On the fiftieth anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, a collection of essays that explores along with celebrates the game s legacy along with its tremendous impact on gaming and popular culture. In 2024, the enormously influential tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons also known as D&D celebrates its fiftieth anniversary.
To mark the occasion, editors Premeet Sidhu, Marcus Carter, along with Jos Zagal have assembled an edited collection that celebrates along with reflects on important parts of the game s past, present, as well as future. Each chapter in Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons explores why the nondigital game is more popular than ever including sales increasing 33 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite worldwide lockdowns as well as offers readers the opportunity to critically reflect on their own experiences, perceptions, along with play of D&D.
Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons draws on fascinating research and insight from expert scholars in the field, including: Gary Alan Fine, whose 1983 book Shared Fantasy remains a canonical text in game studies; Jon Peterson, celebrated D&D historian; Daniel Justice, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature as well as Expressive Culture; as well as numerous leading and emerging scholars from the growing discipline of game studies, including Amanda Cote, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, as well as Aaron Trammell. The chapters cover a diverse range of topics from D&D s adoption in local contexts along with classrooms as well as by queer communities to speculative interpretations of what D&D might look like in one hundred years that aim to deepen readers understanding of the game.
Vendor:
