Storytelling in the Modern Board Game

Narrative Trends from the Late 1960s to Today

Marco Arnaudo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6951-9 (ISBN)

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Through the lens of game studies and narratology - traditional storytelling concepts applied to the gaming world - this book explores the synergy of board games, designers and players in story-oriented designs. The author provides development guidance for game designers and recommends games to explore for hobby players.

Over the years, board games have evolved to include relatable characters, vivid settings and compelling, intricate plotlines. In turn, players have become more emotionally involved--taking on, in essence, the role of coauthors in an interactive narrative.

Through the lens of game studies and narratology--traditional storytelling concepts applied to the gaming world--this book explores the synergy of board games, designers and players in story-oriented designs. The author provides development guidance for game designers and recommends games to explore for hobby players.

Marco Arnaudo is a professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he teaches classes about game design, simulations, military history, mystery fiction, and Italian literature. He is a well-known reviewer of board games, with over 1,000 video reviews. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. How Tabletop Games Can Tell Stories

2. Other Narratological Considerations

3. The Board Games of Dungeons & Dragons

4. Tolkien’s Legacy

5. The First Splash

6. Children of the Dragons

7. The Age of Expansion

8. Paragraph-Based Games

9. Overproduction and Its Discontents

10. The New Board Games of Dungeons & Dragons

11. Return of the Story-Driven Board Game

12. How We Stopped Worrying About Replay Value and Learned to Love the Story

Epilogue

Glossary

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Gaming
Zusatzinfo	glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
ISBN-10	1-4766-6951-1 / 1476669511
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6951-9 / 9781476669519
Zustand	Neuware