{"product_id":"the-elusive-shift-jon-peterson-9780262544900","title":"The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the early Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games, theorizing a new game genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dungeon \u0026amp; Dragons made its debut in the mid-1970s, followed shortly thereafter by other, similar tabletop games, it sparked a renaissance in game design and critical thinking about games. D\u0026amp;D is now popularly considered to be the first role-playing game. But in the original rules, the term \"role-playing\" is nowhere to be found; D\u0026amp;D was marketed as a war game. In The Elusive Shift, Jon Peterson describes how players and scholars in the D\u0026amp;D community began to apply the term to D\u0026amp;D and similar games--and by doing so, established a new genre of games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262544903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262544900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Jon Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945830908159,"sku":"9780262544900","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3961e8e5-af32-4d5b-a541-23a539362047.jpg?v=1681510004","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-elusive-shift-jon-peterson-9780262544900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}