Tags
Fan Culture, Fan Labour, Geek Culture, Henry Jenkins, J.R.R. Tolkien, Nerd Culture, Participation Culture, Table-Top Roleplaying Games
A couple of weeks ago, I got talked into trying out table-top pen-and-paper fantasy roleplaying games (in the vein of Dungeons and Dragons, but not quite the same). This post is a reflection of my experience of this kind of roleplaying, the meaning of nerd culture and how easy it is for a PhD student to belong amongst fellow nerds.