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    Fortean Times

    D&D’s impact on the world

    Oct 31, 2024 4 minutes
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    Playing at the World 2nd edn

    Volume 1: The Invention of Dungeons and Dragons

    Jon Peterson

    MIT Press 2024

    Pb, 384pp, £27, ISBN 9780262548779

    Fifty Years of Dungeons and Dragons

    Exploring The Mysteries of Time and Space

    Eds. Premeet Sidhu, Marcus Carter & José P Zagal

    MIT Press 2024

    Pb, 372pp, £33, ISBN 9780262547604

    The 40th anniversary of in 2014 passed relatively unmarked, by both academia and the general public. The first edition of Jon Peterson’s , released in 2012, was a niche text, beloved of historians of gaming and nostalgic nerds; in it, Peterson argued for the importance of his subject by pointing out ’s influence on digital games.

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