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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 9h

We were thrilled to be at Meaningful Play this past week! Our next stop is New Jersey and Metatopia in November.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have a newish publication at @analoggamestudies.bsky.social ! I co-wrote a piece on what "gameplay" is in TCGs and whether or not deckbuilding is gameplay (I think so! Most people do! But the scholarship and a lot of general writing splits it off!) escholarship.org/uc/item/2gt8...

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Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s out tomorrow!!!! If you were ever curious about the origins of the alignment table, here they are. I love how they got these charts to sit so perfectly side by side 😻

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The entire biological world runs on analog computation." N. Katherine Hayles confirms that any digital future requires serious engagement with the analog present. youtu.be/1zdEMdzaYz0?...

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N. Katherine Hayles: LLMs Are Hideously Inefficient | Future Takes

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gyaneshwar Singh and Raghu Dharmendra invite you to the Board Game Studies Colloquium 2027 in Mysuru, India, on February 22-26, 2027. Submission deadline: Nov 15, 2026 Registration deadline: Jan 15, 2027 boardgamestudies.site/colloquium/b...

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BGSC 2027 - Board Game Studies

In 2027, the Board Game Studies Colloquium travels to the historic “City of Palaces,” Mysore (Mysuru), India.

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Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm interviewed by Stephen Shapiro in the latest issue of Analog Game Studies! Always free and open-access: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam...

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interview with the fab Alex Roberts is out today! (open access) @analoggamestudies.bsky.social escholarship.org/uc/item/0w15... #ttrpg

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

*NEW ISSUE* *SEPTEMBER 2026* Analog Game Studies Vol. XIII, No. 3 is out! escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... -- featuring: Evan Torner, Alex Roberts & Stephen Shapiro, Cameron Kunzelman, Lucy Roach, & Kathryn Volz, and Helen Roche @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Jrnl #analoggamestudies #ags

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A reminder to all: 1. We have migrated to eScholarship for Vols 10 - 13 escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... 2. Great older content (Vols 5-9) can still be found and linked at analoggamestudies.org 3. For print & PDF of Vols 1-4 and 10-12, go to Play Story Press: playstorypress.org/analog-game-...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

About 1,000 years ago, this ‘Tables’ game board was smashed up with an axe and thrown into a rubbish pit at Gloucester Castle! 🪓 😳 Ancient evidence perhaps of a sore loser!? 😂 Ironically it is the world’s oldest surviving complete tables set! Gloucester Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows the circa 1,000 year-old Gloucester 'Tables' game set. The set consists of 24 obelisk-shaped bone strips with pointed ends, and a bone panel border, which were originally inlaid onto a wooden base which has not survived, together with thirty disc-shaped bone counters (not all shown in my photo). The bone inlays are decorated with carved interlace and ring-and-dot patterns. Each game counter is intricately carved and decorated with a human or animal figure. The tables set is displayed on a sandy surface in a museum display case at Gloucester Museum. Tables is an early version of backgammon. It is the oldest complete tables set in the world

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

interesting article by @adrianhon.bsky.social on spy agencies using gamification and ARG-ish scavenger hunts to recruit teens for psyop gigs and sabotage (spoiler: US is interested in this stuff too) mssv.net/2026/08/13/w...

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What’s behind the rise of teens spying for Russia?

Russian secret services are using gamification to recruit teen spies. How far could this go?

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Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I learned about the existence of "Australian Freeform" from a talk at this year's @analoggamestudies.bsky.social conference and I immediately sent off an email to Benjamin to learn more, especially seeing that @garthnix.bsky.social made a surprise appearance in the story.

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Peter D Evan's "An Elegant Little Instrument: The Japanese Standards Association and the Birth of the Modern d20" (11.2) has been reprinted in Japanese in the *Standardization and Quality Control* journal. Read the original AGS article in English here: analoggamestudies.org/2024/06/an-e...

