The TTRPG as Oral Literature: Storytelling, Memory, and the Ephemeral Campaign Around this time last year, I wrote what is one of my favorite articles from the blog. An article about why TTRPGs feel so special to me. And part of the argument rested on the idea that these games belong to the tradition of folk art: communal, informal, passed hand to hand through enthusiasm rather than institution, truly alive only in the act of doing them.

Your campaign will be forgotten. No recording captures it, no transcript preserves it. And that's exactly what makes it matter. TTRPGs are oral literature - ephemeral, communal, and more alive for it. 🎲📖

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Archaeoethnologica: Oral Tradition Nº 36 - 2023

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