The friends that game together: A folkloric expansion of textual poaching to genre farming for socialization in tabletop role-playing games
Tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) are a folkloric form for creating and reaffirming community bonds and performing identity. Gaming is used to communicate and perform cultural capital and identity through fictional narratives, functioning as a form of community building and/or personal expression....
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Organization for Transformative Works
2009-03-01
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Series: | Transformative Works and Cultures |
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Online Access: | http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/87/90 |