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ArticleInternational Journal of Role-Playing16 Sep 2025

Assigning Expert Authority to the Dominant Player in Role-Playing Games

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Assigning Expert Authority to the Dominant Player in Role-Playing Games Abstract: This paper investigates how a dominant player is socially assigned authority that legitimizes behaviours of gamesplaining and rule lawyering: it delves into how authority is distributed and validated between players and examines how social norms and implicit consent play a part in both the validation of authority and the normalization of exercises of power.

Assigning Expert Authority to the Dominant Player in Role-Playing Games

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