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Jon Peterson studies the history of games, especially tabletop role-playing games and wargames. His first book, "Playing at the World," was called "the first serious history of the development of Dungeons & Dragons" by the Village Voice. More recently, he wrote the MIT Press Game Histories series books "The Elusive Shift" and "Game Wizards." He is also co-author of the Hugo Award finalist "Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana," the New York Times bestselling official Dungeons & Dragons cookbook "Heroes' Feast," and worked on the "Trivial Pursuit: Dungeons & Dragons Ultimate Edition." He has contributed to numerous academic anthologies and popular culture websites including Polygon, Wired, and BoingBoing.
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