Description
Product ID: | 9781501357176 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Board Games as Media |
Authors: | Author: Dr. Paul Booth |
Page Count: | 296 |
Subjects: | Media studies, Media studies, Game theory, Board, table top and strategy games, Game theory, Board games |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media. Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in this still-emerging field, Board Games as Media underscores the importance of board games in the ever-evolving world of media. |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-02-11 |