Dungeons and Dragons: A Cultural Phenomenon contributing to the Reception of Old Norse Tales

• Main Author: Di Filippo, Laurent
• Other Authors: Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations (Crem), Université de Lorraine (UL), The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, University of Iceland Centre for Medieval Studies
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: ETUDES-NORDIQUES; [SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences; Barton; Reykjavík; Table Top; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-lorraine.fr/hal-01870170

International audience Playing a dwarf, an elf, a berserker barbarian, or fighting wargs, frost giants and trolls, are among the many situations where direct or indirect references to Old Norse literature may be expressed during a game session of Dungeons and Dragons. This game is considered as one...