A roleplaying game (RPG) is a structured method of playing "Let's Pretend", in which players create characters to serve as protagonists in a fictional world created by a game master. Although characters and plots are driven largely by the imagination of the participants, game rules are used to resolve the results of dramatic conflicts, providing the games with a necessary element of suspense. Roleplaying began with the creation of the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons in Wisconsin in 1972, but now includes hundreds of commercial systems and homemade RPGs in many languages and genres.
This category primarily covers what are often called tabletop roleplaying games (because they are typically played sitting around a table, with books and dice) but also includes its pen-and-paper descendants, live action roleplaying (where players dress up and physically act out their characters' actions) and gamebook roleplaying (system-based interactive fiction).
Articles, reviews and rants on science fiction, games, movies. The Toybox: arguably the largest collection of free roleplaying games on the web. Genre Fonts: A collection of TrueType fonts inspired by TV shows, movies, novels and roleplaying games. Links www.unclebear.com
A writer's advice on roleplaying. Home of the popular "Uncle Figgy's Guides": "Guide to Good GameMastering" - How to manipulate friends and influence people; "Guide to Good RolePlaying" - How to make your minor deity earn his pay. members.aol.com/dwcope/start.html
Large resource site, includes roleplaying archives, site and product reviews, newsletter, contests, forums, postcard and dice servers, extendable interactive stories, player listings, several online and PBeM games and worlds, Fellowship free site hosting. www.rpghost.com
News and reviews for current and upcoming roleplaying games. Also features a RPG Database, release dates, message board, fonts, and gaming databases for D&D, Star Wars d20, Exalted, and World of Darkness. www.pen-paper.net
Popular roleplaying game industry focused independent site, includes directory, regular columns, news, interviews, reviews, links, and large archives of gaming reference, art, and humor material. www.rpg.net
Every RPG plot ever in the history of the whole world (or at least 34 of them): an arbitrary exercise (and GM's aid) by S. John Ross. www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm
The rec.games.frp.moderated information page. General and administrative FAQs for the moderated newsgroup for discussion of human-moderated "tabletop" or "pen and paper" role-playing games. www.killfile.org/~rgfm
A constantly growing collection of articles and documents created by the staff of Tesarta as well as links to other parts of the Web and books at Amazon.com, all covering a wide range of topics of interest to roleplayers. www.tesarta.com
Dedicated to the promotion, creation, and review of independent creator-owned roleplaying systems. Also features discussion forums, articles about game design, and design resources. www.indie-rpgs.com
Dedicated to supporting and enhancing roleplaying campaigns by providing company and product lists with reviews, links, and general resources. www.rpg-resource.org.uk
A selection of practical tips for game masters and players of any system, information about some Gaming Conventions, and resources for Amber, Dungeons & Dragons, and Shadowrun. www.highprogrammer.com/alan/gaming
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