Board games as media / Paul Booth.
| Author/creator | Booth, Paul, 1981- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Board Games as Media -- 1. Meeples, Miniatures, and Cubes : Ludo-Textual Analyses of Board Games -- 2. A Depressing Choose-Your-Own Adventure : The Interactive Potentiality of Board Games -- 3. Colonizing Mars : Ludic Discourse Analysis -- 4. The Designer as Créateur : The Board Game Industry and Constructed Authorship -- 5. The Player as Fan : Ludic Fandom in Board Game Cultures -- 6. Surveying Board Game Players : Who Plays What ... -- 7. ... and Why : Examining Motivations and Popularity of Board Games -- 8. Cultural Studies of Games : Diversity and Inclusion in the Board Game Industry and Hobby -- 9. The Epic Adventure of Grundy and Trixie : An Autoethnographic Journey through Gloomhaven -- Conclusion : The Board Gaming Environment -- Appendix 1: Survey Questions -- Appendix 2: Data from Survey. |
| Abstract | "Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media"--Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Biographical note | Paul Booth is Professor of Communication at DePaul University, USA. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Booth, Paul, 1981- Board games as media. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021 9781501357169 |
| ISBN | 9781501357190 ePDF |
| ISBN | 1501357190 ePDF |
| ISBN | 9781501357183 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1501357182 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781501357206 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1501357204 electronic book |
| Stock number | 9781501357183 codeMantra |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |