"This illustrates the appeal and impact of role-playing games. Topics range from a critical reexamination of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, to the growing significance of RPGs in education, to the potential for "serious" RPGs to provoke awareness and social change. Discusses ways in which the values, concepts and mechanics of RPGs have infiltrated popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.