Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.

Quotes

• Now that you have 25 mouths screaming different curses and 50 feet running in different directions, you have a perfect simulation of every birth defect and psychological disorder known to science, and are ready for a grand adventure.
  • Seanbaby (Sean Patrick Reiley), "Understanding the World of Warcraft Using Super Mario Bros", Cracked (16 July 2009)

• GMs: Never let players question your GMing decisions.
  Players: Question everything.
  This about sums up roleplaying gaming.
  • The Comic Irregulars, Darths & Droids, Episode 732: "In Space, No One Can Hear Your Scene" (27 May 2012)

External links

• "RPGs Through History: Famous Quotes", The Alexandrian (16 September 2023)