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Medieval Studies and Tabletop Roleplay Gaming

DISCUSSION GROUP | The present day reception and re-use of the medieval past continues to hold sway across multiple aspects of popular culture, inspiring the settings for multiple storytelling media, from books and films to games.

Dice Lead. CC Bristol City Council, reworked. Wikipedia Commons
Dice Lead. CC Bristol City Council, reworked. Wikipedia Commons

Tabletop roleplay gaming (TTRPG), which began as an offshoot from miniature wargaming in the 1970s, is no exception to this, with the first published TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons (1974) describing itself as “medieval fantasy”. Nowadays, the medieval - and medievalisms - thrive as settings and inspiration in TTRPGs, and are in need of analysis from gamers and medievalists alike. This discussion group aims to bring these subjects to the table, and to explore scholarship on „pen & paper“ roleplay gaming, medievalism and the role of the medieval past in TTRPGs

 

In „session zero“ we shall discuss:

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Date

Tuesday, 4 March 2025
 

Time

1300-1500
 

location

PSK
Georg-Coch-Platz 2
1010 Vienna
Seminar Room 5, 4th Floor
 

Organiser & contact

Thomas Gobbitt


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