Webinar - Dice, Zines, and Pirate Queens: Queer Horizons and Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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The mission of the Games and Gaming Round Table is to provide the following:
  • A forum for the exchange of ideas and concerns surrounding games in libraries;
  • Resources to the library community to support the building and maintaining of library game collections;
  • A force for initiating and supporting game programming in libraries;
  • Create an awareness of, and need for, the support of the value of gaming and play in libraries, schools, and related learning communities.
  • Create an awareness of the value of games and gaming in library outreach and community engagement plans.
  • A professional and social forum for networking among librarians and non-librarians interested in games and gaming.
When:  Dec 12, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (CT)

Webinar Blurb
Thanks to virtual tables, online actual plays, and pop culture, Dungeons & Dragons is larger than life. In the midst of this newfound popularity, the reactionary, queerphobic underbelly of the tabletop gaming hobby has reared its head as D&D wrestles with its own conservative legacy. Yet queer and trans designers are redefining tabletop play. From one-page microgames about gay pirates to deeply personal journaling games about discomfort in one’s body to games about becoming a lich to survive trans healthcare waitlists, tabletop games represent a bold horizon of queer play and storytelling. In this talk, game scholar PS Berge (they/she) will discuss tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs), transness, and “zine” game-design. They will examine the troubling histories (and present realities) of the TTRPG hobby and show how we might look beyond Dungeons & Dragons; learning from queer and trans TTRPG designers who are changing the game in indie spaces. They’ll talk about the making, archiving, and playing of queer indie RPGs, how we can engage zine games safely with students and new participants, and how we might center queer play and making in our own pedagogy and curation.

Presenter Bio

PS Berge (they/she) is a doctoral candidate at the University of Central Florida and director of the Discord Academic Research Community. Their research falls at the intersection of queer and trans game studies (especially tabletop roleplaying games and gaming fandoms) and toxic technocultures (including cross-platform dynamics and white supremacist recruitment). Their work has appeared in Game Studies, New Media & Society, and elsewhere. Website: http://psberge.com/

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