Role Playing Fantasy category: 1077 books

The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that included representatives from the Christian Right, the field of psychology, and law enforcement claimed that these games were not only psychologically dangerous...

Role-playing games offer a chance to pretend, make believe, and share fantasy. They often invoke heavy themes into their game play: morality, violence, politics, spirituality, or sexuality. Although interesting moral debates perennially appear in the media and academia concerning the appropriateness...

Die Dissertation Role Playing Materials untersucht die materielle Seite von Larp, Mixed Reality und Pen'n'Paper Rollenspielen. Wie kooperieren Gewandung, Virtuelle-Realität-Brille, oder ein Bleistift mit Erzählung und Spielregeln? Neben Antworten auf diese Frage versucht das Buch das Verständnis von...

Roleplaying Games AKA RPGs are some of most creative and open ended a bunch of friends or enthusiasts can get together to play around a table. Playing as the game master, sometimes called the Dungeon Master, is the most difficult role and often the most fulfilling as well. You are the one who gets...

Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Role Playing Games! Is the fact that you would like to be a success at role playing gamesbut just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable? First, you are NOT alone! It may seem like it sometimes, but not knowing...

The innovation of technology has brought a huge change to the gaming world! The innovation of technology has brought a huge change to the whole world. It greatly and significantly changed that it is able to provide something for everyone. This is especially true to the people who want to fulfill their...

The definitive guide for anyone with a game idea who wants to know how to get it published from a Game Design Manager at Wizards of the Coast, the world's largest tabletop hobby game company. Do you have an idea for a board game, card game, role-playing game or tabletop game? Have you ever wondered...

A simple, fast-paced, game, takes about an hour to play.In the not too distant future a breakthrough in virtual reality programming and technology creates realistic experiences for participants. “It's like being dropped into a video game,” rave some of the fans. These experiences can be recorded...

An illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the paintings, sketches, illustrations, and visual ephemera behind its creation, growth, and continued popularity. FINALIST FOR THE HUGO AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE...

Contained within this book are 101 fully elaborated tips for players of role playing games to cover many aspects of playing the games inside and outside of the game itself. Role playing games come in many different systems and settings but at their core there are certain elements that each has and...

Historian Johan Huizinga once described game playing as the motor of humanity’s cultural development, predating art and literature. Since the late 20th century, Western society has undergone a “ludification,” as the influence of game-playing has grown ever more prevalent. At the same time, new...

This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs...

‘An Adventurer’s Guide to Albernia’ is the third in a series of ‘Pocket Sized Adventures’, a set of quick to learn and easy to play role-playing games. They are designed to be picked up and played with minimal preparation, effort or fuss. So join us in Albernia. a standard fantasy campaign...

The Trancers Role Playing Game (TRPG) is based on the Trancers movies, a five part series by Full Moon entertainment starring Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth. Using one of the most realistic and exciting rule systems ever developed, the TRPG brings you into the 24th century and makes you answer the question: are you a trancer hunter or just another squid?