Role-playing games seemed to appear of nowhere in the early 1970s and have been a quiet but steady presence in American culture ever since. This new look at the hobby searches for the historical origins of role-playing games deep in the imaginative worlds of Western culture.
Role-playing games seemed to appear of nowhere in the early 1970s and have been a quiet but steady presence in American culture ever since. This new look at the hobby searches for the historical origins of role-playing games deep in the imaginative worlds of Western culture.
Gerald Nachtwey is an associate professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One. "A total fantasy world" Two. "Rapt clean out of ourselves": Fantasy Literature and Immersion Three. "The belief in luck": Leisure Culture, Middle Class Adventurers and Midwestern Dungeons Four. "Why are you opening the gates of hell?": Ritual, Religion and Role-Playing Games Five. "Feigned histories": Gender, Race and Identity in Fantasy Role-Playing Games Conclusion: "The pleasures of real life" Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One. "A total fantasy world" Two. "Rapt clean out of ourselves": Fantasy Literature and Immersion Three. "The belief in luck": Leisure Culture, Middle Class Adventurers and Midwestern Dungeons Four. "Why are you opening the gates of hell?": Ritual, Religion and Role-Playing Games Five. "Feigned histories": Gender, Race and Identity in Fantasy Role-Playing Games Conclusion: "The pleasures of real life" Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
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