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Call for Papers for the 6th 'Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference' on 3-6 June is now available. The central themes this year are ‘Globalities’ and ‘Regionalities’. A great opportunity to share work in the field @midagesmodgames.bsky.social middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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O congresso @midagesmodgames.bsky.social está com chamada aberta - e aceita papers em português! Se você vem do Brasil ou de outros países lusófonos e trabalha com Idade Média/Medievalismo em games, não deixe essa oportunidade passar! #medievalsky #gamingthepast #historygames

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It's that time of the year again. The asynchronous MAMG is returning! Have any paper pitches about premodern games and/or medievalism? Are you developing a medievalist game and want feedback from historians and colleagues? We'd love to hear from you! #gtp #historygames #medievalsky

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Regionalities, huh?! Well, this time I've got the paper plan in place before I saw the call. Finally time to start on the "lawscape" piece I've been mulling¹ ¹ putting off 😉

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We're delighted to open the Call for Papers for the sixth Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference: Globalities and Regionalities (3-6 June 2025). The themes are 'Globalities' and 'Regionalities' with deadline 3 May. Details below and here: middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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It's the last day of the Call for Papers for our Games strand at the Middle Ages in the Modern World conference on 24-26 June in London and online. Don't forget to get your abstracts in!

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Last week to submit an abstract to our strand at MAMO 2025. If you're interested in medievalist games, or in theoretical explorations of temporalities in games, we'd love to hear from you!

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There's still time to get abstracts in for the Middle Ages in Modern Games strand for the MAMO conference this year. Attendance in London or online. Deadline is Friday and we'd love to see you in June!

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The excellent Middle Ages in the Modern World conference is back next year, and we're taking a strand on Medievalist Games! We've got a particular focus on 'Temporalities'. Call for Papers deadline 10 January for event 24-26 June at Kings College London. middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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Very happy that has come out just before the holiday, and with my own piece in there on Law & Violence (Gobbitt 2024: 44-50), taking a first look at the intersection of the Lombard laws and TTRPGs (and which I'm even now planning to expand into a full chapter/article in the coming years!) 🎲⚔️⚖️

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If you're after some open access reading on games and medievalism over the break, then @midagesmodgames.bsky.social have you covered. This year's conference proceedings are out now.

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This year, we've got a whole 172 pages worth of scholarship on medievalist games! This conference never ceases to impress me. So glad to be part of the team! #gamingthepast

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Just in time for Christmas, the proceedings of The Fifth Middle Ages in Modern Games are out now! They includes a vast range of short articles dealing with a plethora of subjects relating to the medieval world and medievalism in games of all sorts. issuu.com/theuniversit...

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This is rather exciting. The Middle Ages in the Modern World is coming back (with online attendance available by the looks of it). It's a great excuse to get a bunch of medievalist games scholars together too...

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Might be of interest of many here?? First idea that popped in my head is how @volko.bsky.social Levy & Campaign rules model the uncertainty regarding the time commitment of Lords and their forces during the Middle Ages

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The excellent Middle Ages in the Modern World conference is back next year, and we're taking a strand on Medievalist Games! We've got a particular focus on 'Temporalities'. Call for Papers deadline 10 January for event 24-26 June at Kings College London. middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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@markusmindrebo.bsky.social, Arturo Mariano Iannace, and @robehoughton.bsky.social have been putting the finishing touches to this year's Middle Ages in Modern Games Conference Proceedings. It's out next month, but here's an idea of the scale of the volume...

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If you're not already following @midagesmodgames.bsky.social and you're at all interested in medieval history and medievalism in games of all sorts then you're going to want to give them a follow. They've got a stream of publications and calls for paper coming up in the next month or so.

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After an incredible time in @IMC_Leeds this year, our Call for Papers around the theme 'Worlds of Learning' for IMC2025 is out now! If you're working on anything to do with the Middle Ages in Modern Games we'd love to see you. middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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Polishing tomorrow's #IMC2024 presentation as part of the @midagesmodgames.bsky.social strand tomorrow. I'll be presenting on the richness of the sonic world presented in 'Pentiment' by the reconsideration of the voice as non-sounding.

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We're delighted to be returning to the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds next week. Find us in room 1.09 of the Maurice Keyworth Building on 2 and 4 July. You can find the full programme for our 2024 strand on our website: middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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In case you missed it, we were delighted to partner with @SlitherineGames for their Field of Glory Day on 4 June. Featuring Claire Kennan, Robert Houghton, Alberto Casulini and Neil McKenna. You can find the video here. #MAMG24 #medievaltwitter middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg24/field...

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The Fifth Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference was held on 4-7 June. Discussion is still live, and if you missed any of our papers, you can find all of them on our website. #MAMG24 #MedievalTwitter middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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We hope to see you against next time! For those of you in the UK: be sure to check out our in-person sessions at next month's @IMC_Leeds. Otherwise, we’ll meet again next year for another exciting batch of papers! #MAMG24

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And thus, our conference comes to a close. Thanks to everyone who presented, commented on and/or watched the amazing papers we’ve had so far! We hope the papers and discussions have inspired you to think about the Middle Ages and historical games in novel and instigating ways. #MAMG24

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Welcome back, everyone! After four days of activities, it’s time for our closing statement. @robehoughton.bsky.social from the University of Winchester gives his take on this year’s event and the last five years of Middle Ages in Modern Games #MAMG24 middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=393

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Thank you to Karen Cook for a really engaging keynote! We're almost at the end of the formal part of this year's Middle Ages in Modern Games conference, but join us at 2100 for the closing address from @RobEHoughton #MAMG24

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The second keynote of this year's Middle Ages in Modern Games conference is delivered by the excellent Karen Cook and is titled 'The Sonic Environments of Medieval(ist) Games'. You don't want to miss this. #MAMG24 middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=334

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Our second keynote, 'The Sonic Environments of Medieval(ist) Games', by Karen Cook will be starting shortly! Find it (and all our other papers) over at middleagesinmoderngames.net

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That's our 'Inclusivity, Exclusion and Dehumanisation' session. Thanks to Blair Apgar, Christine Tomlinson, Albert Leparc, and Renata Leśniakiewicz-Drzymała for their great papers! We're back with our second keynote 'The Sonic Environments of Medieval(ist) Games' from Karen Cook at 1800. #MAMG24

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Our final paper in the 'Inclusivity, Exclusion and Dehumanisation' session is delivered by Renata Leśniakiewicz-Drzymała and is titled 'Who is the Real Enemy? The Races of Elves and Giants in God of War (2018)'. #MAMG24 middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=174

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The third paper in our 'Inclusivity, Exclusion and Dehumanisation' session is from Albert Leparc and is titled "Bandits and thieves in RPGs : dehumanization and heroification of the criminal". #MAMG24 middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=320

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Next up in 'Inclusivity, Exclusion and Dehumanisation' is "The ‘Playersexuality’ Debate: Love, Romance, Identity, and Player Perceptions of Baldur’s Gate 3 and the Dragon Age Series" from @SocStudyGames. #MAMG24 middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=205

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