The Elusive Shift
How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity
$96.70
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2022
Summary
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 to be found; D&D was marketed as a war game. In The Elusive Shift, Jon Peterson describes how players and scholars in the D&D community began to apply the term…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544900 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262544903 |
| Author: | Jon Peterson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 397g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Game Histories |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
Jon Peterson
Jon Peterson is a leading scholar of Dungeons & Dragons and role-playing games, and the author of Playing at the World and Dungeons & Dragons & Arcana- A Visual History.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.