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Playing at the World, 2E
The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262548779
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262547604
Publisher: MITP
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
On the fiftieth anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, a collection of essays that explores and celebrates the game's legacy and its tremendous impact on gaming and popular culture.
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048224
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games.
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048231
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games.
The Elusive Shift
How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity
ISBN: 9780262544900
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 29, 2022
How the early Dungeons & Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games, theorizing a new game genre.
Game Wizards
The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262542951
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 12, 2021
The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running legal battle waged by its cocreators.
Appendix N
The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons
ISBN: 9781907222740
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: February 23, 2021
An anthology investigating the influences behind Dungeons & Dragons, the most popular modern role-playing game.
The Warcraft Civilization
Social Science in a Virtual World
ISBN: 9780262518062
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 21, 2012
An exploration of the popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft as a virtual prototype of the real human future.
Digital Culture, Play, and Identity
Digital Culture, Play, and Identity
A World of Warcraft® Reader
ISBN: 9780262516693
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2011
Exploring World of Warcraft as both cultural phenomenon and game, with contributions by writers and researchers who have immersed themselves in the WoW gameworld.
Second Person
Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media
ISBN: 9780262514187
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 22, 2010
Game designers, authors, artists, and scholars discuss how roles are played and how stories are created in role-playing games, board games, computer games, interactive fictions, massively multiplayer games, improvisational theater, and other "playable media."
Playing at the World, 2E
The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262548779
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262547604
Publisher: MITP
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048224
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground
A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership
ISBN: 9780262048231
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 10, 2023
The Elusive Shift
How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity
ISBN: 9780262544900
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 29, 2022
Game Wizards
The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262542951
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 12, 2021
Appendix N
The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons
ISBN: 9781907222740
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: February 23, 2021
The Warcraft Civilization
Social Science in a Virtual World
ISBN: 9780262518062
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 21, 2012
Digital Culture, Play, and Identity
Digital Culture, Play, and Identity
A World of Warcraft® Reader
ISBN: 9780262516693
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2011
Second Person
Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media
ISBN: 9780262514187
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 22, 2010