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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Acid_crash" data-source="post: 1893336" data-attributes="member: 16278">Q: What is Roleplaying?  A: I have no clue.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  more seriously, I think the term Role-playing Games is just a bad term to use for them.  I hate the term with a passion.  What is Roleplaying?  Pretending to be a role you are not, acting in a make believe world that one person (The GM, Referee, DM, Storyteller, etc) comes up with or uses a published setting book, and determining what this 'character' does based on the situation dictated by the said One person who runs the session.What is a Roleplaying Game? A subset of rules which helps determine the outcome of said answer to previous question in a hopefully not so chaotic fashion in which to achieve appropriate outcomes to the situations dictated by the One person in charge (who really isn't in 'charge', but more like a guide to the world).So, is Roleplaying different than Acting?  What's the difference, between a much larger paycheck and appearing on screen?  Besides script and the fact that the script was written by a single person (usually).  Isn't the real question you might be asking, without realizing it, is What is the purpose of Roleplaying Games?Q: What is the purpose of a Roleplaying Game?A: To have fun.  (That answer sucks, but it's the basic answer...and also a cop out because there is no real thought to it).Answer 2: To enjoy a good time with a group of friends (or associates you can at least stand being around).... Answer 3: To tell a story with these imaginary characters we pretend to be in the ficticious world designed by the One person that's our guide to the world, establishing our characters in the world, and through our interaction with not just the world, but the other Player Characters, the Player Group ends up telling a tale of wonder and excitement through the use of the games mechanics and our imagination.To me, Answer 3 is best, because that is what we achieve when playing the games...even if it's just a dungoen bash-hack n slash game...there is at least a small story to tell.Take the underlined words, in this answer, we have ourselves what I think is the appropriate term... Interactive Storytelling Games and not Roleplaying games.  I hope this answer is better than "let's pretend".  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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