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Playing at the World, 2e Volume 2: Three Pillars of Role-Playing Games by Jon Peterson

I have made no secret of my affection for Jon Peterson’s study of the origins of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), both in its original single volume form and in the new two-volume second edition from MIT Press. I reviewed the revised first volume at the end of last year, and having now completed the second volume I have a greater appreciation of why it was split in two. I am one of the self-confessed s

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Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North

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Playtesting Best Practices: Real World and Online (CRC Press Guides to Tabletop Game Design)

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