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 What is a Table-Top RPG?

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PostSubject: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeFri Nov 22, 2013 1:24 am

This has been sourced from Wikipedia, so this may not be completely true!

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A tabletop role-playing game, pen-and-paper role-playing game, or table-talk role-playing game is a form of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, players have the freedom to improvise; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the game.

Unlike other types of role-playing game, tabletop RPGs are often conducted like radio drama: only the spoken component of a role is acted. This acting is not always literal, and players do not always speak exclusively in-character. Instead, players act out their role by deciding and describing what actions their characters will take within the rules of the game. In most games, a specially designated player called the game master (GM) creates a setting in which each player plays the role of a single character. The GM describes the game world and its inhabitants; the other players describe the intended actions of their characters, and the GM describes the outcomes. Some outcomes are determined by the game system, and some are chosen by the GM.

The terms pen-and-paper and tabletop are generally only used to distinguish this format of RPG from other formats, since neither pen and paper nor a table are strictly necessary.

Full reading can be located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game
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PostSubject: Re: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeFri Nov 22, 2013 1:25 am

Example of a Table-Top RPG:

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PostSubject: Re: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeFri Nov 22, 2013 6:51 am

Dungeons and Dragons is another example.
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PostSubject: Re: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeFri Nov 22, 2013 10:11 pm

Yes, I am quite aware.
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PostSubject: Re: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeTue Nov 26, 2013 11:14 am

Are you sure about that?
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PostSubject: Re: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeTue Nov 26, 2013 8:20 pm

Yes, because you always play it Razz
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PostSubject: Re: What is a Table-Top RPG? What is a Table-Top RPG? I_icon_minitimeTue Nov 26, 2013 9:58 pm

No i dont.
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