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

"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Jon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusets : The MIT Press, 2022.
Edition:First MIT Press paperback edition.
Series:Game histories.
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