Essays about: "TTRPGs"

Found 4 essays containing the word TTRPGs.

  1. 1. Dungeons without Dragons : Using Tabletop Roleplaying Games for Public Archaeology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Jess Thompson Spence; [2024]
    Keywords : Public Archaeology; Heritage; RPG; TTRPGs; Game Studies; Videogames; Virtual Worlds; Arkeologi; Kulturarv; Archaeogaming; ROG; Rollspel; Spel studier; Dataspel; Virtuella världar;

    Abstract : Among the many shifts within public archaeology and heritage during recent years is an endeavour to find new methods of engagement which has been broadly undertaken within the field. This thesis suggests one such method could be found in the use of Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs). READ MORE

  3. 2. Vocal processing of non-human characters portrayed by game masters (GMs) in tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) : What physical attributes of a creature can be perceived in different processing?

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Lina Dovner; [2023]
    Keywords : TTRPG; sound design; vocal processing; Dungeons Dragons; creature sound design; vocal modulation; orc; elf;

    Abstract : Voices reveal information about the speaker, such as their age, what they are feeling and how they look. Vocal modulation is sometimes used by role-players, mostly game masters, in a tabletop role-playing context, to portray non-playable characters. READ MORE

  4. 3. Emergent Player-Driven Narrative in Blades in the Dark and Dungeons & Dragons : A Comparative Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Oscar Svan; Anna Wuolo; [2021]
    Keywords : Tabletop role playing games TTRPGs ; emergent narrative; embedded narrative; Gamemaster GM ; improvisational play; player-driven narrative.; Rollspel; framväxande berättande; inbäddat berättande; spel mästare; improvisations spel; spelar-drivet berättande.;

    Abstract : This paper presents a comparative study on two Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Dungeons & Dragons and Blades in the Dark. This paper takes a look at the narrative differences within the two systems. More specifically investigate if Blades in the Dark is more playerdriven than Dungeons & Dragons. READ MORE

  5. 4. Which Foot Forward? : An analysis of footing in the Dungeons & Dragons stream Critical Role

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Emma Lindhagen; [2019]
    Keywords : footing; english; tabletop roleplaying games; ttrpgs; dungeons and dragons; games; conversation analysis; critical role;

    Abstract : Tabletop roleplaying games are a type of social, narrative game driven by a group conversation in which a narrative which is co-created by the participants and propelled forward by some mechanical component (for example dice rolls used to determine the narrative outcomes of actions). As mode of spontaneous conversation that has a unique set of specific characteristics, it might be fair to claim that TTRPGs constitute a unique oral genre (or, in conversation analytic terms, a unique speech-exchange system). READ MORE