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Author:
Stark, Lizzie.
Title:
Leaving mundania : inside the transformative world of live action role-playing games / Lizzie Stark.
Publisher:
Chicago Review Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xiv, 258 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Fantasy games.
Role playing games.
Shared virtual environments--Social aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The story of adults who put on a costume, develop a persona, and interact with other characters for hours or days as part of a LARP, or Live Action Role-Playing game. A look at the hobby from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its use as a training tool for the US military"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1569766053 (pbk.)
9781569766057 (pbk.)
LCCN:
2011041606
Locations:
ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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