Storytelling in the Modern Board Game - Narrative Trends from the Late 1960s to Today

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Arnaudo, Arnaudo Marco
• Assisted by: Matthew Wilhelm Kapell (Editor), Kapell Matthew Wilhelm (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2018
• EAN: 9781476669519
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6951-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Studies in Gaming
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Board, table top and strategy games, Board Games, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Board Games