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WEBLEY, Stephen (2024) A Return to the Magic Circle: Dungeons & Dragons and Friendship & Magic 50 Years On! In: Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons. MIT Press, pp. 109-118. ISBN 978-0262547604

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This chapter examines the origins of 1St edition Dungeons and Dragons and is a reflective piece that compares and contrasts the experience of playing the game in the height of the cold war in the 1980s and during the recent pandemic lockdowns. This chapter utilises the theory of normativity to examine the role of play in stabilising subjectivity during times of uncertainty.

Item Type: Book Chapter, Section or Conference Proceeding
Faculty: School of Digital, Technologies and Arts > Games Design, Production and Programming
Depositing User: Stephen WEBLEY
Date Deposited: 20 Oct 2025 13:20
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2025 04:30
URI: https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/9291

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