Badacz z fanem w jednym domu. O potrzebie kontaktów z fandomem w badaniach nad narracyjnymi grami fabularnymi

The article is directed at the Polish researchers of narrative role-playing games; its aim is to encourage them to apply in their work certain theoretical concepts which seem to have been largely neglected in our academic discourse concerning RPGs. The most important categories suggested are: culture, popular culture, fans and fan communities. The paper also includes arguments in support of the claim that maintaining contacts with the fandom is a very valuable competence of a role-playing games researcher.