We teenagers referred to the world of D&D as an RPG because to us, it was THE only one and by definition the word Fantasy was redundant in the phrase.
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Monday, April 6, 2015
Musings of a Nerd
On 4 March 2004 there was a greater disturbance in the force than when Alderaan was pulverized or even when the cosmos reverberated with the word “KHAAAAN!” Instead of the fictional world disturbing our one plane of existence, our reality had upset the multiverse; Gary Gygax, the “father” of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) had died. For this week’s class, the assigned reading was Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds by Gary Alan Fine. Fine explored the nascent emergence of Fantasy Role Play Gaming (FRPG), with a great deal of focus on Gygax’s D&D. Although very dated, it is a useful reference.
We teenagers referred to the world of D&D as an RPG because to us, it was THE only one and by definition the word Fantasy was redundant in the phrase.
We teenagers referred to the world of D&D as an RPG because to us, it was THE only one and by definition the word Fantasy was redundant in the phrase.
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