{"product_id":"the-elusive-shift-how-role-playing-games-forged-their-identity-game-histories","title":"The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity (Game Histories)","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow the early Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games—and established a new genre!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDungeon \u0026amp; Dragons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emade its debut in the mid-1970s, followed shortly thereafter by other, similar tabletop games, it sparked a renaissance in game design and critical thinking about games. D\u0026amp;D is now popularly considered to be the first role-playing game. But in the original rules, the term “role-playing” is nowhere to be found; D\u0026amp;D was marketed as a war game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Elusive Shift,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Jon Peterson describes how players and scholars in the D\u0026amp;D community began to apply the term to D\u0026amp;D and similar games—and by doing so, established a new genre of games.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"audiblecopyright_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aud_product_copyright\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-base\"\u003e©2020 Jon Peterson (P)2026 G\u0026amp;D Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jon Peterson (Author), Chris Ciulla (Narrator), G\u0026D Media (Publisher)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52074694017345,"sku":null,"price":1350.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3087\/9041\/files\/126.webp?v=1786443663","url":"https:\/\/www.bookemporium.pk\/products\/the-elusive-shift-how-role-playing-games-forged-their-identity-game-histories","provider":"The Book Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}