Tabletop role-playing game
A tabletop role-playing game, also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a classification for a role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech, and sometimes movements. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a set formal system of rules and guidelines, usually containing Dice-Rolling. Within the rules, players have the freedom to improvise; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the game.
Role players at the Convention Burg-Con in Berlin 2009. The gamemaster (left) sits behind the GM's screen.
Role-playing games often use polyhedral dice to resolve game actions.
Statistics recorded on a character sheet
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.
A group playing a tabletop RPG. The GM is at left using a cardboard screen to hide dice rolls from the players.
A fantasy LARP group
