The 1824 edition of the younger Reiswitz’s game included elementsthat would become nodal points of connections between RPGs in thefuture: A referee and dice.
Indeed, Reiswitz's game looks a lot like D&D
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The fluid nature of the assemblage is ironically proving each andevery definition to be quite spatiotemporally dependent.
Transcultural approach (?)
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Truth and reality are concepts that the philosopher of science Ian Hackingcalls “elevator words”
This concept might be similar to what we hinted at in the "Japan at Play" class. Fun and related practices are disregarded as something 'low' and 'unworthy' of academic research. In order to study them, therefore, one has to use some elevator words to make them more 'serious' and thus turn them into 'hgiher' subjects. Nevertheless, they are serious in their own regard and should be regarded as such.
Moreover, it reminds me of other words used to 'elevate' the subject or the discussion, such as 'novel' in graphic novel, used in contexts such as the Italian one to differentiate them from mere comics (even though they're the same thing).
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