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Lädt ... Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play Itvon David M. Ewalt
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Not quite sure who the audience is. Non-committal. Leisurely researched. ( ) Ewalt's book is at its best when it's recounting the history of the game. Some I knew in broad strokes, but this really goes into the details of what Gary Gygax and his collaborators were up to, how they refined and honed what emerged as D&D, what the corporate machinations and complications were, and so on. So much here that I did not know but I found it utterly fascinating. I learned why Gen Con is called Gen Con, for example! I finally kind of understand the relationship between all the different early versions of D&D (or, at least, I did when I read the book; the memory is already fading). In my day job I am of course a literary scholar, and this appeals to that impulse in me: to tell the story of a work of art and how it was affected by both personal and social forces. He's clearly done exhaustive research, pulling on lots of interviews and other ephemeral stories. I wish there had been more of that kind of thing, to be honest; the history of D&D from Wizards onward isn't really covered in any kind of detail. But if you want to know the early history of the game, it's hard to imagine that Ewalt's accessible recounting of it could be bettered. I didn't much care for the recountings of Ewalt's own sessions. I see what he was trying to do, communicate the appeal of the game that happens when you play it, but hearing about someone else's D&D session in a way that's interesting requires very special skills, and Ewalt doesn't have them. (That's not much of a knock; few people do.) I did like a lot of the contextual chapters where Ewalt goes to different places in the gaming world that overlap with or connect to D&D, such as a Napoleonic wargaming convention. My favorite, though, was his trip to Otherworld, a sort of LARP weekend where participants go on a quest in person. He makes it sound so very much interesting and fun. I was very disappointed to learn it was just a thirty-minute drive from where we lived in Connecticut! How had I never heard of it during that whole decade? Now going would mean a plane flight... but maybe someday? Really great book. Total enjoyment. This isn't a totally comprehensive history of role playing games -- it is more of a personal journey with history of RPGs and D&D intertwined. Well written. Given the recent article about how Gary Gygax lost control of TSR, this book gives some additional information that seems more even-handed. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen. Wikipedia auf Englisch (28)Even if you've never played Dungeons & Dragons, you probably know someone who has: the game has had a profound influence on our culture. Released in 1974--decades before the Internet and social media--Dungeons & Dragons inspired one of the original nerd subcultures, and is still revered by millions around the world. Now the authoritative history of the game is revealed by an award-winning journalist and lifelong D&D player. David Ewalt recounts the development of Dungeons & Dragons from the game's roots on the battlefields of ancient Europe, through the hysteria that linked it to satanic rituals and teen suicides, to its apotheosis as father of the modern video-game industry. As he chronicles the game's surprising origins (a history largely unknown even to hardcore players) and examines D&D's impact, Ewalt interweaves subculture analysis with his own gaming experiences to shed light on America's most popular (and widely misunderstood) form of collaborative entertainment.--From publisher description. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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