Do you "roleplay" in non-TTRPG Games?

[Parmandur]

Yeah, playing the dice odds in chess would be pretty weird.

But in all seriousness, chess to me is (unlike RPGs) a game of pure strategy where you play with one goal, and that goal is winning. I can't really think of any other way to play it. It's completely different from how I approach RPGs and even most CRPGs. Like, I don't imagine my bishop in a chess game as Archbishop Fauntleroy of Canterbury going on about the lord's wrath and smiting the wicked when I take a piece with it or something.

Mostly my goal with chess is getting to know the other player as a person. And telling little stories in my head about the pieces is part of the fun, yeah.

Also, I tend to prefer dice chess and taking insane risks when the other player might not be able to react ideally.