Topics: Games : Roleplaying
A roleplaying game (RPG) is a structured method of playing "Let's Pretend", in which players create characters to serve as protagonists in a fictional world created by a game master. Although characters and plots are driven largely by the imagination of the participants, game rules are used to resolve the results of dramatic conflicts, providing the games with a necessary element of suspense. Roleplaying began with the creation of the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons in Wisconsin in 1972, but now includes hundreds of commercial systems and homemade RPGs in many languages and genres.
Archives
Roleplaying archives are web-accessible collections of game-related files, including, but not limited to maps, adventures, character sheets, and netbooks.
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Characters
Many roleplayers develop extensive backgrounds for their characters, creating elaborate histories, game fiction, and even in-character homepages.
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Conventions
Discussed gaming conventions on the topic of Roleplaying.
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Developers and Publishers
Official homepages of companies producing or publishing Roleplaying Games and support material.
Independent Developers,
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Directories
Sites that exist primarily to provide alphabetical or classified lists of resources about roleplaying games.
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FAQs, Help, and Tutorials
Focusing on advice for basic or advanced roleplay. At this level, sites should cover roleplaying in general or multiple genres and systems.
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Gamebooks
Gamebooks are a form of self-contained interactive fiction; you play the part of the hero and make his/her decisions by turning to different pages and reading different sections of the book.
Fighting Fantasy,
Lone Wolf,
Lost Worlds,
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Genres
This section contains sub categories for the various Genres, or areas of subject matter, that Roleplaying games seem to have broken themselves into.
Anime,
Christian,
Fantasy,
Furry,
Historical,
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Humor
Like any subculture, roleplayers have their own in-jokes; this category is the place to look for parodies, ridiculous rules, gaming stories, comics, and anything else approaching role-playing in a light-hearted spirit.
Comics,
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Live Action
Live action roleplaying (a term often shortened into LARP or LRP) is a form of roleplaying where the participants do not merely verbally describe their actions, but actually carry them out (or pretend to do so).
Conventions,
Event Planning,
Fantasy,
Horror,
Modern and Espionage,
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Magazines and E-zines
Roleplaying magazines, publications, journals, fanzines, both online and on paper.
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Mailing Lists
Discussion and collection of messages on tabletop or pen and pencil roleplaying games.
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Play Groups
Gaming clubs, societies, and associations whose members meet each other in order to play games face to face.
Africa,
Asia,
Europe,
North America,
Oceania,
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Roleplaying in Society
Roleplayers traditionally view their hobby as one divorced from "the real world", a second life lived in imaginary worlds, with little regard for societal issues outside the game.
Advocacy,
Crime,
Religion,
Women,
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Software
Helpful Tools for Game Masters and Players. This includes online Java, JavaScript, and CGI programs, and downloadable software for character generation, mapping, dice rolling, and any other computer program specifically intended to aid roleplayers.
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Systems
This section contains a list roleplaying games that have more than one web page devoted to them.
Free,
Multi-System,
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Web Rings
A web ring is a group of thematically-similar sites organized into a circle through the use of standardized 'Next' and 'Previous' hyperlinks.
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World Building
Resources and tools for building worlds suitable to be used in roleplaying games. These include resources such as mapping tools, discussion groups, guides to online world-building projects and invented languages.
Characters,
Chats and Forums,
Created Worlds,
Demographics,
Fantasy,
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