Law as Violence: Langobard Laws & Tabletop Roleplay Games
Thom Gobbitt Thom Gobbitt (Austrian Academy of Sciences) My focus here is on violence and the rules systems of Tabletop Roleplay Games (TTRPGs), to address the question of whether rules for violence…
Rebellion, Networks and Law
Relationships in crisis: Visualising and analysing the breakdown of medieval aristocratic networks with Crusader Kings
Markus Mindrebo Markus Mindrebø (University of Stavanger) Paradox Interactive’s Crusader Kings series of games provides excellent opportunities to explore and visualise the development and breakdown of medieval aristocratic relationships. Utilising its mechanics…
Beyond Feudalism: how modern games can handle internecine conflicts in early medieval polities
Arturo Mariano Iannace Arturo Mariano Iannace (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca) Despite the sheer number of games with a medieval setting having been developed, only a few deal with internecine conflicts. This…