Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&d to Mothership

Title: Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&d to Mothership Author: Stu Horvath ISBN: 9780262048224 Publisher: The MIT Press Published: 2023 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Games 1555273 Publisher Description: A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games. When Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson released Dungeons & Dragons in 1974, they created the first roleplaying game of all time. Little did they know that their humble box set of three small digest-sized booklets would spawn an entire industry practically overnight. In Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Stu Horvath explores how the hobby of roleplaying games, commonly known as RPGs, blossomed out of an unlikely pop culture phenomenon and became a dominant gaming form by the 2010s. Going far beyon