{"product_id":"2940157575380","title":"Dice Tales: Essays on Roleplaying Games and Storytelling","description":"Some people play roleplaying-games for the challenge; others play them for the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning fantasy author and freelance game writer Marie Brennan is unabashedly in the latter camp. In these essays she looks at tabletop and live-action RPGs from a narrative perspective, exploring the ways the framework of a game can generate and support (or undermine) your tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are a player or a game master, DICE TALES offers insights on every facet of RPG storytelling, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* generating characters with rich narrative potential\u003cbr\u003e* scaling plot as PCs become more powerful\u003cbr\u003e* managing the interaction between rules and roleplay\u003cbr\u003e* campaign planning at different stages\u003cbr\u003e* the social dynamics of collaborative creation\u003cbr\u003e* and more!","brand":"Book View Cafe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071230591216,"sku":"2940157575380","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157575380_p0.jpg?v=1764098116","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157575380","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}