1980: The JOY of ROLE-PLAYING GAMES | Heart of the Matter | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive

"People are turning themselves into wizards and demons, knights and clerics, and a bewildering variety of mythical figures."

As the new Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, is released in the UK to extraordinary box office figures, Heart of the Matter's Peter France investigates the current fascination for science fantasy. Is a basic human need for magic and mystery?

Beyond the cinema screen, France is interested in the burgeoning fantasy role-playing game scene. He speaks to Albie Fiore and Steve Jackson of Games Workshop about just what is is that appeals to people about these tabletop fantasy games.


Clip taken from Heart of the Matter: Swords and Sorcery, originally broadcast on BBC One, Sunday 25 May, 1980.





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