Science Fiction Hobby Games: A First Survey
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0957657803 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Included are detailed critical overviews of more than a hundred fantastical universes published between 1969 and 2013, along with essays on popular types of tabletop game and the natures of their settings and stories. Based on the author's contributions to the Hugo Award winning third edition of the Clute and Nicholls Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, this book contains an extra 20,000 words on additional games and other topics, specially written for this new version of the text.. Its subject is the pen and paper role playing games and model and counter based wargames that preceded modern videogames and still evolve alongside them, as well as the gamebooks, board games, card games and postal games that are their less famous cousins. Science Fiction Hobby Games serves as a history and guide to tabletop gaming franchises set in original science-fictional milieux. Throughout, sf games are treated as an integral part of the long history of science fiction, and as a new way of enabling its explorations of the future and other worlds
Pass this up Honestly, for encyclopedia, it was way too opinionated. It read more as a review of RPGs rather than a serious look at their universes and in some cases, it treated some titles the author did not like in a very caviler manner.. A very basic First Survey. David P. Ackerman While I applaud the fact that Mr. Tringham has actually made the effort to review the history of the SF RPG, this book feels like a very simple set of reviews (with a few factual inaccuracies). I certainly do agree that this hobby deserves greater documentation, but this book feels l
"One of the most fascinating books I've read lately has been Neal Tringham's Science Fiction Hobby Games. Released this May, Mr. Tringham has written an astounding survey of the world of science fiction roleplaying, tabletop, card, postal, board and war games - not just a history of the field, but an exhaustive review and analysis of all the most important games." - Jared Shurin, pornokitsch"Neal has done a very credible job, and anyone who found Shannon Appelcline's Designers and Dragons (which is named in the bibliography of this book) of interest should put a copy of this book right next to it." - Jeff Zeitlin, Freelance Traveller magazine.