Gathering of Gamers
Gen Con is the largest and oldest continuously running convention that is focused on analog games. It has been an important fixture in the development of modern tabletop games not just for role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, but also boardgames, collectible card games, miniature games, live...
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| author | Shoemaker, Matt |
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| description | Gen Con is the largest and oldest continuously running convention that is focused on analog games. It has been an important fixture in the development of modern tabletop games not just for role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, but also boardgames, collectible card games, miniature games, live action role-playing games, and others. Each year over 70,000 people make a pilgrimage to Indianapolis, Indiana to celebrate and play these games. Gathering of Gamers explores the convention through a year-by-year history from 1967 through 2022. The book not only discusses the prominent games at each annual convention, it also examines the major milestones in tabletop game development over the years, how gamer culture and the perception of gamers in society has evolved, how technology has impacted conventions and the games we play, and the relationship between game conventions and the cities and other entities that host them. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1769332026-05-29T13:36:37Z Gathering of Gamers Shoemaker, Matt Game conventions Analog games Fandom Dungeons & dragons Technology transition Demographic transition thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WD Hobbies, quizzes and games::WDH Hobbies::WDHW Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports Gen Con is the largest and oldest continuously running convention that is focused on analog games. It has been an important fixture in the development of modern tabletop games not just for role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, but also boardgames, collectible card games, miniature games, live action role-playing games, and others. Each year over 70,000 people make a pilgrimage to Indianapolis, Indiana to celebrate and play these games. Gathering of Gamers explores the convention through a year-by-year history from 1967 through 2022. The book not only discusses the prominent games at each annual convention, it also examines the major milestones in tabletop game development over the years, how gamer culture and the perception of gamers in society has evolved, how technology has impacted conventions and the games we play, and the relationship between game conventions and the cities and other entities that host them. 2026-05-29T13:36:36Z 2026-05-29T13:36:36Z 2025 book ONIX_20260529T152920_9781300215882_10 9781300215882 9781300215899 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176933 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://playstorypress.org/books/gathering-of-gamers/ https://works.hcommons.org/records/kfcpx-xqb42/files/Gathering-of-Gamers-Repository.pdf?download=1 Play Story Press Play Story Press 10.17613/t0kwb-g5q56 10.17613/t0kwb-g5q56 b81bccd1-e4f6-45a3-a336-f32dd4e6af5d 9781300215882 9781300215899 Play Story Press Pittsburgh, PA open access |
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| topic | Game conventions Analog games Fandom Dungeons & dragons Technology transition Demographic transition thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WD Hobbies, quizzes and games::WDH Hobbies::WDHW Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports |
| topic_facet | Game conventions Analog games Fandom Dungeons & dragons Technology transition Demographic transition thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WD Hobbies, quizzes and games::WDH Hobbies::WDHW Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports |
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