Japan, Germany, and the Rest of Us – Björn-Ole Kamm’s Role-Playing Games of Japan: Transcultural Dynamics and Orderings
Japan, Germany, and the Rest of Us – Björn-Ole Kamm’s Role-Playing Games of Japan: Transcultural Dynamics and Orderings Jukka Särkijärvi Björn-Ole Kamm, associate professor in Transcultural Studies at Kyoto University, wrote Role-Playing Games of Japan: Transcultural Dynamics and Orderings originally as a PhD thesis that he defended in 2015, which was then adapted into a…
What Was the Forge? – Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, 2001-2012: Designs and Discussions
What Was the Forge? – Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, 2001-2012: Designs and Discussions Jukka Särkijärvi Some years ago, tells William J. White, he was sitting at a Persian restaurant during a gaming convention in Morristown, New Jersey. He was accompanied by a friend, indie role-playing game designer Michael Miller…
Selonteko Trails-pelisarjan maailmasta, osa 1: Intro ja maailman määritelmä
Selonteko Trails-pelisarjan maailmasta, osa 1: Intro ja maailman määritelmä ENGLISH TRANSLATION ALSO AVAILABLE! SCROLL DOWN FOR IT! Jos pelimaailmoihin uppoutuminen voi joskus tuntua haastavalta, kun oikeassa maailmassakin on kestämistä, ei hätää! Joku on tehnyt aivan varmasti internetissä tarpeettoman yksityiskohtaisia analyysejä niinkin jännittävistä asioista kuin The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimin jokiverkoston virtauksesta tai Grand Theft Auto…
What’s It Like to Be There? – Nicholas J. Mizer: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds
What’s It Like to Be There? – Nicholas J. Mizer: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds Jukka Särkijärvi Nicholas J. Mizer’s book Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds came out in 2019 as part of Palgrave Macmillan’s Games in Context series. The past few years have been a fruitful…
At the Roots of Role-Playing Games – Jon Peterson’s The Elusive Shift
At the Roots of Role-Playing Games – Jon Peterson’s The Elusive Shift Jukka Särkijärvi It is a well-known piece of trivia that when the very first version of Dungeons & Dragons was released back in 1974, its subtitle was “Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames”. The words role-playing game were nowhere to be seen. However, the…
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