A history of RPGs: Made by fans; played by fans
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2012.0444Keywords:
Dungeons & Dragons, Fan object, Gaming, RPGAbstract
I explore some aspects of the early history of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) that are perhaps not well known among media scholars, and which offer an alternative take on the idea of fan activity.
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