Illuminating Women’s Interwar Australian Ghosts Stories in a Tabletop Roleplaying Game - Methods, Processes and Aesthetics

Author

Matthew Sparksman, SAE University College

Date of Submission

8-2024

Type of Work

Exegesis and Creative Work

Principal Supervisor

Dr. Toby Wren

Keywords

Tabletop roleplaying games ; heritage and culture ; horror ; historic narratives ; Sydney interwar period ;

Audience

Mature Accompanied (MA15+) - moderate impact language/themes, includes moderate sex scenes/drug use, restricted to 15+

Abstract

This project will seek to develop a Tabletop Roleplaying Game in which Sydney Women’s Interwar Ghost Stories can be portrayed in an engaging and appropriate fashion. It will seek to provide a platform for players to empathise with, and embody, women in the period and understand some of the struggles that they may experience. It will endeavour to use historical research as a background frame, and then use relevant game creation engines to help provide structure to the final product.

Sensitive handling note

6. Sensitive note other – free text.

Other sensitive handling material

This work discusses people who have died and may contain distressing content.

Recommended Citation

Sparksman, M. (2024). Illuminating Women’s Interwar Australian Ghosts Stories in a Tabletop Roleplaying Game - Methods, Processes and Aesthetics [Masters dissertation, SAE University College]. Creo.