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標準
海外翻訳記事
小さくて洗練された器具：
日本規協会と現代 d20の誕生
ピーター・D・エヴァン
PETER D. EVAN
成蹊大学教授。インディアナ大学で中世ドイツ文学の学士号（BA）、ダラム大学で中世史の修士号（MA）、ケンプリッジ大学でアングロ・サクソン、古ノルド、ケルト学の博士号（PhD）を取得。研究テーマは、後期アングロ・サクソン期の修道院制度、典礼における記念、写本学。テーブルトップRPGにおける「中世」の概念やその描かれ方、日本におけるテーブルトップRPG 及びウォーゲームの歴史にも関心を寄せている。

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RPG Roots @rpgroots.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

@aarontram.bsky.social is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal @analoggamestudies.bsky.social and wrote two important books, linked below. Find Aaron’s book “Repairing Play” here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254527... Find Aaron’s book “The Privilege of Play” here: nyupress.org/978147981843...

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Repairing Play

Contemporary theorists present play as something wholly constructive and positive. But this broken definition is drawn from a White European philosophical tr...

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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

You can get 8 free back-catalog volumes of @analoggamestudies.bsky.social spanning from 2014 - 2025 & Generation Analog 2021, with 5 more on their way. Don't delay -- download em all today! playstorypress.org/analog-game-...

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Analog Game Studies – Play Story Press

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🎮📜 A new issue of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is here! 📜🎮 This summer we're traveling from 1980s China to the 1990s cable wars, with stops in Switzerland and the UK along the way! 🕹️📖 www.romchip.org 🌟 Get cozy. Get reading. SUBSCRIBE: eepurl.com/crCul1 DONATE: bit.ly/4wmQqKC 🧵⬇️

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ROMchip

ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is a platform designed for the advancement of critical historical studies of games.

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia @czamboni.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If you want to catch up with the great discussions and panels at Generation Analog 2026, all video recordings are up on the Youtube channel!

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 18/07/2026

Want to support TTRPG Professors? Maybe start by subscribing (for free!) to Analog Game Studies's YouTube channel, and keep an eye on the journal (FREE TO READ!) at: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social

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The official journal of Analog Game Studies. Scholarly content about tabletop, live-action, performance, and generally awesome games. Read more at our website analogamestudies.org.

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia @czamboni.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yes to this! @analoggamestudies.bsky.social is one of the best resource on tabletop games, and they organize one of the best conferences in the field, "Generation Analog", which consistently features presentation of great depth and quality.

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia @czamboni.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Day 2 of the Generation Analog online conference features Matteo Menapace - talking about capitalism as a game we all play. The talk will be recorded and out online by the good folks at @analoggamestudies.bsky.social, but come and join the Discord for chats and discussion: discord.gg/dm2C27Eg5

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia @czamboni.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Coming out of the excellent (and free and online) Generation Analog conference, take a look at this CFP by the excellent folks at @analoggamestudies.bsky.social! CFP: “Environmental Analog Game Studies” Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 1, 2026 analoggamestudies.org/cfp/

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Calls for Participation | Analog Game Studies

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Come on over to Day 2 of #GenerationAnalog 2026 In an hour, we will be discussing games from indigenous and Global South contexts! #StayAnalog analoggamestudies.org/generation-a...

Generation Analog poster -- July 16, 2026 9 am - 10:30 am

SESSION 2A:
DESIGNING GREEN
MODERATOR: Megan Condis
• Simon Huber
• Maxwell Beganim
• Petr Gut
• Robertson Nii Nortey
• Amanda Kporwofa
• Emmanuel Ameyaw
• Eugenia Teiko Narh • Elizabeth "Biz" Nijdam

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Upcoming July 15-16: our friends at @analoggamestudies.bsky.social are collabing with Game in Lab to host the Generation Analog 2026 conference abt tabletop games and education. The theme this year is GREEN! Online event, free and open to the public! analoggamestudies.org/generation-a...

