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The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games Paperback - 2010

by Michael J. Tresca


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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; and the evolution of online gaming in terms of technological capabilities, media richness, narrative structure, coding authority, and participant roles.

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  • Title The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games
  • Author Michael J. Tresca
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 238
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date 2010-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786458950 / 078645895X
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Role playing, Fantasy games
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010039606
  • Dewey Decimal Code 793.93

About the author

Game designer, author, and artist Michael J. Tresca has authored numerous supplements and adventures for publishers of fantasy role-playing games. An administrator at RetroMUD, he lives in Connecticut.
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