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[[Image:Role-Playing Game Book Collection.jpg|thumb|256x256px|A collection of role-playing rule books.]]
 
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'''Role-playing games''', or '''RPGs''' for short, combines a rule system with imagination and acting to create a [[games|game]]. A role-playing game is usually played with several people. One person as a referee and the rest of the players assuming the roles of a characters in a fictional setting. The referee's job is to setup an adventure for the players to take part in and enjoy while enforcing the game's rules. Traditional RPGs are often referred to as "pen and paper" or "table top" RPGs to distinguish them from video game RPGs. While the most popular role-playing game is [[Dungeons and Dragons]], hundreds of others exist for all sorts of different settings, and pretty much every major media franchise has an official rule set.
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'''Role-playing games''', or '''RPGs''' for short, combine a rule system with imagination and acting to create a [[games|game]]. A role-playing game is usually played with several people. One person as a referee and the rest of the players assuming the roles of a characters in a fictional setting. The referee's job is to setup an adventure for the players to take part in and enjoy while enforcing the game's rules. Traditional RPGs are often referred to as "pen and paper" or "table top" RPGs to distinguish them from video game RPGs. While the most popular role-playing game is [[Dungeons and Dragons]], hundreds of others exist for all sorts of different settings, and pretty much every major media franchise has an official rule set.
  
 
I got into role-playing games when I was around 5-years-old because my neighborhood friends had various Dungeons and Dragons manuals. We were still too young to really appreciate the rules, so, instead we made up rules and adventures using our toys and pictures from the game books. When my family moved to a different city, I stopped playing with the pen-and-paper RPGs, but I very much loved video game fantasy RPGs which became my favorite genre. In middle school, a fellow classmate and I shared our love for video game RPGs, but he also showed me his collection of Dungeons and Dragons manuals, and we played a few sessions. This rekindled my interest in pen-and-paper RPGs, but I was very conflicted at the time because I was attending an Evangelical church, and considered myself a born-again Christian, and the church I attended had a very negative view of fantasy role-playing games. Keeping it a secret from my church family, I bought his manuals and bought several other books from a local hobby shop. In high school, I began playing Dungeons and Dragons with a new set of friends and my older brother's friends, and I poured a lot of time into the game. However, I had a job, so I missed a lot of game sessions. In my late teens and early 20s, I tried getting involved with other game systems like [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] and later editions of D&D, but I never had enough time for them. I still play a lot of video game RPGs, but I no longer player pen-and-paper RPGs.
 
I got into role-playing games when I was around 5-years-old because my neighborhood friends had various Dungeons and Dragons manuals. We were still too young to really appreciate the rules, so, instead we made up rules and adventures using our toys and pictures from the game books. When my family moved to a different city, I stopped playing with the pen-and-paper RPGs, but I very much loved video game fantasy RPGs which became my favorite genre. In middle school, a fellow classmate and I shared our love for video game RPGs, but he also showed me his collection of Dungeons and Dragons manuals, and we played a few sessions. This rekindled my interest in pen-and-paper RPGs, but I was very conflicted at the time because I was attending an Evangelical church, and considered myself a born-again Christian, and the church I attended had a very negative view of fantasy role-playing games. Keeping it a secret from my church family, I bought his manuals and bought several other books from a local hobby shop. In high school, I began playing Dungeons and Dragons with a new set of friends and my older brother's friends, and I poured a lot of time into the game. However, I had a job, so I missed a lot of game sessions. In my late teens and early 20s, I tried getting involved with other game systems like [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] and later editions of D&D, but I never had enough time for them. I still play a lot of video game RPGs, but I no longer player pen-and-paper RPGs.

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A collection of role-playing rule books.

Role-playing games, or RPGs for short, combine a rule system with imagination and acting to create a game. A role-playing game is usually played with several people. One person as a referee and the rest of the players assuming the roles of a characters in a fictional setting. The referee's job is to setup an adventure for the players to take part in and enjoy while enforcing the game's rules. Traditional RPGs are often referred to as "pen and paper" or "table top" RPGs to distinguish them from video game RPGs. While the most popular role-playing game is Dungeons and Dragons, hundreds of others exist for all sorts of different settings, and pretty much every major media franchise has an official rule set.

I got into role-playing games when I was around 5-years-old because my neighborhood friends had various Dungeons and Dragons manuals. We were still too young to really appreciate the rules, so, instead we made up rules and adventures using our toys and pictures from the game books. When my family moved to a different city, I stopped playing with the pen-and-paper RPGs, but I very much loved video game fantasy RPGs which became my favorite genre. In middle school, a fellow classmate and I shared our love for video game RPGs, but he also showed me his collection of Dungeons and Dragons manuals, and we played a few sessions. This rekindled my interest in pen-and-paper RPGs, but I was very conflicted at the time because I was attending an Evangelical church, and considered myself a born-again Christian, and the church I attended had a very negative view of fantasy role-playing games. Keeping it a secret from my church family, I bought his manuals and bought several other books from a local hobby shop. In high school, I began playing Dungeons and Dragons with a new set of friends and my older brother's friends, and I poured a lot of time into the game. However, I had a job, so I missed a lot of game sessions. In my late teens and early 20s, I tried getting involved with other game systems like Vampire: The Masquerade and later editions of D&D, but I never had enough time for them. I still play a lot of video game RPGs, but I no longer player pen-and-paper RPGs.

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