Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground

A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership

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Beschreibung

<b>A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games.</b><br><br>When Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson released <i>Dungeons &amp; Dragons </i>in 1974, they created the first roleplaying game of all time. Little did they know that their humble box set of three small digest-sized booklets would spawn an entire industry practically overnight. In <i>Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground</i>, Stu Horvathexplores how the hobby of roleplaying games, commonly known as RPGs, blossomed out of an unlikely pop culture phenomenon and became a dominant gaming form by the 2010s. Going far beyond <i>D&amp;D</i>, this heavily illustrated tome covers more than three hundred different RPGs that have been published in the last five decades.<br><br><i>Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground</i> features (among other things) bunnies, ghostbusters, soap operas, criminal bears, space monsters, political intrigue, vampires, romance, and, of course, some dungeons and dragons. In a decade-by-decade breakdown, Horvath chronicles how RPGs have evolved in the time between their inception and the present day, offering a deep and gratifying glimpse into a hobby that has changed the way we think about games and play.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780262048224

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

283 x 222 x 31 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

The MIT Press