A Critical History of Role-playing Games

[jhkimrpg]

I have an essay from a long time ago on the history of RPGs. I have just now linked it into my RPG Theory page, along with a collection of other links on the history of RPGs. Here's the essay itself:

A Critical History of Role-playing GamesI had written it for an old academic call for papers, and I worry that it's too dry. Still, any comments

Comments

[blake_reitz]

I really enjoyed this, and would like to see it updated for the recent 4th Edition/Pathfinder years.

One thing...

[anonymous]

One thing that jumped out at me was the growing homebrew/free community and quality of games. I think it is worth mentioning, as there is now little to distinguish between some free PDFs and paid ones.