Verbal Communication of Story Facilitators in Multi-player Role-Playing Games

Anders Tychsen, Thea Brolund, Michael Hitchens

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    Abstract

    Multi-player role-playing games form one of the key examples of interactive, emergent and collaborative storytelling systems available. These games and the collaborative stories that they create, are commonly facilitated by a specialized participant, the game master. In the current study, the verbal communication of game masters in a series of role-playing game sessions is categorized and analyzed depending on form and content, using protocol analysis, establishing a model for the verbal communication of game masters.
    Original languageEnglish
    Book seriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Issue number5334
    Pages (from-to)242-249
    ISSN0302-9743
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventFirst Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2008 - Erfurt, Germany
    Duration: 26 Nov 200829 Nov 2008
    Conference number: 1

    Conference

    ConferenceFirst Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2008
    Number1
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityErfurt
    Period26/11/200829/11/2008

    Keywords

    • Role-playing games
    • Collaborative storytelling
    • Game master communication
    • Protocol analysis
    • Verbal communication model

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