TRPGs
Roleplaying with dice
TRPGs are tabletop role-playing games—games where players assume characters and narrate their actions in a shared fictional world, typically guided by a game master who controls the story and non-player characters.
Dice often determine outcomes.
Dungeons & Dragons is the most famous example: We've been running a TRPG campaign for two years now.
Imaginative mental wandering
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- steampunkRetrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
cyberpunk · post-apocalyptic · urban fantasy · high fantasy · grimdark · sword and sorcery · space opera · Victorian
Marked cubes for chance
- d20Twenty-faced gaming die
- skill checkTest of ability
- saving throwRoll to avoid danger
- hit pointsGaming health metric
armor class · level up · experience points · modifier · critical hit · natural twenty · fumble · advantage
Tabletop RPG narrator
- roleplayingAssuming fictional identities
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
quest · adventure · party · initiative · turn-based · storytelling · improvisation · worldbuilding
Character's past narrative
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- classGrouping by shared traits
- raceCompetition of speed
- ancestryFamily line of descent
fighter · wizard · rogue · cleric · paladin · barbarian · bard · ranger
Fantasy roleplaying game system
Horizontal furniture surface
- groupAssembled collection of things
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- streamSteady continuous flow
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
community · forum · Discord · online · in-person · collaborative · cooperative · TTRPG
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
steampunk · cyberpunk · post-apocalyptic · urban fantasy · high fantasy · grimdark · sword and sorcery · space opera · Victorian · supernatural
dice
Marked cubes for chance
- d20Twenty-faced gaming die
- skill checkTest of ability
- saving throwRoll to avoid danger
hit points · armor class · level up · experience points · modifier · critical hit · natural twenty · fumble · advantage · disadvantage
dungeon master
Tabletop RPG narrator
- roleplayingAssuming fictional identities
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- sessionScheduled time for activity
encounter · quest · adventure · party · initiative · turn-based · storytelling · improvisation · worldbuilding · homebrew
backstory
Character's past narrative
ancestry · fighter · wizard · rogue · cleric · paladin · barbarian · bard · ranger · multiclass
Dungeons and Dragons
Fantasy roleplaying game system
table
Horizontal furniture surface
convention · community · forum · Discord · online · in-person · collaborative · cooperative · TTRPG
TRPGsvideo games
Interactive electronic entertainment
computer games · CRPGs · MMORPGs · console games · mobile games
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