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New paper uses tabletop role-play to explore early medieval law

Original: In our second paper on Analogue perspectives, Thom Gobbitt ( @ Booksoflaw ) explores his concept of "Lawplay", looking a

Historian Thom Gobbitt has published a paper introducing the concept of "Lawplay", examining how speculative and tabletop role-playing game setups can be used to explore the possibility space of early medieval law codes. The piece appears in the second instalment of the Analogue perspectives series from the Middle Ages in Modern Games project, drawing together legal history and game-based methods.

Why now: The paper is newly released as part of an ongoing series, prompting academics and gaming communities to discuss the unusual intersection of medieval legal history and tabletop role-playing games.

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• In our second paper on Analogue perspectives, Thom Gobbitt ( @ Booksoflaw ) explores his concept of "Lawplay", looking at the use of speculative and TTRPG style setups to explore the possibility space of early medieval law codes: https:// middleagesinmoderngames.net/ma… · MAMG@zirk.us · 4

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