Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games

Title Page\nCopyright Page\nContents\nList of Illustrations\nAcknowledgments\nIntroduction\n	Board games in a digital culture\n	Board games as paratexts\n	The rise of the board game\n	Summary of chapters\n	The principles of paratextual board games\nPart 1 Understanding Games\n	Chapter 1 Ludifying Lovecraft in Arkham Horror\n		Algorithms, games, and Lovecraft\n		The horror of structure and unstructure\n		Rules and story\n		“The inability of the human mind...”\n	Chapter 2 The Lord of the Rings as Convergent Game Play\n		Playing games/Playing media\n		Convergence, cooperation, and contemporary media\n		Playing LOTR and The Complete Trilogy\n		“What to do with the time that is given to us...”\n	Chapter 3 Transmedia Pathos and Plot in The Walking Dead\n		Transmedia pathos\n		The Walking Dead zombies and playing Walking Dead\n		“You can’t think forever...”\nPart 2 Understanding Media\n	Chapter 4 Battlestar Galactica and Spimatic Meaning in Games\n		Space and time in paratextual games\n		Playing human, playing Cylon\n		“So say we all...”\n	Chapter 5 Mutability and Materiality in Star Trek\n		Playing (with) multiple Star Treks\n		Mutability in space\n		“A balance of power...”\n	Chapter 6 The Hunger Games and Fan Paratextual Participation\n		Participatory fandom and The Hunger Games\n		Playing The Hunger Games\n		“The odds are ever in your favor...”\n	Chapter 7 Narratives and Databases in Game of Thrones\n		Networking and serialization\n		Playing the seven kingdoms\n		“There is no middle ground...”\n	Chapter 8 Ludic Interaction in Doctor Who\n		Interactive play in paratextual board games\n		Ludic interaction and imaginative transformation in Doctor Who\n		“This song is ending, but the story never ends...”\nGlossary\nNotes\n	Introduction\n	Chapter 1\n	Chapter 2\n	Chapter 3\n	Chapter 4\n	Chapter 5\n	Chapter 6\n	Chapter 7\n	Chapter 8\nBibliography\n	List of references\n	List of media\nIndex