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The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games

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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
  • The evolution of online gaming in terms of technological capabilities, media richness, narrative structure, coding authority, and participant roles.
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Jean M August 31, 2018 1:13 pm UTC
"... from its origins in tabletop war and collectible card games..."

I had my finger on the "Add to cart" button until I saw that. In 1993, when MtG was released, RPGs had already been on the market for 20 years. (D&D was released in 1974, and it had predecessors in Europe) CCGs had their origins in RPGs, not the other way around; I was there!
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VALENTINOS K July 24, 2017 1:19 pm UTC
Any chance we might get this in pod?
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Mal and Tal E September 08, 2021 2:18 am UTC
You can purchase it in print here: https://amzn.to/3jT6vVw
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VALENTINOS K September 08, 2021 4:04 pm UTC
Thank you!
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9780786460090
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