A Brief Introduction to Role-playing Games and Cousin Forms

Sarah Lynne Bowman; Elektra Diakolambrianou; Angie Bandhoesingh; Guus Quinten van Tilborg; Alessandro Giovannucci; Taisto Suominen

doi:10.33063/4hrhm124

A Brief Introduction to Role-playing Games and Cousin Forms

Sarah Lynne Bowman, Elektra Diakolambrianou, Angie Bandhoesingh, Guus Quinten van Tilborg, Alessandro Giovannucci, Taisto Suominen

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This chapter briefly introduces various categories of analog role-playing games, as well as “cousin forms” that share similarities with transformative RPGs. This section is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather establishes key terms and genres that we will use throughout the book.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transformative Role-playing Game Design
Editors	Sarah Lynne Bowman , Elektra Diakolambrianou , Simon Brind
Publisher	Uppsala University
Chapter	1
Pages	19-47
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Print)	9789151323015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.33063/4hrhm124
Publication status	Published - 24-Jan-2025

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Name	Transformative Play Research Series
Publisher	Uppsala University
ISSN (Print)	3035-7594
ISSN (Electronic)	3035-7934

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Bowman, S. L., Diakolambrianou, E., Bandhoesingh, A., van Tilborg, G. Q., Giovannucci, A., & Suominen, T. (2025). A Brief Introduction to Role-playing Games and Cousin Forms. In S. L. Bowman , E. Diakolambrianou , & S. Brind (Eds.), Transformative Role-playing Game Design (pp. 19-47). (Transformative Play Research Series ). Uppsala University. https://doi.org/10.33063/4hrhm124

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Transformative Role-playing Game Design. ed. / Sarah Lynne Bowman ; Elektra Diakolambrianou ; Simon Brind . Uppsala University, 2025. p. 19-47 (Transformative Play Research Series ).

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