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Tabletop Gaming

Sunday, October 13, 2019 to Thursday, October 17, 2019

Theme week organized by

Ashley JonesGeorgia State University

The New Nostalgic Impulse of Dungeons & Dragons and Tabletop Gaming

By Christina Knopf

Monday, October 14, 2019

1 comment

Playing with the Television: VCR Games

By Jeremy Moore

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Getting Interpersonal in the Dungeon

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Expanding the Definition of "Audience" in Tabletop Roleplaying

By Max Dickeson

Thursday, October 17, 2019

"The Bitch Rule" and Monsterhearts: Modern Queering of Tabletop Games

By Randall Hammond

Friday, October 18, 2019

Featured Content

10/13/2019 to 10/17/2019
Tabletop Gaming

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
10/6/2019 to 10/10/2019
Disability Media

Theme week organized by
Lyndsey SheltonGeorgia State University
9/30/2019 to 10/4/2019
Live Event Programming

Theme week organized by
Dafna KaufmanGeorgia State University
9/23/2019 to 9/27/2019
Agatha Christie

Theme week organized by
Geoffrey HenryGeorgia State University
9/15/2019 to 9/19/2019
Revisiting Media Representations of Motherhood

Theme week organized by
Rebecca FeaseyBath Spa University
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
9/8/2019 to 9/12/2019
A Generation Since 9/11

Theme week organized by
Daniel Van JelgerhuisGeorgia State University

Recent comments

Re: The New Nostalgic Impulse of Dungeons & Dragons and Tabletop Gaming

Are they Classic?

By Ian Borton

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 15:55

What say you, scholars? Are TTRPGs to be considered 'Classics'? Will they persist popularly past this wave of nostalgia? Do you believe there is something necessary in them? What need(s) do you see them fulfilling? I see the...
Re: Expanding the Definition of "Audience" in Tabletop Roleplaying

And what of Boy-land?

By Ian Borton

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 15:47

TAZ fans will be aware of this already, but many will not. One mechanic of the podcast is that Twitter followers and commentators using #thezonecast might end up as characters on the show. Audience members become characters...and no doubt...
Re: Playing with the Television: VCR Games

Nightmare Owner Here!

By Ian Borton

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 15:41

I have vivid, caffine-fueled memories of sitting in my parents' basement with the lights low playing "Nightmare" on the Big TV. It was terrifying. The gameplay itself was paced around a board, but the on-going narrator could seemingly appear...
Re: Expanding the Definition of "Audience" in Tabletop Roleplaying

I think this is a significant

By Christina Knopf

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 10:42

I think this is a significant observation and important phenomenon, especially with regards to commodification (Wendy's "Feast of Legends" RPG, the "Stranger Things" D&D starter set/tie-in, the proliferation of Alignment memes, RPG-based art for...
Re: Just find a way around it

Is there a place of comfort?

By Cheryl Green

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 00:48

I really enjoyed this essay! This line really struck me: "Is there a place of comfort where disability can be acknowledged, addressed, and celebrated without being exploitative?" I feel like some of it depends on whose creating and leading the...