Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds

Nicholas J. Mizer is a lecturer in games and culture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. His work has been published in numerous edited collections and in such journals as the Journal of Popular Culture and Evolution and Human Behavior. Mizer serves as co-chair of Game Studies for the Popular/American Culture Association, and is an editor at The Geek Anthropologist.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Entering Imagined Worlds through Enchanted Rationalization.- 3. A Life Well Played: How the Past Shapes our Experience of Worlds.- 4. Color, Song, and Choice Diction: Using Chromomancy to Summon Worlds.- 5. Responsibly and Accurately: Dwelling in Imagined Worlds.- 6. Journey's End.