasy RPGs without being bogged down in character creation. The creators' intention was to find an easier and less time consuming way to play RPGs while keeping all the qualities that make the games so entertaining and memorable. There are new concepts in Cards & Quests that are unique to this system. Conflict resolution either in battle, magic, or skills is determined using a standard deck of 52 cards. Also, the magic and skill system is based on 8 elements. These elements replace the idea of a profession or class. This new 52 card system is intuitive, fun, and simple to use. Battles are quicker, the skills and magic resolution follow the same basic rules, and using the cards presents both an enjoyable amount of chance and strategy. Instead of a purely random approach as in typical dice based RPG games, Cards & Quests adds an element of strategy by allowing the player some control over his/her ability to succeed. The battle system and 8 elements, together, let characters have access to the most amount of skills and spells while keeping the game balanced. You will find that low level and high level characters are exciting to play in this new RPG! For Game Masters, the easy and intuitive rules make for simple adventure creation. You can challenge your story telling abilities as a Game Master while making a balanced game that all the players will enjoy!
Playground Worlds
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Author : Jaakko Stenros
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Playground Worlds written by Jaakko Stenros and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fantasy games categories.