Analog Game Studies

This essay analyzes instances of transmedia storytelling, participatory cultures, and convergence drawing on the Star Wars X-Wing: The Miniatures Game and the broader Star Wars transmedia landscape. Of particular interest to this investigation is the nature in which board games like Star Wars X-Wing promote notions of interactivity and play, more so than examples present in other media industries and even the video game industry. The essay proposes that by analyzing instances of transmedia storytelling, participatory cultures, and convergence, this emergent fan culture will reveal itself to be a considerably appropriate source of information for academics within the field of media to draw from when applying and exploring pre-established theoretical views.