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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4897499" data-attributes="member: 15538">I tend to define rpgs as:- One or more players inhabits a role, having an imaginary experience- Some resolution system is used to adjudicate events in the game- Any possible action within the game is permitted as a "move."To me, then roleplaying is an activity which facillitates this kind of game. I think you can classify games in a number of useful ways, such as:- Fantasy wargaming: classic style, associated with "simulation" and some gamist elements- Storytelling: newish style, associated with emulating dramatic tropes and psychologically immersive experiences- Postmodern style: even newer style, associated with metagaming, deconstruction/reconstruction, and examinations of texts between characters, environments, and imaginary eventsOf course, good luck finding a pure example. That doesn't make distinctions useless, but it does mean that finding the precise boundaries for any taxonomy is very frustrating.But i will definitely say that storytelling games, however they are defined, are definitely a subset of roleplaying, provided that at least one player adopts a role.</blockquote>