The Functions of Role-Playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems and Explore Identity
Language: English
Published by McFarland & Company, 2010
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- Title
- The Functions of Role-Playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems and Explore Identity
- Author
- Bowman, Sarah Lynne
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0786447109
- ISBN 13
- 9780786447107
This study takes an analytical approach to the world of role-playing games, providing a theoretical framework for understanding their psychological and sociological functions. Sometimes dismissed as escapist and potentially dangerous, role-playing actually encourages creativity, self-awareness, group cohesion and "out-of-the-box" thinking. The book also offers a detailed participant-observer ethnography on role-playing games, featuring insightful interviews with 19 participants of table-top, live action and virtual games.
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