Board games as media. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Booth.
• Authors: Booth, Paul, 1981-
• Contents: Introduction: Board Games as Media1. Meeples, Miniatures, and Cubes: Ludo-Textual Analyses of Board Games2. A Depressing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: The Interactive Potentiality of Board Games3. Colonizing Mars: Ludic Discourse Analysis4. The Designer as Créateur: The Board Game Industry and Constructed Authorship5. The Player as Fan: Ludic Fandom in Board Game Cultures6. Surveying Board Game Players: Who Plays What… 7. …and Why: Examining Motivations and Popularity of Board Games8. Cultural Studies of Games: Diversity and Inclusion in the Board Game Industry and Hobby9. The Epic Adventure of Grundy and Trixie: An Autoethnographic Journey Through GloomhavenConclusion: The Board Gaming EnvironmentReferencesAppendix 1. Survey QuestionsAppendix 2. Data from SurveyBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 794; Board games
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501357183; 9781501357190
• Related ISBNs: 9781501357169; 9781501357176
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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