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The Functions of Role-Playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems and Explore Identity

The Functions of Role-Playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems and Explore Identity

Bowman, Sarah Lynne

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Role Playing GamesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0786447109
ISBN13: 9780786447107
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 20 2010
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This study takes an analytical approach to the world of role-playing games, providing a theoretical framework for understanding their psychological and sociological functions. Sometimes dismissed as escapist and potentially dangerous, role-playing actually encourages creativity, self-awareness, group cohesion and out-of-the-box thinking. The book also offers a detailed participant-observer ethnography on role-playing games, featuring insightful interviews with 19 participants of table-top, live action and virtual games.

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