Kwalish Kid
Explorer
Hi everyone,
(This is essentially a cut and paste of a post I put up at Gleemax. Though these boards are fonder to me, I extended to WotC the dubious honor of posting there first.)
I'm trying to put together an undergraduate-level media studies course on role-playing games. I've put together a small list of references covering role-playing games, but the list is thinner than I'd like.
I'm looking for information and suggestions on sources for the study and history of role-playing games.
Any information or suggestions for articles, books, videos, or other media about role-playing games are welcome.
I'll start by saying that the two books that will probably be on the textbook list will be the 4E Players Handbook and Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress by Shelly Mazzanoble. There will also be a course package with whatever academic articles I think are appropriate (I haven't settled on specifics yet) along with select pages from my collection of RPGs, Dragon, White Dwarf (before it went all Warhammer), and other gaming magazines.
Oh, and ENWorld will definitely be part of the course content. Not a big part, but it will definitely be part of the history of D&D section.
(This is essentially a cut and paste of a post I put up at Gleemax. Though these boards are fonder to me, I extended to WotC the dubious honor of posting there first.)
I'm trying to put together an undergraduate-level media studies course on role-playing games. I've put together a small list of references covering role-playing games, but the list is thinner than I'd like.
I'm looking for information and suggestions on sources for the study and history of role-playing games.
Any information or suggestions for articles, books, videos, or other media about role-playing games are welcome.
I'll start by saying that the two books that will probably be on the textbook list will be the 4E Players Handbook and Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress by Shelly Mazzanoble. There will also be a course package with whatever academic articles I think are appropriate (I haven't settled on specifics yet) along with select pages from my collection of RPGs, Dragon, White Dwarf (before it went all Warhammer), and other gaming magazines.
Oh, and ENWorld will definitely be part of the course content. Not a big part, but it will definitely be part of the history of D&D section.