Exploring Identity Through Gameplay: The Intersections of Tabletop Role-Playing Games, Game Design, and Queerness

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Exploring Identity Through Gameplay: The Intersections of Tabletop Role-Playing Games, Game Design, and Queerness

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Description

Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are an effective vehicle for exploring facets of personal identity, but are a product of masculinity and have historically only catered to heterosexual, cisgender, white men. LGBTQIA+ players have long been ignored as a minority in the TTRPG sphere, particularly those that have more intersectional and marginalised identities. Based on the opinions of 331 queer TTRPG players and concepts surrounding roles, identity, character creation, game design and queer...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2022

Creator

Morris, Emily

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Exploring_Identity_Through_Gameplay_The_Intersections_of_Tab...

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Visual communication design (incl. graphic design) / Design not elsewhere classified / ttrpgs / role-playing games / game design / queer / lgbtqia+ / rpgs / School: School of Design Innovation / Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified / Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) / Degree Discipline: Design Innovation / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Design Innovation

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