Open AccessContexts of illustrations in RPG manuals as exemplified by The Dungeons & Dragons series
Author(s) -
Jakub Chudy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
roczniki biblioteczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-1023
pISSN - 0080-3626
DOI - 10.19195/0080-3626.64.9
Subject(s) - publishing , subject (documents) , thematic map , sociology , visual arts , computer science , art , library science , literature , geography , cartography
Role playing games (RPGs) based on Polish bibliological research are an almost non-existent subject that is beyond the researchers’ area of interest. Rulebooks created for their needs are characteristic and unique publications, mainly due to their specic form and the goals they pursue, among others with the help of illustrations. For the needs of the article, thematic, quantitative and aesthetic analyses of basic rulebooks from the main publishing line of the Dungeons & Dragons series were given. Based on the collected data, the characteristics of the trends and regularities of the aspects of the illustration were examined to draw attention to the potentially new eld of bibliological research. According to the author, these publications are an intriguing element of the Polish and global world of the book which is worth exploring.