Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 2013.
Author : David M. Ewalt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 28,51 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 145164051X
Originally published in hardcover in 2013.
Author : David M. Ewalt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1451640501
A definitive look at Dungeons & Dragons traces its origins on the battlefields of ancient Europe through the hysteria that linked it to satanic rituals and teen suicides and to its apotheosis as father of the modern video game industry.
Author : Oliver Brackenbury
Publisher :
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2018-11-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781731411501
Introspective, irreverent, and sorely lacking in self-awareness, Kendra is in many ways your typical teen geek girl. She leads a cozy life reading about fantastic worlds and having tabletop adventures with her gaming pals, but something new threatens all this - Kendra's growing obsession with losing her virginity by her sixteenth birthday. "It's so unfair." Greg said, "Like, all a girl has to do to get laid is stand on the porch and ring a dinner bell." But it's not that simple. OF DICE AND MEN is the brash, honest story of a girl so caught up in her quest to become what she wants to be, she nearly misses herself becoming who she's meant to be.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 1905
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Christopher Shane Brace
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fantasy games
ISBN : 9781267537386
Tabletop roleplaying is a dynamic and flourishing hobby that has become increasingly accessible to a wide variety of participants. The games themselves, as well as the gaming subculture, offer players a number of personal and social benefits that continue to enrich their lives long after they leave the table. Using Goffman's theories of Dramaturgy and Frame Analysis, this paper seeks to examine the positive impact of gaming in three key areas. The first is an analysis of the subculture which includes the evolution of the games, the growth and diversification of the roleplaying community, and the current shift in stereotypes about gaming. The second section discusses the ways in which microcultural worlds are created, with an emphasis on the systematic alignment of group frames, different types of emotional and social crossover that occurs, and the conveyance of status. The final segment describes the processes that create engrossment and identification in the games. It focuses on the balance of the three frameworks used in fantasy creation, types of physical aids used to bridge fantasy and reality, relationships that exist between players and their characters, and the negotiation of role conflict that arises from maintaining multiple roles simultaneously. The benefits players gain from roleplaying are diverse. It provides socialization and recreational enjoyment, improves role negotiation and impression management, allows players to experience elements that are beyond their reality, creates a safe environment to test new elements of identity, promotes creative problem solving, and builds critical thinking.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 34,38 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Law
ISBN :
Includes: Queensland justice of the peace and local authorities' journal. Reports, v. 1-
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 10,85 MB
Release : 1900
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 1873
Category :
ISBN :
Author : George Ripley
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 34,27 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Author : George Ripley
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :