D&D Literature

Research into Dungeons & Dragons within a broad variety of disciplines. This list attempts to provide an introduction into this body of literature, but is likely not complete.

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• Barton, M., & Stacks, S. (2008). Dungeons and desktops: The history of computer role-playing games. CRC Press.
• Blackmon, W. D. (1994). Dungeons and Dragons: The use of a fantasy game in the psychotherapeutic treatment of a young adult. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 48(4), 624-632. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.4.624
• Björk, S., & Zagal, J. P. (2018). Game design and role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 199-212). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Borecky, A. (2021). Dungeons, dragons, and music: The immersive qualities of sound in Dungeons & Dragons. Journal of Sound and Music in Games, 2(1), 46-64. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2021.2.1.46
• Borodina, K., Aslam, H., & Brown, J. A. (2019). You have my sword; and my bow; and my axe: Player perceptions of odd shaped dice for Dungeons & Dragons. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (pp. 1-6). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1145/3337722.3342236
• Bowman, S. L., & Lieberoth, A. (2018). Psychology and role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 245-264). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Brown, A. M. L., & Stenros, J. (2018). Sexuality and the erotic in role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 425-439). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Carbonell, C. (2016). Tabletop role-playing games, the modern fantastic, and analog ‘realized’ worlds. Analog Game Studies, 2016 Role-playing Game Summit. Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2016/11/tabletop-role-playing-games-the-modern-fantastic-and-analog-realized-worlds/
• Carter, A. (2011). Using Dungeons and Dragons to integrate curricula in an elementary classroom. In M. Ma, A. Oikonomou, L. Jain (Eds.), Serious games and edutainment applications (pp. 329-346). Springer, London. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2161-9_17
• Carter, R., & Lester, D. (1998). Personalities of players of Dungeons and Dragons. Psychological Reports, 82, 182. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1998.82.1.182
• Caywood, C. (1991). Rescuing the innocent: The lure of Dungeons and Dragons. School Library Journal, 37(3), 138. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1309728022/?pq-origsite=primo
• Chalk, A. (2018). A chronology of Dungeons & Dragons in popular media. Analog Game Studies, 6(1). Retrieved from http://analoggamestudies.org/2018/06/telling-stories-of-dungeons-dragons-a-chronology-of-representations-of-dd-play/ 
• Clarke, S., Arnab, S., Morini, L., & Heywood, L. (2018). Dungeons and dragons as a tool for developing student self-reflection skills. In International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance (pp. 101-109). Springer, Cham. Retrieved from https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/dungeons-and-dragons-as-a-tool-for-developing-student-self-refle/16431698
• Chen, M., Leary, R., Peterson, J., & Simkins, D. W. (2018). Multi-player online role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 130-158). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Cook, M. P., Gremo, M., & Morgan, R. (2016). We’re just playing: The influence of a modified tabletop role-playing game on ela students’ in-class reading. Simulation & Gaming, 48(2). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878116684570 
• Cote, A. (2020). Gaming sexism: Gender and identity in the era of casual video games. New York University Press.
• Crandall, R., & Taliaferro, C. (2014). To my other self: Reflection and existentialism in Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 72-81). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Cross, K. A. (2012). The new laboratory of dreams: Role-playing games as resistance. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 40(3), 72-90. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1353/wsq.2013.0026
• Cross, T. L. (2005). Nerds and geeks: Society’s evolving stereotypes of our students with gifts and talents. Gifted Child Today, 28(4), 26-65. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ720371.pdf  
• Dashiell, S. (2017). Rules lawyering as symbolic and linguistic capital. Analog Game Studies, 4(5). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2017/11/rules-lawyering-as-symbolic-and-linguistic-capital/
• Dashiell, S. (2018). “Rules as written”: Game algorithms as game capital. Analog Game Studies, 5(3). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2018/09/rules-as-written-analyzing-changes-in-reliance-on-game-system-algorithms-as-shifts-in-game-capital/
• Dayan, D. (1986). Copyrighted subcultures. American Journal of Sociology, 91(5), 1219-1228. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/2780127
• Delfino, R. A., & Hillock, J. C. (2014). Imagination and creation: The morality of fiction in Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 93-105). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• DeRenard, L. A., & Kline, L. M. (1990). Alienation and the game Dungeons and Dragons. Psychological Reports, 66(3_suppl), 1219-1222.  Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1990.66.3c.1219
• Deterding, S., & Zagal., J. (2018). The many faces of role-playing game studies. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 1-16). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Di Filippo, L. (2020). Les mondes d’Advanced Dungeons and Dragons au spectre du transmédia : l’exemple de Dark Sun. In : A.-S. Collard, S. Collignon (dirs), Le transmédia, ses contours et ses enjeux (pp. 47-60), Namur, Presses universitaires de Namur.
• Di Filippo, L. (2020). Retrouver le Nord dans le multivers : des récits médiévaux scandinaves à la cosmologie de Dungeons and Dragons. Deshima. Revue d’histoire globale des Pays du Nord, 14, 57-73.
• Di Filippo, L. (2020), La mythologie nordique dans Donjons & Dragons : entre réception et stéréotypes. In : Budin N., Les clichés dans l’Histoire. Actes du colloque Fest’Ain d’Histoire 2018 (pp. 83-98), Chambéry, Didaskalie.
• Di Filippo, L. (2020). Le zombie de Donjons et Dragons : hybridations et évolutions. In : A. Tuaillon-Demésy, S. Grosprêtre (dirs), Le Zombie : mythe ou réalité ? (pp. 73-82).Chambery, ActuSF.
• Di Filippo, L. (2019), La mise en scène ludique de l’Histoire : l’époque viking comme cadre de jeu pour Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. In : Besson A. (dir.), Fantasy et Histoire (pp. 391-414),Chambéry, ActuSF.
• Di Filippo, L. (2019). Fantasy et panthéon nordique dans Donjons et Dragons. Fantasy arts and Studies, n° 6, [En ligne].
• Di Filippo, L. (2019). Jeux de rôle et réception des mythes nordiques : quelques exemples tirés de Donjons et Dragons. Archicube, n° 26.
• Douse, N. A., & McManus, I. C. (1993). The personality of fantasy game players. British Journal of Psychology, 84(4), 505-509. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1993.tb02498.x 
• Dyer, B (2014). Dungeonmastery as soulcraft. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 106-118). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Ewalt, D. M. (2014). Of dice and men: The story of Dungeons & Dragons and the people who play it. New York: Scribner.
• Fine, G. A. (1983). Shared fantasy: role-playing games as social worlds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.  
• Fleischer S. O., Wright S. A., & Barnes M. L. (2007) Dungeons, dragons, and discretion: A gateway to gaming, technology, and literacy. In C. L. Selfe, G. E. Hawisher, & D. Van Ittersum (Eds.), Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century (pp. 143-160). Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230601765_9
• Garcia, A. (2017). Privilege, power, and Dungeons & Dragons: How systems shape racial and gender identities in tabletop role-playing games. Mind, Culture, and Activity 24(3), 232-246. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/10749039.2017.1293691
• Gillespie, G., & Crouse, D. (2012). There and back again: Nostalgia, art and ideology in old-school dungeons and dragons. Games and Culture, 7(6). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412012465004 
• Harviainen, J. T., Bienia, R., Brind, S., Hitchens, M., Kot, Y. I., MacCallum-Stewart, E., … Sturrock, I. (2018). Live-action role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 87-106). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Hummel, M (2014). Menzoberranzan: A perfect unjust state. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated (pp. 121-131). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Johnson, L. (2020). Gender, race, and participatory neomedievalism in Dungeons & Dragons. eSharp: Estrangement and Reconciliation, 28, 68-79. Retrieved from https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_735722_smxx.pdf?testing
• Jones, M., & Brown, A. (2014). Expediency and expendability: An exhumation of the morality of necromancy. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 145-162). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Jones, S. (2017). The psycholigical abuse of Curse of Strahd. Analog Game Studies, 4(1). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2017/01/the-psychological-abuse-of-curse-of-strahd/
• Jones, S. (2018). Blinded by the roll: The critical fail of disability in D&D. Analog Game Studies, 5(1). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2018/03/blinded-by-the-roll-the-critical-fail-of-disability-in-dd/
• Jones, S., & Pobuda T. (2020). An analysis of gender-inclusive language and imagery in top-ranked board game rulebooks. Analog Game Studies, 7(2). Retrieved from  https://analoggamestudies.org/2020/12/an-analysis-of-gender-inclusive-language-and-imagery-in-top-ranked-board-game-rulebooks/
• Kennedy, J. C. (1982). Dungeons and Dragons. Journal of Reading, 25(6), 596. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/40029125
• Knowles, I., & Castronova, E. (2018). Economics and role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 300-313). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• LaLone, N. (2019). A tale of Dungeons & Dragons and the origins of the game platform. Analog Game Studies, 6(3). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2019/09/a-tale-of-dungeons-dragons-and-the-origins-of-the-game-platform/
• Lancaster, K. (1994). Do role-playing games promote crime, satanism and suicide among players as critics claim? Journal of Popular Culture, 28(2), 67. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1297371259/  
• Laycock, J. P. (2015). Satanic Panic: 1982-1991. In J. P. Laycock (Ed.), Dangerous games: What the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion and imagined worlds (pp. 134-176). University of California Press.
• Leeds, S. M. (1995). Personality, belief in the paranormal, and involvement with satanic practices among young adult males: Dabblers versus gamers. Cultic Studies Journal, 12(2), 148-165. Retrieved from https://www.icsahome.com/articles/personality-belief-in-the-paranormal-csj-12-2
• Littmann, G. (2014). Sympathy for the devils: Free will and Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 5-22). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Louis, A., & Sutton, C. (2018). Deep Dungeons and Dragons: Learning character-action interactions from role-playing game transcripts. In Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, Volume 2 (Short Papers) (pp. 708-713). Retrieved from https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/N18-2111/
• MacCallum-Stewart, E. (2014). “Kill her, kill her! oh God, I’m sorry!”: Spectating Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 173-188). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• MacCallum-Stewart, E., Stenros, J., & Björk, S. (2018). The impact of role-playing games on culture. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 172-188). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• MacCallum-Stewart, E., & Trammell, A. (2018). Role-playing games as subculture and fandom. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 364-376). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Martin, D., & Fine, G. A. (1991). Satanic cults, satanic play: Is “Dungeons & Dragons” a breeding ground for the devil? In J. Richardson, J. Best, & D. Bromley (Eds.), The satanism scare (pp. 107-213). New York, USA: Aldine De Gruyter. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315134741 
• McCain, K. (2014). Who is Raistlin Majere. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 132-144). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Miles, J. K., & Hess, K. (2014). Paragons and knaves: Does good character make for a good character. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 23-34). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Mizer, N. J. (2014). “Fun in a different way”: Rhythms of engagement and non-immersive play agendas. Analog Game Studies, 1(1). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2014/08/179/
• Mizer, N. J. (2019). Tabletop role-playing games and the experience of imagined worlds. Springer Nature.
• Musset, N. (2014). Is anyone actually chaotic evil? A playable theory of willful wrongdoing. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 35-59). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Mussett, S. M. (2014). Berserker in a skirt: Sex and gender in Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 189-201). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Nicholas, J. L. (2014). “Others play at dice”: Friendship and Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 202-216). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Noll, S. (2014). By friendship or force: Is it ethical to summon animals to fight by your side in Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 163-171). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Peterson, J. (2012). Playing at the world: A history of simulating wars, people, and fantastic adventure from chess to role-playing games. San Diego, CA: Unreason Press.
• Peterson., J. (2018). Precursors. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 55-62). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Peterson, J. (2020). The elusive shift: How role-playing games forged their identity. MIT Press.
• Peterson, J. (2021). Game wizards: The epic battle for Dungeons & Dragons. MIT Press.
• Polkinghorne, A., Turner, J., Taboada, M., & Kerr, J. (2021). Critical fail: Addressing problematic designs in table-top role-playing games for narrative therapy and community wellbeing. In Proceedings of DiGRA Australia 2021. Retrieved from http://digraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DiGRAA2021_paper_22.pdf
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• Rameshkumar, R., & Bailey, P. (2020). Storytelling with dialogue: A Critical Role Dungeons and Dragons dataset. In Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (pp. 5121-5134). Retrieved from https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2020.acl-main.459/
• Robichaud, C. (2014). Save vs. death: Some reflections on the lifecycle of PCs. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 61-71). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• Robichaud, C., & Irwin, W. (2014). Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
• Schules, D., Peterson, J., & Picard, M. (2018). Single-player computer role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 107-129). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Sidhu, P., & Carter, M. (2021). Pivotal Play: Rethinking Meaningful Play in Games through Death in Dungeons & Dragons. Games and Culture. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/15554120211005231
• Sidhu, P., & Carter, M. (2020). The Critical Role of media representations, reduced stigma, and increased access in D&D’s resurgence. Proceedings of DiGRA 2020: Play Everywhere. Retrieved from http://www.digra.org/digital-library/publications/the-critical-role-of-media-representations-reduced-stigma-and-increased-access-in-dds-resurgence/
• Sidhu, P., & Carter, M. (2020). The Critical Role of YouTube and Twitch in D&D’s resurgence. Proceedings of DiGRA Australia 2020. Retrieved from http://digraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DiGRAA_2020_paper_22.pdf
• Simón, A. (1987). Emotional stability pertaining to the game of Dungeons & Dragons. Psychology in the Schools, 24(4), 329-332. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.library.sydney.edu.au/share/7TTUE3G2DPF8IDNTCVJE?target=10.1002/1520-6807(198710)24:4<329::AID-PITS2310240406>3.0.CO;2-9
• Spotorno, R., Picone, M., & Gentile, M. (2020). Designing an online Dungeons & Dragons experience for primary school children. In International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance (pp. 207-217). Springer, Cham. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-63464-3
• Stang, S., & Trammell, A. (2019). The ludic bestiary: Misogynistic tropes of female monstrosity in Dungeons & Dragons. Games and Culture, 15(6), 730-747. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412019850059
• Stanton, R., & Johnson, M. (2021). The audiences of The Adventure Zone: Analysing actual play as inclusive gaming media. In Proceedings of DiGRA Australia 2021. Retrieved from http://digraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DiGRAA2021_paper_12.pdf
• Stenros, J., & Sihvonen, T. (2015). Out of the dungeons: Representations of queer sexuality in RPG source books. Analog Game Studies, 2(5). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2015/07/out-of-the-dungeons-representations-of-queer-sexuality-in-rpg-source-books/
• Stokes, M. (2017). Access to the page: Queer and disabled characters in Dungeons & Dragons. Analog Game Studies, 4(3). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2017/05/access-to-the-page-queer-and-disabled-characters-in-dungeons-dragons/
• Taylor, W. E. (1994). Dungeons and Dragons in african american art research. Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 13(1), 9-12. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/27948607
• Torner, E. (2018). RPG theorizing by designers and players. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 199-212). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Trammell, A. (2014). From where do dungeons come? Analog Game Studies, 1(1). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2014/08/from-where-do-dungeons-come/
• Trammell, A. (2014). Misogyny and the female body in Dungeons & Dragons. Analog Game Studies, 1(3). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2014/10/constructing-the-female-body-in-role-playing-games/
• Trammell, A. (2016). How Dungeons & Dragons appropriated the orient. Analog Game Studies, 3(1). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2016/01/how-dungeons-dragons-appropriated-the-orient/
• Trammell, A. (2018). Militarism and masculinity in Dungeons & Dragons. In N. Taylor & G. Voorhees (Eds.), Masculinities in Play (pp. 129-147). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-90581-5
• Trammell, A. (2018). Representation and discrimination in role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 199-212). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Trammell, A. (2019). Analog games and the digital economy. Analog Game Studies, 6(1). Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2019/03/analog-games-and-the-digital-economy/
• Trammell, A., & Crenshaw, N. (2020). The damsel and the courtesan: Quantifying consent in early Dungeons & Dragons. International Journal of Role-Playing, 10. Retrieved from http://ijrp.subcultures.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IJRP-10-The-Damsel-and-the-Courtesan-Quantifying-Consent-in-Early-Dungeons-Dragons.pdf
• Uribe-Jonbloed, E. (2020). Playing with translation: Translanguaging role-playing games in Colombia in the 1990s. Analog Game Studies, Analog Games and Translation. https://analoggamestudies.org/2020/03/playing-with-translation-translanguaging-role-playing-games-in-colombia-in-the-1990s/
• Voorhees, G. A., Call, J., & Whitlock, K. (Eds.). (2012). Dungeons, dragons, and digital denizens: The digital role-playing game. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Waldron, D. (2005). Role-playing games and the Christian right: Community formation in response to a moral panic. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 9. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/232425334/
• Webber, N. (2018). Table talk: Archives of role-playing’s personal pasts. Analog Game Studies, 2019: Role-Playing Game Summit. Retrieved from https://analoggamestudies.org/2019/12/archives-of-role-playings-personal-pasts/
• White, W. J. (2014). Player-character is what you are in the dark: The phenomenology of immersion in Dungeons & Dragons. In C. Robichaud, & W. Irwin (Eds.), Dungeons and Dragons and philosophy: Read and gain advantage on all wisdom checks (pp. 82-92). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118921166
• White, W. J. (2018). Communication research and role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 337-346). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• White, W. J., Arjoranta, J., Hitchens, M., Peterson, J., Torner, E., & Walton, J. (2018). Tabletop role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 63-86). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
• Williams, J. P., Kirschner, D., Mizer, N., & Deterding, S. (2018). Sociology and role-playing games. In J. P. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game studies: Transmedia foundations (pp. 227-244). London: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637532
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