Description
What: An Oral History of Wars That Never Were
Location: Seminar Room (First Floor)
When: Saturday 12:00 – 13:30
Spaces: 60 (All Pre-Bookable)
Host: Dr Malcolm Craig
Description: Come along and hear all about exciting research to gather memories and reminiscences about nuclear age gaming during the Cold War era!
Historian Malcolm Craig will talk about his oral history project looking post-apocalyptic games in the 1970s and 1980s.
Were RPGs simply escapism or were they used to deal with the global nuclear threat?
Why do memories matter?
And what do road atlases have do with it all? Come along and find out!
About the host: This talk and Q&A will be delivered by Dr Malcolm Craig, Senior Lecturer in American History at Liverpool John Moores University.
Malcolm is a historian of the ‘nuclear age’ and is currently writing a book on post-apocalyptic RPGs and the Cold War in the 1970s and 1980s.
He has also designed several RPGs, including the dystopian science fiction game a|state (1st ed. Contested Ground Studios, 2004, 2nd ed Handiwork Games, 2022), the Cold War meets the occult Cold City (Contested Ground Studios, 2006, 2nd ed Handiwork Games, forthcoming), and the post-apocalyptic Hot War (Contested Ground Studios, 2008, 2nd ed. Handiwork Games, forthcoming).
