Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds

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University of Chicago Press, 14 aug. 2002 - 283 sidor
This classic study still provides one of the most acute descriptions available of an often misunderstood subculture: that of fantasy role playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Gary Alan Fine immerses himself in several different gaming systems, offering insightful details on the nature of the games and the patterns of interaction among players—as well as their reasons for playing.
 

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Introduction
1
3
40
Collective Fantasy
72
hlķnkoi dáhlte dķm tlayésh másun tlatsolyáni
123
6
181
8
216
The Reality of Fantasy
229
Methodological Appendix
243
Notes
253
References
265
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Om författaren (2002)

Gary Alan Fine is a professor of sociology at Northwestern University. His many books include Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial and With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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