THE CREATION OF NARRATIVE IN TABELTOP ROLE-PLAYING GAMES BY JENNIFER GROULING COVER Pens & Markers brought on by a fun

brought on by a fun evening of tabletop roleplaying with friends

Can you expand your faction into the most successful galactic empire

while some may want odd or even numbers of feathers of a certain color

Create your character and give them a unique name

to call them out

THE CREATION OF NARRATIVE IN TABELTOP ROLE-PLAYING GAMES BY JENNIFER GROULING COVER Pens & Markers brought on by a funDespite the rise of computer gaming, millions of adults still play face to face role playing games, which rely in part on social interaction to create stories. This work explores tabletop role playing game (TRPG) as a genre separate from computer role playing games. The relationship of TRPGs to other games is examined, as well as the interaction among the tabletop module, computer game, and novel versions of Dungeons & Dragons. Given particular