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<blockquote data-quote="TinSoldier" data-source="post: 3660736" data-attributes="member: 41351">Huh.I've never played a MMORPG, but I've played a few solo computer RPGs, and I certainly do think that they are role-playing-games in every sense of the words. Players can be either roleplayers or munchkins or something in-between.With all due respect to Col. Pladoh, he is not only the father of RPGs but also the father of CRPGs and MMORPGs. Without D&amp;D I doubt the other two genres would ever exist.Therefore they are definitely a subset of roleplaying games.BTW, while I played 1st edition AD&amp;D (as well as the red and blue boxed sets that I started out with) most of my early playing was with the boxed set, by myself, twenty-five years ago or more. And I certainly munchkinned my characters, as many do. I also enjoyed myself immensely playing pretend within the structured rules (even with bending them to the breaking point).I started learning computer programming around the same time. What were some of the first kinds of things I wanted to program? RPG simulations, of course! And so did many of my friends. The mathematical orientation of computers and the statistical basis of RPGs are a natural match. Not to mention playing a role in which you take actions that you would or could never do in real life.So yes, MMORPGs and CRPGs are roleplaying games. No question in my mind. They come from the same root -- D&amp;D and the wargames that came before them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TinSoldier, post: 3660736, member: 41351"] Huh. I've never played a MMORPG, but I've played a few solo computer RPGs, and I certainly do think that they are role-playing-games in every sense of the words. Players can be either roleplayers or munchkins or something in-between. With all due respect to Col. Pladoh, he is not only the father of RPGs but also the father of CRPGs and MMORPGs. Without D&D I doubt the other two genres would ever exist. Therefore they are definitely a subset of roleplaying games. BTW, while I played 1st edition AD&D (as well as the red and blue boxed sets that I started out with) most of my early playing was with the boxed set, by myself, twenty-five years ago or more. And I certainly munchkinned my characters, as many do. I also enjoyed myself immensely playing pretend within the structured rules (even with bending them to the breaking point). I started learning computer programming around the same time. What were some of the first kinds of things I wanted to program? RPG simulations, of course! And so did many of my friends. The mathematical orientation of computers and the statistical basis of RPGs are a natural match. Not to mention playing a role in which you take actions that you would or could never do in real life. So yes, MMORPGs and CRPGs [b]are[/b] roleplaying games. No question in my mind. They come from the same root -- D&D and the wargames that came before them. [/QUOTE]

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