"Most of it is cyber-sex": Rereading the Neverwinter Nights mod A Dance with Rogues as a transmedial form of fan fiction

Authors

  • Rachael Robertson University of Melbourne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2026.2919

Keywords:

Digital community, Gaming, Modding, Role-playing, Romance

Abstract

The mod A Dance with Rogues is located within a particularly infamous corner of the Neverwinter Nights fan community. Drawing on intertextual conversations between wider source texts, the mod can be encountered and understood as a playable piece of transmedial fan fiction.

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Published

2026-03-14

Issue

Vol. 47 (2026): Gaming Fandom

Section

Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2026 Rachael Robertson

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