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Generation Analog 2026 “GREEN” Program | Analog Game Studies

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The free online academic conference Generation Analog 2026 is putting board game sustainability, environmental theming and more under the microscope on July 15 and 16: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... Very cool project from @analoggamestudies.bsky.social and Asmodee co-founded Game in Lab

To the left, the words GENERATION ANALOG 2026 and "GREEN", to the right an illustration of a cute blue square and yellow hex in a room with green-themed paintings on the walls, and an archway leading to a green countryside vista. The logos of Game in Lab and Analog Game Studies are visible in the lower left, while the lower right says July 15-16, 2026, online.

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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What up it's @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Generation Analog 2026! First session is go now, talking about green gaming for the next hour or so!

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Keep journals open-access, non-profit, and managed at minimal cost for the scholarly community and for posterity. Rent-seeking in academic journals must be called out and resisted. bsky.app/profile/robi...

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Generation Analog 2026 "GREEN" is a week away! Registration is still open: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... -- the meeting link will be sent out a day or so before the conference! All times are Eastern Daylight Time, so the conference opens on the 15th at 8:45 am EDT!

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Generation Analog 2026 "GREEN"

Generation Analog is an annual online tabletop games and education conference.

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Three new @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #AnalogGameStudies collected essays are here! (We're working back in time till we have the whole set!) Thanks, #PlayStoryPress! Vol. 10 (2023): tinyurl.com/agsvol10 | Vol. 11 (2024): tinyurl.com/agsvol11 | Vol. 12 (2025): tinyurl.com/agsvol12

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It is wonderful to see all of these authors' work preserved in a much more searchable and posterity-friendly format!

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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Pre-Order Page is up for Designing Historical Games (July 31st, 2026) Routledge: Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators.

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Pre-Order Page is up for Designing Historical Games (July 31st, 2026)

Routledge: Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators.

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

*NEW ISSUE* *JUNE 2026* @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #AnalogGameStudies 13.2 (June 2026) is out! escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... -- featuring essays about mahjong, queer temporality in actual play, poison mechanics in TTRPGs, player psychology and deception, & a book review of Unsettling Catan!

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#GenerationAnalog2026 "GREEN" is less than a month away! Registration is free and still open: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... -- brought to you by @analoggamestudies.bsky.social alogGameJrnl & #GameinLab!

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Make sure to register for Generation Analog 2026 "Green": www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... The schedule for the international conference can be found here: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a...

A title poster with various interpretations of the word "green" with the text "Generation Analog 2026 - Green" July 16-17, 2026 Online

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Make sure to register for Generation Analog 2026 "Green": www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... The schedule for the international conference can be found here: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a...

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride! Last year, we did a special issue on Queer Analog Game Studies that is now available on our new site. Open access and free to read, sourced & edited by humans. escholarship.org/uc/analoggam...

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Analog Game Studies was launched in 2014 by Aaron Trammell, Emma Leigh Waldron (both UC Irvine) and Evan Torner (U of Cincinnati). In 2017, Shelly Jones (SUNY Delhi) joined the staff, followed by Megan Condis (Texas Tech) and current EIC Edmond Y Chang (Ohio U) in 2021. We stand by what we do.

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Wanna write a book review? Have a book to review? See AGS's book review guidelines: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam...

Analog Game Studies is looking for book reviewers!

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

People are discovering our work anew, now that eScholarship is able to give us visibility that WordPress no longer can. Check out the back catalog, and look to the forthcoming archival Vols. 5-12 in PDF and POD! bsky.app/profile/ahco...

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Interested in reviewing books for us? We have several titles on analog gaming that we'd love for experts to weigh in on. Get in touch at: analoggamestudiesjournal@gmail.com

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia @czamboni.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Generation Analogy is a great, free, and online conference organized by @analoggamestudies.bsky.social - this year it will be July 15-16. The program for this year is really rich, take a look!

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