Different images of recent RPG

Videogames, like we said before, are divided in several parts.

One of these parts is RPG. RPG, Role Playing Game, is a very important category of videogames. There are Classic RPG, Action RPG ( A-RPG ), Tactical RPG ( T-RPG ). Concerning online games, there are Massive Multiplayer Online RPG ( MMORPG ) and Multiplayer Online RPG ( MORPG ).

What precisely is a RPG?

It's a role game in which the player do progress one or more characters who evolve, live, with other characters, elements ( place, objects... ) run by the computer. The element important of a RPG is the system of progression of character(s), gainning experience ( fighting, carrying out quests... ), the character evolve, gain features, competences...

Role-playing games are a form of interactive and collaborative storytelling. Like novels or films, role-playing games appeal because they engage the imagination. Interactivity is the crucial difference between role-playing games and traditional fiction. Whereas a viewer of a television show is a passive observer, a player at a roleplaying game makes choices that propel the action. Such role-playing games extend an older tradition of storytelling games where a small party of friends collaborate to create a story.

Before play begins, players develop a concept of the role they would like to play in the game. They then use the game system's character creation rules to form a representation of their characters, in terms of game mechanics. The character's statistics are recorded on a special-purpose form called a character sheet. Some systems, require characters to choose from a set of prebuilt template characters with only a small amount of customisation allowed. Others, use character classes to define most character concepts, but allow some freedom with the statistics within those classes. Still others, allow the player to create their own character concepts by freely assigning statistics.

Each game is set in a fictional world in which adventures and campaigns can take place. Usually a campaign setting is designed for a specific game or a specific genre of game. There are numerous campaign settings available both in print and online. In addition to published campaign settings available for purchase, many game masters create their own.

The first commercially available role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, was published in 1974 by E. Gary Gygax.

This is the cover of Dungeons and Dragons, the first RPG created.