: About Me

There are two types of role-playing games (RPGs) folks are likely to encounter in the contemporary era: computer RPGs and "pen and paper" RPGs. I will discuss both. The essence of role-playing games of either type is that the player(s) takes control of one or more "characters" and directs the action of those characters in a story. Depending on the type of role-playing game, the actions controlled may relate to the environment, characters controlled by other players (player characters, PCs for short), or characters not controlled by other players (non-player characters, NPCs for short). RPG...