Introduction to the DiGRA Spain Special Issues

The first conference of the Spanish chapter of DiGRA (DIGRAES21) was held at Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Mataró, Spain, between the 14th and the 17th of December, 2021. The chapter was established earlier that year, with 15 members from different universities on its founding board. DIGRAES21 was organised by the research groups, CTL (Tecnocampus) and ITACA-UJI. The main theme of the conference was, ‘The Map and the Game: Game Studies in Spain’, with the intention of bringing together the community of Spanish game scholars, and building an overview of the field in the country.