{"product_id":"role-playing-game-studies-sebastian-deterding-9780815369202","title":"Role-Playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like \u003cem\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/em\u003e to the rise of live action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like \u003cem\u003eFallout\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWorld of Warcraft\u003c\/em\u003e. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like transmedia worldbuilding, immersion, transgressive play, or player-character relations. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help fans, students, and scholars new to RPG studies find their way into this new interdisciplinary field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Deterding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815369204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815369202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Sebastian Deterding","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926459875583,"sku":"9780815369202","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a3150e97-015b-47c8-ae23-bd439958bd96.jpg?v=1681083190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/role-playing-game-studies-sebastian-deterding-9780815369202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}