Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chris Avellone’s Preface
Authors’ Preface
Chapter 1 ◾ Introduction to Computer Role-Playing Games
Chapter 2 ◾ Origins
Chapter 3 ◾ The Dark Age
Chapter 4 ◾ The Bronze Age
Chapter 5 ◾ The Silver Age
Chapter 6 ◾ The Birth of the Golden Age
Chapter 7 ◾ SSI’s Golden Age
Chapter 8 ◾ Origin’s Golden Age
Chapter 9 ◾ Sir-Tech, New World Computing, and Sierra
Chapter 10 ◾ Early Japanese Role-Playing Games
Chapter 11 ◾ Dungeon Master and the Rise of Real-Time 3D
Chapter 12 ◾ Other Games of the Golden Age
Chapter 13 ◾ The Epic Fails
Chapter 14 ◾ The Platinum Age
Chapter 15 ◾ Diablo and the Rise of Action RPGs
Chapter 16 ◾ Fallout and Baldur’s Gate
Chapter 17 ◾ Other Highlights of the Platinum Age
Chapter 18 ◾ The Birth of the Modern Age
Chapter 19 ◾ Modern JRPGs
Chapter 20 ◾ The Rise of the MMORPG
Chapter 21 ◾ The Late Modern Age
Chapter 22 ◾ The Renaissance, Kickstarted
Chapter 23 ◾ The Road Ever Ventures Forth
Shane’s Afterword: Surprise Encounter
APPENDIX: THE CRPG BESTIARY
INDEX