role playing game

A form of roleplaying game — A type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master).

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Meanings

nounrole playing game (plural role playing games)

plural role playing games

  1. alternativeAlternative form of roleplaying game.

    This is a nameless blue slime, drawn by Chris Hildenbrand, for a role playing game (RPG) that was never released.

    2006, Lawrence Wright, Character Design for Mobile Devices, Gulf Professional Publishing, →ISBN, page 8
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