Dialogue across Media

Dialogue is central to role-playing games (RPGs). It serves multiple purposes, some of which are related to its functional role in mediating in-game clues or actions, some to the role of language in the collaborative construction of shared fantasy. The aim of this chapter is to identity the multiple functions dialogue has in role-playing games, and to provide illustrative examples and analyses of typical and inventive applications of dialogue in role-play. The examples are also chosen to highlig