Game play: paratextuality in contemporary board games

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
 Board games in a digital culture......Page 14
 Board games as paratexts......Page 17
 The rise of the board game......Page 21
 Summary of chapters......Page 26
 The principles of paratextual board games......Page 29
Part 1 Understanding Games......Page 32
 Chapter 1 Ludifying Lovecraft in Arkham Horror......Page 34
  Algorithms, games, and Lovecraft......Page 38
  The horror of structure and unstructure......Page 44
  Rules and story......Page 50
  “The inability of the human mind...”......Page 55
 Chapter 2 The Lord of the Rings as Convergent Game Play......Page 57
  Playing games/Playing media......Page 60
  Convergence, cooperation, and contemporary media......Page 63
  Playing LOTR and The Complete Trilogy......Page 70
  “What to do with the time that is given to us...”......Page 77
 Chapter 3 Transmedia Pathos and Plot in The Walking Dead......Page 80
  Transmedia pathos......Page 83
  The Walking Dead zombies and playing Walking Dead......Page 89
  “You can’t think forever...”......Page 102
Part 2 Understanding Media......Page 104
 Chapter 4 Battlestar Galactica and Spimatic Meaning in Games......Page 106
  Space and time in paratextual games......Page 109
  Playing human, playing Cylon......Page 118
  “So say we all...”......Page 126
 Chapter 5 Mutability and Materiality in Star Trek......Page 128
  Playing (with) multiple Star Treks......Page 132
  Mutability in space......Page 139
  “A balance of power...”......Page 146
 Chapter 6 The Hunger Games and Fan Paratextual Participation......Page 147
  Participatory fandom and The Hunger Games......Page 150
  Playing The Hunger Games......Page 154
  “The odds are ever in your favor...”......Page 166
 Chapter 7 Narratives and Databases in Game of Thrones......Page 169
  Networking and serialization......Page 172
  Playing the seven kingdoms......Page 175
  “There is no middle ground...”......Page 185
 Chapter 8 Ludic Interaction in Doctor Who......Page 188
  Interactive play in paratextual board games......Page 189
  Ludic interaction and imaginative transformation in Doctor Who......Page 192
  “This song is ending, but the story never ends...”......Page 199
Glossary......Page 202
 Introduction......Page 210
 Chapter 1......Page 213
 Chapter 2......Page 216
 Chapter 3......Page 219
 Chapter 4......Page 222
 Chapter 5......Page 225
 Chapter 6......Page 227
 Chapter 7......Page 231
 Chapter 8......Page 233
 List of references......Page 236
 List of media......Page 251
Index......Page 254