TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peterson,Jon
TI  - Playing at the world: a history of simulating wars, people and fantastic adventures, from chess to role-playing games 
T2  - History/Popular Culture
SN  - 9780615642048
AV  - GV 1469.6 P48.2016
PY  - 2016///,
CY  - San Diego
PB  - Unreason Press
KW  - Fantasy games
KW  - History
KW  - Fantasía, Juegos de
KW  - Historia
KW  - Computer games
KW  - Juegos de computadora
KW  - War games
KW  - Juegos de guerra
KW  - Games of strategy (Mathematics)
KW  - Juegos de estrategia (Matemáticas)
KW  - Role playing
KW  - Juegos de rol
KW  - Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
KW  - Calabozos y Dragones (Juego)
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice
N2  - Explore the conceptual origins of wargames and role-playing games in this unprecedented history of simulating the real and the impossible. From a vast survey of primary sources ranging from eighteenth-century strategists to modern hobbyists, Playing at the World distills the story of how gamers first decided fictional battles with boards and dice, and how they moved from simulating wars to simulating people. The invention of role-playing games serves as a touchstone for exploring the ways that the literary concept of character, the lure of fantastic adventure and the principles of gaming combined into the signature cultural innovation of the late twentieth century
ER  -