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Fundamentals of Roleplaying |
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The first misconception many people have concerning role-playing games is that they are a game in what most people consider the traditional sense of the word game. A role-playing game can be a video game, indeed, many video gamers will be familiar with the role-playing game genre of video games. That is not what my site is about! I am here to educate the masses about the roots of role-playing, the games some people to refer to as paper-and-pencil. Such games are not played on a computer, and do not use a control pad, or keyboard. Indeed, they rarely even involve electronics, except for perhaps an electric pencil sharpener, or a calculator. The standard Modus Operendi for games like this are fairly simple... Each player takes on the role of a fantasy persona, much like a character in a video game, except that because paper-and-pencil RPGs (PPRPG) are played using nothing but imagination, the possibilities are nearly endless. A game usually consists of several players, many consider an ideally-sized group to be 4 to 6 people, always overseen by a Game Master, or GM. (In some games, the GM is called the DM, or Dungeon Master, which is mainly used in high-fantasy games, as opposed to Sci-Fi or Old West, which are the other two popular |
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| settings). The GM (DM) acts the part of a Story teller. It is his task to create a world in the minds of his players (These sorts of games rely heavily on the imagination), who play key characters in the story. Players are often encouraged to develop a personality for their characters, and a well thought-out background is also generally well appreciated. For those of you looking foreward to playing, it might pay off to begin thinking of what sort of character you'd like to play. If you'd like to develop this character, but are unabe to find any players in your area, or have not at present moment, I would encourage you to look to a role-playing chat online for a good source of entertainment, and resources for playing your character (there are several such sites listed in my Links page). Note, if you choose to do this, and would like to continue your character in a PPRPG campaign at a later point, be aware that most GMs will not be too happy if you try to make your character too powerful too fast... Perhaps you've been playing him or her online for years, and he or she has attained an immense level of power... This is fine online, but if you try to bring that character in a PPRPG campaign, your GM will likely make you start out as a first level fledgeling, just like everyoone else. You might try explaining your situation to your GM, and see if they can accomodate you, but don't count on it. My point is, characters never come out like you expect them to when you put them in a PPRPG campaign, be prepared. For a demonstration of how a typical game goes, Click Here. |
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