Gaming
Gaming is both an academic interest and a hobby for me. After writing my MA thesis on tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs), I turned it into my first book, which has been well-received. I am recently published an edited collection with Stephanie Hedge that updates scholarship about TRPGs for digital tabletops and actual play podcasts. In that collection, I have a chapter about D&D themed board games. I don't play many TRPGs these days, but I'm an avid board gamer geek.
One of my favorite classes to teach is my Senior Seminar for English majors on Games & Narrative. In addition to individually designed games, we do group game design projects.
One of my favorite classes to teach is my Senior Seminar for English majors on Games & Narrative. In addition to individually designed games, we do group game design projects.
Related Publications
Edited Collection: Hedge, S. & Grouling J. (2021). RolePlaying Games in the Digital Age: Essays on Transmedia Storytelling, Tabletop RPGs and Fandom. McFarland & Co.
Grouling Cover, J. (2010). The Creation of Tabletop Role-Playing Games. McFarland & Co.
Grouling, J., Hedge, S., Schweigert, A., & Snider, E.G. (2014). Questing through class: Gamification in the professional writing classroom. In Computer Games and Technical Communication. Ashgate Publishing.
Grouling Cover, J. (2010). The Creation of Tabletop Role-Playing Games. McFarland & Co.
Grouling, J., Hedge, S., Schweigert, A., & Snider, E.G. (2014). Questing through class: Gamification in the professional writing classroom. In Computer Games and Technical Communication. Ashgate Publishing.
Related Courses & Assignments
Ball State Spring 2019: ENG 444: Senior Seminar on Games & Narrative
I created the semester-long assignment sheet in Twine.
I created the semester-long assignment sheet in Twine.
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