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Playing D&D leads to Mediaeval Studies

Started by Pseudoephedrine, July 04, 2007, 01:28:55 AM

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Pseudoephedrine

July 04, 2007, 01:28:55 AM
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i44/44a00801.htm

Well, not quite. But it's an interesting, if brief, article about the intersection between the fantasy genre, roleplaying games, and academic mediaeval studies. Anybody ever been to the Kalamazoo event it's talking about?
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Melan

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July 04, 2007, 01:35:46 AM
"Recreational medievalism" is a cool term. It was an interesting article, although I must say I'm one of the few people who didn't get into the whole "mediaeval" stuff. Our games were and remain modern in outlook, and I didn't become interested in real mediaeval Europe (the ancient Mediterranean, that's a different subject).
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Fritzef

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July 04, 2007, 02:35:59 PM
Quote from: Pseudoephedrinehttp://chronicle.com/free/v53/i44/44a00801.htm

Well, not quite. But it's an interesting, if brief, article about the intersection between the fantasy genre, roleplaying games, and academic mediaeval studies. Anybody ever been to the Kalamazoo event it's talking about?

The congress, sure.  It really is the largest academic conference on medieval history and culture in North America, maybe the world--though the Leeds conference may be even larger, I'm not sure.

I've never been to a MEMO (Medieval Electronic Media Organization) session, though.  I've noticed that they tend to get cancelled between the time the program is printed and the corrigenda comes out, so there is perhaps less interest in them than the article suggests.  And I've never been to the dance.  Some old friends from grad school have joked about putting together an RPG session in the hotel rooms, but nothing has ever come of it.  I doubt it ever will.

If you want to get a feeling for what goes on there, the call for papers for next year's conference is online.
 

Ian Absentia

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July 04, 2007, 02:54:48 PM
Quote from: Melan...I didn't become interested in real mediaeval Europe (the ancient Mediterranean, that's a different subject).
Plainly you hail from the alternate universe where Mazes & Minotaurs was the pre-eminent game.

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