{"product_id":"tabletop-role-playing-games-and-the-experience-of-imagined-worlds-hardcover","title":"Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas J. Mizer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, the release of \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e forever changed the way that we experience imagined worlds. No longer limited to simply reading books or watching movies, gamers came together to collaboratively and interactively build and explore new realms. Based on four years of interviews and game recordings from locations spanning the United States, this book offers a journey that explores how role-playing games use a combination of free-form imagination and tightly constrained rules to experience those realms. By developing our understanding of the fantastic worlds of role-playing games, this book also offers insight into how humans come together and collaboratively imagine the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas J. Mizer is a lecturer in games and culture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. His work has been published in numerous edited collections and in such journals as the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvolution and Human Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e. Mizer serves as co-chair of Game Studies for the Popular\/American Culture Association, and is an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Geek Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794723307808,"sku":"9783030291266","price":161.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d42e2363debd962c53cd95152c9277b8.webp?v=1780732055","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tabletop-role-playing-games-and-the-experience-of-imagined-worlds-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}