MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE GAMES ROLE

• Main Author: Rocío Tizón (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2444-8729
• Keywords: juegos de rol, mitos, Dragones & Mazmorras, Gary Gigax, Dave Arneson.; Education; L; Information resources (General); ZA3040-5185
• Source: Education in the Knowledge Society, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 415-425 (2010)

p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Roleplaying Games were born in the 70´s in the United States, created by Gary Gigax and Dave Arneson, both parents of the now famous game </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><em>Dungeons & Dragons</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">However, this game had few years of calm, because in its native country it was found guilty of promoting the suicide of several teenagers who were </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><em>Dungeons & Dragons</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"> players.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">The lies of the information concerned and the prejudices of the news about these roleplaying games caused that some people became interested in the topic, analyzing those myths and checking the truth of these rumors.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">One of these scholars was William Watson, creator of the website called The Inquirer, which is dedicated to dismantle these and other prejudices about roleplaying games.</span></span></span></p>