Series Editors: Paul Booth (pbooth@depaul.edu) and Aaron Trammell (trammell@uci.edu)
University of Michigan Press Editor: Haley Winkle (haleywin@umich.edu)
The Tabletop Games series publishes original works from a diverse range of international scholars that offer short, pointed, and deliberate investigations of tabletop games, including board games, card games, role-playing games, and war games. Each book in the series will focus on a specific game, delving into the game’s history, its underlying mechanics and theme, its unique design elements, and its cultural relevance. Each book should also include (when possible) an interview with the designer, artist, creator, or other game creator. We are seeking manuscripts that are 35,000 to 40,000 words long that can include images, and can take advantage of University of Michigan Press’s interactive Fulcrum platform for video content.
For information on submitting a proposal or manuscript, please visit our guidelines here.
Series Editors
Paul Booth is Professor at DePaul University, Chicago and the author/editor of more than 15 books, including Board Games as Media (Bloomsbury 2021), A Fan Studies Primer (with Rebecca Williams, University of Iowa Press 2021), Adventures Across Space and Time (w/ Matt Hills, Joy Piedmont, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, Bloomsbury, 2023), and Game Play (Bloomsbury, 2015). He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee.
Aaron Trammell is an Associate Professor of Informatics at UC Irvine. He has two books: Repairing Play (2023 MIT Press) is a theory of play that centers BIPOC people and The Privilege of Play (2023 NYU Press) is a history of games and race in the 20th Century. He has a third book about Dungeons & Dragons that will be available late 2025 through Duke University Press. He is currently envious of Paul's cup of coffee.
