The Tabletop Revolution

Author : Marco Arnaudo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476682037

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The Tabletop Revolution by Marco Arnaudo Pdf

This book is an overview of the ongoing revolution in tabletop gaming design and culture, which exploded to unprecedented levels of vitality in the 21st century, leading to new ways of creating, marketing, and experiencing a game. Designers have become superstars, publishers have improved quality control, and the community of players is expanding. Most importantly, new and old players have started engaging with the games in a more meaningful way. The book explores the reasons for these changes. It describes how games have begun to keep players engaged until the end. It analyzes the ways in which traditional mechanics have been reimagined to give them more variety and complexity, and reviews the unprecedented mechanics found and perfected. Very interesting is the exploration of how games have performed novel tasks such as reducing conflict, fostering cooperation, creating aesthetic experiences, and telling stories. The book is aimed at scholars, dedicated and aspiring fans, and game designers who want to expand their toolbox with the most up-to-date innovations in the profession.

Author : Marco Arnaudo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476651934

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The Tabletop Revolution by Marco Arnaudo Pdf

This book is an overview of the ongoing revolution in tabletop gaming design and culture, which exploded to unprecedented levels of vitality in the 21st century, leading to new ways of creating, marketing, and experiencing a game. Designers have become superstars, publishers have improved quality control, and the community of players is expanding. Most importantly, new and old players have started engaging with the games in a more meaningful way. The book explores the reasons for these changes. It describes how games have begun to keep players engaged until the end. It analyzes the ways in which traditional mechanics have been reimagined to give them more variety and complexity, and reviews the unprecedented mechanics found and perfected. Very interesting is the exploration of how games have performed novel tasks such as reducing conflict, fostering cooperation, creating aesthetic experiences, and telling stories. The book is aimed at scholars, dedicated and aspiring fans, and game designers who want to expand their toolbox with the most up-to-date innovations in the profession.

Author : Kate Elliott
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480435285

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Revolution's Shore by Kate Elliott Pdf

In this “delightful SF adventure,” plucky interstellar adventurer Lily Ransome faces off against a despotic empire (Locus). Lilyaka Hae Ransome grew up on the colonized planet of Unruli. Strong-willed and with a warrior’s spirit, she broke free of her preordained life as part of a privileged mining family, choosing instead to venture into space in search of her missing martial arts instructor and mentor, Heredes. The journey took her into the maw of an explosive revolution where she became involved in an intergalactic rebellion and found love in an unexpected place—as well as true strength within herself. Now, as a tyrannical empire flexes its muscle in the universe, Lily and the charismatic, not-quite-human Hawk must band together with a motley crew of unforgettable characters, engaging in a conflict in which honor, love, and freedom are all at stake. Revolution’s Shore is the second book of the Highroad trilogy, which begins with A Passage of Stars and concludes with The Price of Ransom.

Author : Andrew S. Latham
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476651798

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Hey! Listen! by Andrew S. Latham Pdf

How does analyzing video games as hypertexts expand the landscape of research for video game rhetoricians and games studies scholars? This is the first book to focus on how hypertext rhetoric impacts the five canons of rhetoric, and to apply that hypertext rhetoric to the study of video games. It also explores how ludonarrative agency is seized by players seeking to express themselves in ways that game makers did not necessarily intend when making the games that players around the world enjoy. This book takes inspiration from The Legend of Zelda, a series which players all over the world have spent decades deconstructing through online playthroughs, speedruns, and glitch hunts. Through these playthroughs, players demonstrate their ability to craft their own agency, independent of the objectives built by the makers of these games, creating new rhetorical situations worthy of analysis and consideration.

Author : Robert Evans
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849354639

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After the Revolution by Robert Evans Pdf

What will the fracturing of the United States look like? After the Revolution is an edge-of-your-seat answer to that question. In the year 2070, twenty years after a civil war and societal collapse of the "old" United States, extremist militias battle in the crumbling Republic of Texas. As the violence spreads like wildfire and threatens the Free City of Austin, three unlikely allies will have to work together in an act of resistance to stop the advance of the forces of the white Christian ethnostate known as the "Heavenly Kingdom." Out three protagonists include Manny, a fixer that shuttles journalists in and out of war zones and provides footage for outside news agencies. Sasha is a teenage woman that joins the Heavenly Kingdom before she discovers the ugly truths behind their movement. Finally, we have Roland: A US Army vet kitted out with cyberware (including blood that heals major trauma wounds and a brain that can handle enough LSD to kill an elephant), tormented by broken memories, and 12,000 career kills under his belt. In the not-so-distant world Evans conjures we find advanced technology, a gender expansive culture, and a roving Burning Man-like city fueled by hedonistic excess. This powerful debut novel from Robert Evans is based on his investigative reporting from international conflict zones and on increasingly polarized domestic struggles. It is a vision of our very possible future.

