Gathering of Gamers β Play Story Press
You can actually get print and ebook copies now if you don't want to read a pdf! Check here:
playstorypress.org/books/gather...
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Listen to game historians Jon Peterson and Matt Shoemaker talk about analog game history, Gen Con, and the newly released book Gathering of Gamers: Dungeons & Dragons and other Games through Gen Con.β¦
Game History, Gen Con, and the book Gathering of Gamers
Listen to tabletop gaming historians Jon Peterson and Matt Shoemaker talk about Gen Con, the challenges in writing about game history, and the newly released book Gathering of Gamers from this seminar they held at Gen Con 2025!
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Want to hear this first chapter of the Gen Con history book Gathering of Gamers? Check it out as read by Ethan of the Gamer's Haven podcast as a preview to a soon to be released episode where we talk about analog game history, Gen Con history, and Gathering of Gamers.
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It's finally here! Gathering of Gamers has been released and is available in print, ebook, and PDF. Check it out to learn more about the history of modern tabletop and Gen Con.
playstorypress.org/books/gather...
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Come listen to me talk to Ben and Quarex about the upcoming book Gathering of Gamers about the history of Gen Con and tabletop gaming!
shows.acast.com/all-year-i-d...
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A project I've been working on to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Origins Game Fair is live! Come to origins50.org and check out a written history of the convention, nearly 2 dozen oral history interviews, and more!
See you in Columbus next week!
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Image of the upcoming book Gathering of Gamers on the history of tabletop games through Gen Con. The image announces that the book will be available soon, published by Play Story Press.
Announcing Gathering of Gamers, a book about the history of tabletop gaming through Gen Con! The book will be released later this summer. You can sign up to be notified when it comes out at the publisher's (Play Story Press) website here:
playstorypress.org/2025/05/29/c...
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