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Their constituent parts, such as Book of Ruth, New Testament, or Gospel of Matthew, are not italicized either, as such titles are generally traditional rather than original ones. However, the titles of specific published versions of religious texts should be italicized: Authorized King James Version and New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud.
Poems normally follow this guideline on books, e.g. The Lady of the Lake, for the Walter Scott poem. However, when the article pertains to a single short poem not published as a book, the title is not italicized, e.g. Sonnet 130, "An Arundel Tomb".
For titles of books, articles, poems, and so forth, use italics or quotation marks following the guidance for titles. Italics can also be added to mark up non-English terms (with the {{ lang }} template), for an organism's scientific name , and to indicate a words-as-words usage.
Non-English names of works should be italicized just like those in English are, e.g. Les Liaisons dangereuses. When a name should not be italicized, language markup can still ensure proper pronunciation in screen readers, by using the |italic=unset parameter: {{lang|de|italic=unset|Nürnberg}}.
I think any roleplaying book should be italicized, but Dungeons & Dragons is more than just books. The long & the short of what I'm saying is, I guess, that Dungeons & Dragons isn't neccisarily the same as Dungeons & Dragons. I don't know of any citation guides for games, though. An interesting point. --mordicai. 20:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Here's a convincing argument that a game is a game, and not a major artistic work whose title should be italicized: “Game Over: On italicizing the titles of video games.” Worth a read. —Michael Z. 2012-01-24 16:52 z. His argument wouldn't carry much weight here, as we actually do italicize board game titles such as Monopoly.
The Chicago Manual of Style (8.179) advises to place poem titles in quotation marks except for "very long poems" that could be book length which should be italicized. A good suggestion is that a poem of 80 lines or less can be considered a short poem; and poems greater than 80 to 100 lines, a long poem.
The AP Stylebook recommends that book titles be written in quotation marks. [citation needed] Underlining is used where italics are not possible, such as on a typewriter or in handwriting. Titles may also be written in title case, with most or all words capitalized. This is true both when the title is written in or on the work in question, and ...