[game_edu] CfP: Roleplaying Game Studies Handbook – A Workshop @ DiGRA 2013

[Jose P. Zagal]

*Call for Participation : Roleplaying Game Studies Handbook – A Workshop 
@ DiGRA 2013*


The study of roleplaying games has remained a small and somewhat 
separate tradition within game studies writ large. Yet roleplaying games 
arguably defined and influenced many design elements of today’s digital 
games, and constitute a formational experience for many influential 
digital game designers. More importantly, the peculiarities of 
non-digital roleplaying games as a socially shared effort of 
imagination, storytelling, simulation, and gaming have generated 
insights that have much to offer to the wider field of game studies.

Unfortunately, most publications in the field of roleplaying game 
studies remain scattered, offering no easy access to central concepts, 
theories, and traditions for interested scholars. We would therefore 
like to invite you to participate in a workshop at the DiGRA 2013 
conference with the goal of collaborating and working together in 
outlining a handbook of RPG Studies.

What are the fundamental concepts, theory, and ideas should this 
handbook include? What form should this book take? Should it gather and 
collect the seminal and foundational work in this area – more like a 
reader? Perhaps would it be best if the book were a detailed survey of 
the state-of-the art in our understanding, with long handbook chapters? 
Or an encyclopedia – with medium-length entries on a variety of relevant 
topics? These are the kinds of questions we want to answer with you. 
Initial interest by publishers has been signaled, but who to publish 
with will also be discussed. Our goal is to ensure that, together, we 
can all produce a work that best answers individual needs and interests 
and those of the larger game studies community.

To ensure a productive and efficient workshop experience, we will limit 
participation to 15 people. Additionally, we will collate and distribute 
the submissions to all participants prior to the workshop. These 
submissions will serve as the basis for our discussions and workshop 
activities.

Find more details about the workshop here: http://rpghandbook.tumblr.com

*Important Dates*

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*Deadline: *July 15, 2013

*Notifications:*July 30, 2013

*Workshop Date:* TBA, but sometime during DiGRA 2013 (August 26-29, 2013)

*Submissions*

This workshop is a bit different, so it’s not necessary to submit a 
paper or give a talk. Instead, we are asking interested participants to 
submit:

1.A *free-listing of topics* that should be covered in the handbook.

2.A *proposed table of contents* for the handbook. This table of 
contents should clearly describe what the key texts and topics are as 
well as what authors or contributors should or might pen each chapter. 
Feel free to self-nominate as a potential contributor! Also, you can add 
a rationale (short sentence) for each chapter explaining why it ought to 
have a place in such a handbook.

3.A *short (1-2 paragraph) bio* of yours that is RPG-specific. In a 
nutshell, this bio should help us (the organizers) recognize why you, 
with your background and expertise, would make an excellent contributor 
to the workshop.

Please send questions and/or your submission to jzagal at cdm.depaul.edu 
<mailto:jzagal at cdm.depaul.edu> before July 15, 2013.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sebastian Deterding and Jose Zagal



-- 
José P. Zagal, PhD
College of Computing and Digital Media
DePaul University

http://www.ludoliteracy.com/
http://facsrv.cs.depaul.edu/~jzagal

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