Author : Paizo Publishing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1640783520

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Starfinder RPG: Tech Revolution by Paizo Publishing Pdf

Command the galaxy's cutting-edge technologies so sophisticated that they rival magic itself! Outfit yourself with the latest and greatest new weapons, armor, and other gear, from high-power explosives to alien relics that surpass conventional science. Or incorporate technologies directly into yourself, whether you're installing advanced cybernetic augmentations or playing Starfinder's newest class: the nanocyte, whose body hosts an army of robotic nanites that obey her commands! Outrace the speediest threats by customizing your own space-age vehicles, and overcome even the toughest foes by piloting powerful battle robots using the all-new mech combat system! Seize the future with additional options for every class and articles exploring every aspect of science-fantasy tech from advertising and music to virtual intelligences and security systems. Join in the Starfinder Tech Revolution!

Author : Jeremiah McCall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136832093

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Gaming the Past by Jeremiah McCall Pdf

Despite the growing number of books designed to radically reconsider the educational value of video games as powerful learning tools, there are very few practical guidelines conveniently available for prospective history and social studies teachers who actually want to use these teaching and learning tools in their classes. As the games and learning field continues to grow in importance, Gaming the Past provides social studies teachers and teacher educators help in implementing this unique and engaging new pedagogy. This book focuses on specific examples to help social studies educators effectively use computer simulation games to teach critical thinking and historical analysis. Chapters cover the core parts of conceiving, planning, designing, and implementing simulation based lessons. Additional topics covered include: Talking to colleagues, administrators, parents, and students about the theoretical and practical educational value of using historical simulation games. Selecting simulation games that are aligned to curricular goals Determining hardware and software requirements, purchasing software, and preparing a learning environment incorporating simulations Planning lessons and implementing instructional strategies Identifying and avoiding common pitfalls Developing activities and assessments for use with simulation games that facilitate the interpretation and creation of established and new media Also included are sample unit and lesson plans and worksheets as well as suggestions for further reading. The book ends with brief profiles of the majority of historical simulation games currently available from commercial vendors and freely on the Internet.

Author : Grant Howitt,Christopher Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Games
ISBN : 0996376569

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Spire by Grant Howitt,Christopher Taylor Pdf

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1516 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2539715

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Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office by United States. Patent Office Pdf

Author : Richard Iorio,Daniel D. Fox
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781524872304

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FLAMES OF FREEDOM Grim & Perilous RPG by Richard Iorio,Daniel D. Fox Pdf

FLAMES OF FREEDOM is an American Gothic horror tabletop role-playing game, based on the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG. It is the dawn of the American Revolutionary War of 1776. A tangled web of conspiracy spans North America. It does not matter what your creed, color, culture, faith or gender is—all stand together in the war for survival. Every Rebel patriot holds Thomas Paine’s Common Sense aloft as they take up arms against the British Empire. The city of Boston is occupied by the Red Coats, surrounded by Rebel militias. But as the revolution has begun, something far more mysterious stirs. Agents of the occult entreat both the Continental Army and British Empire. Freemasons conspire in the City of Brotherly Love. Maryland is in the throes of a witch hunt by the Knights Templar. Amid the chaos, other grim fairy tales have emerged. Ghouls have been tunneling beneath Boston. There are sightings of witches in the Great Dismal Swamp. Indigenous sachem speak of devils who walk among the living. The Leeds Devil haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. And worse still, a shadowy collective called “The Mandoag” seeks to consume all, Loyalists and Rebels alike. In this game, most people have either chosen to deny the supernatural or rationalize it away. A rare few accept it for what it is to act. You are among those heroes and destined for greatness… or death. This alternative history game includes most of what you need to play: a player’s handbook, a game master’s guide, a bestiary, and an introductory adventure set in Boston. All that’s left are a few friends, pencils and a handful of dice. FLAMES OF FREEDOM is an American Gothic horror tabletop role-playing game, based on the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG.​

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Electric utilities
ISBN : UCAL:B3025579

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Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lillian Grant
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0517537591

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The Holistic Revolution by Lillian Grant Pdf

Author : Helen Sprackling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Pottery
ISBN : IND:39000005868869

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Customs on the Table Top by Helen Sprackling Pdf

Author : Steve Dee
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1731453906

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Ticket to Carcassonne by Steve Dee Pdf

SECOND EDITION - NEW FOR 2019 Perhaps you have heard the news, that there are many fantastic modern board games and card games out there? You want to get into the hobby, but you don't know where to start? Well, you have come to the right place. Author Steve Dee shares his enthusiasm for gaming, and introduces you to the many different games and genres, with passion and a sense of humour. Find out about gateway games, co-op games, wargames, Euros, RPGs, CCGs, LCGs, and many more. Welcome to the best hobby you will ever have. Welcome to the world of 21st century tabletop gaming.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : HARVARD:HB0IOV

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Pacific Service Magazine by Anonim Pdf