Publisher: McFarland
MSRP: $35.00 USD
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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
