5. Medieval Games

Goals for this week (October 4th/6th)

Our goal this week is to survey the representations of the Middle Ages in Modern Games.

• On Wednesday and Friday, the professor will lecture about the history of games – tracing the development of different types and genres of modern games.

Read/Watch/Listen

Read chapter one, " Introduction: Teaching the Middle Ages through Modern Games," in Houghton, Robert (Robert E.), ed. Teaching the Middle Ages through Modern Games : Using, Modding and Creating Games for Education and Impact. Berlin, Germany ;: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2022. (on Perusall).

Houghton, Robert ,, ed. Playing the Middle Ages: Pitfalls and Potential in Modern Games. London,: Bloomsbury Academic,2023. New Directions in Medieval Studies. New Directions in Medieval Studies. Bloomsbury Collections. (on Perusall)

Practice

Create reference notes, as outlined in exercise no 5.

Going Further

The next three pages have detailed bibliographes should you want to read more about different sub-topics that we address generally in the lectures this week.

Digital Games: survey of medieval videogamesRoleplaying from Jousting to LARPingFrom 19th wargaming to modern Eurogames