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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8656406" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I will continue to post the following:Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, 2001–2012. William J. White. Available at amazon and others (expensive). Best academic work on the Forge, for those interested.At some point, I am hopeful that one of the people here that is so fond of discussing GNS theory will get the book and publish a review of it. I mean, I know it's &quot;academic&quot; and therefore (like the other links I post) not to be used, but c'mon.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tabletop-Design-Theory-Practice-2001-2012/dp/3030528189" target="_blank">Here is the Amazon link.</a>I know it's expensive since it is a textbook, but (1) the kindle version is cheaper, and (2) you can get a paperback. Here's the description-This book provides an introduction to the Forge, an online discussion site for tabletop role-playing game (TRPG) design, play, and publication that was active during the first years of the twenty-first century and which served as an important locus for experimentation in game design and production during that time. Aimed at game studies scholars, for whom the ideas formulated at or popularized by the Forge are of key interest, the book also attempts to provide an accessible account of the growth and development of the Forge as a site of participatory culture. It situates the Forge within the broader context of TRPG discourse, and connects “Forge theory” to the academic investigation of role-playing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8656406, member: 7023840"] I will continue to post the following: [I]Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, 2001–2012. [/I]William J. White. Available at amazon and others (expensive). Best academic work on the Forge, for those interested. At some point, I am hopeful that one of the people here that is so fond of discussing GNS theory will get the book and publish a review of it. I mean, I know it's "academic" and therefore (like the other links I post) not to be used, but c'mon. [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Tabletop-Design-Theory-Practice-2001-2012/dp/3030528189']Here is the Amazon link.[/URL] I know it's expensive since it is a textbook, but (1) the kindle version is cheaper, and (2) you can get a paperback. Here's the description- [I]This book provides an introduction to the Forge, an online discussion site for tabletop role-playing game (TRPG) design, play, and publication that was active during the first years of the twenty-first century and which served as an important locus for experimentation in game design and production during that time. Aimed at game studies scholars, for whom the ideas formulated at or popularized by the Forge are of key interest, the book also attempts to provide an accessible account of the growth and development of the Forge as a site of participatory culture. It situates the Forge within the broader context of TRPG discourse, and connects “Forge theory” to the academic investigation of role-playing.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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