Introduction
Role playing has been around since children started playing. Who
doesn't remember sometime in their youth play acting some hero or villain with
your friends. Or acting as if you were a famous actor or actress, or
taking the role of a beloved toy in a world of make-believe.
The current role playing games have a bit of that, and also a fair helping of
war-games, war re-enactments, and renaissance fairs. The current crop of
Role playing games mix this all up into their genres.
Dungeons and Dragons was the first, and is still the biggest table-top role
playing game. Vampire the Masquerade became the biggest live action role
playing game. While on the computer, we have a myriad of them, including:
Ultima, Neverwinter Nights (based on D&D), Final Fantasy and the infamous
Everquest to name a few. All of these computer games take the genre Role Playing
Games, yet most of them are very loosely qualified "Role Playing".
On this website I will go through the meaning of Role Playing, and show some
examples. Give a brief History of the genre. Show how you can
improve your game, and finally give a little hands on discussion and quiz.
Terms and Components:
