Pen & Paper & Xerox: Early History of Tabletop RPGs in Czechoslovakia
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pen & Paper & Xerox: Early History of Tabletop RPGs in Czechoslovakia
Original language description
The study presents preliminary research focused on the history of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) in the former Czechoslovakia, especially Dungeons & Dragons (1974) and its local clone Dračí doupě (transl. Dragon’s Lair, 1990). Based on theoretical literature, period sources and semi-structured interviews with first-generation players, it gives an overview of the first contacts with RPG in the specific post-communist cultural and economic context, focusing on the distribution and reception of Dragon’s Lair, mainly in the Slovak part of the former common state. As a partial outcome of an ongoing research into the local gaming experience, the focus is not on the game itself or its commercial success, but rather on its players, their characteristics and initial experiences with tabletop RPGs in the early 1990s.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50803 - Information science (social aspects)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Acta Ludologica
ISSN
2585-8599
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Volume of the periodical
5
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
SK - SLOVAKIA
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
102-117
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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