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role-playing game

role-playing game is the alternative form of roleplaying game.

Meaning of roleplaying game

Noun

roleplaying game (plural roleplaying games, abbreviation RPG)

  1. 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).
    • So, given that Claude is not conscious, what are we to make of Claude’s constitution? Perhaps the most fruitful way to think about it is as an 84-page character sheet for a role-playing game.2026 June 3, Ted Chiang, “No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  2. A type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games.

Forms of role-playing game

pluralrole-playing games

Questions about role-playing game

What is role-playing game the alternative form of?
Role-playing game is the alternative form of roleplaying game.

Words near role-playing game in the dictionary

  1. role-play
  2. role-played
  3. role-player
  4. role-players
  5. role-playing
  6. role-playing game
  7. role-playing games
  8. role-playing video game
  9. role-playing video games
  10. role-playings
  11. role-plays

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