Zusatztext The future of media studies lies off the screen. So says Paul Booth in this excellent book on board games, the board game industry, and the designers and players who make up the scene. An essential read for anyone curious about what comes next in media and game studies and those who just yearn to roll the dice. Informationen zum Autor Paul Booth is Professor of Communication at DePaul University, USA. Booth's research interests include fandom, new technologies and media, popular culture, and cult media. He is the author of Time on TV (2012), Digital Fandom (2010), and Playing Fans (2014). He has edited Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013), and has published numerous articles on fans, social media, and technology. He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee. Klappentext Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media. Vorwort In Board Games in the Digital Age, Paul Booth helps us to understand the rapid growth in popularity of board games today. Zusammenfassung Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Board Games as Media 1. Meeples, Miniatures, and Cubes: Ludo-Textual Analyses of Board Games 2. A Depressing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: The Interactive Potentiality of Board Games 3. Colonizing Mars: Ludic Discourse Analysis 4. The Designer as Créateur: The Board Game Industry and Constructed Authorship 5. The Player as Fan: Ludic Fandom in Board Game Cultures 6. Surveying Board Game Players: Who Plays What 7. and Why: Examining Motivations and Popularity of Board Games 8. Cultural Studies of Games: Diversity and Inclusion in the Board Game Industry and Hobby 9. The Epic Adventure of Grundy and Trixie: An Autoethnographic Journey Through Gloomhaven Conclusion: The Board Gaming Environment References Appendix 1. Survey Questions Appendix 2. Data from Survey Bibliography Index ...

Autorentext
Paul Booth is Professor of Communication at DePaul University, USA. Booth's research interests include fandom, new technologies and media, popular culture, and cult media. He is the author of Time on TV (2012), Digital Fandom (2010), and Playing Fans (2014). He has edited Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013), and has published numerous articles on fans, social media, and technology. He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee.

Klappentext

Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media.

Inhalt

Introduction: Board Games as Media

1. Meeples, Miniatures, and Cubes: Ludo-Textual Analyses of Board Games
2. A Depressing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: The Interactive Potentiality of Board Games
3. Colonizing Mars: Ludic Discourse Analysis
4. The Designer as Créateur: The Board Game Industry and Constructed Authorship
5. The Player as Fan: Ludic Fandom in Board Game Cultures
6. Surveying Board Game Players: Who Plays What
7. and Why: Examining Motivations and Popularity of Board Games
8. Cultural Studies of Games: Diversity and Inclusion in the Board Game Industry and Hobby
9. The Epic Adventure of Grundy and Trixie: An Autoethnographic Journey Through Gloomhaven
   Conclusion: The Board Gaming Environment
   References
   Appendix 1. Survey Questions
   Appendix 2. Data from Survey
   Bibliography
   Index