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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 3672307" data-attributes="member: 20239">It seems to me that the other thread got caught up in conflating the idea of two different types of game sharing similar names and two different types of game actually being the same type of game.cRPGs and pen-n-paper RPGs are both RPGs.  However that doesn't necessarily mean they have lots of points of similarity between them.  Their single point of contact is that the player is taking on the role of a character (rather than a "side" or "object") in the game.Sailboat racing and turtle racing are both "racing" but that similarity in name is based on only a single point of contact, there are more differences than similarities between the two activities.  However, that fact doesn't stop either activity from being accurately called "racing".</blockquote>