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-A '''Roleplaying Game''', or RPG, is a game where a number of participants typically assume the roles of fictional characters.
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-One of the most popular and long running RPGs is [[Dungeons and Dragons]] which was created in the [[USA]]. It became so popular that it spawned a children's cartoon of the same name.
-Traditionally, an RPG was played by a group of friends with pen and paper and one of the group assuming the role of "Game Master" and effectively running the game. Nowadays there are a great number of RPGs available in videogame format - everything from online games designed for any number of players (for example [[World of Warcraft]], [[Phantasy Star Online]], and [[Everquest]]) to single player story led games (for example, the [[Final Fantasy]] series).  Proponents of tabletop RPGs criticize computer and console-based RPGs for their relative inflexibility, since even the best computer-model can't be as ingenious as an actual game-master can.
-From the 1980s onward, RPGs have come under a great deal of criticism from groups who felt that people (especially children) using their imaginations was inherently dangerous, and would lead to [[insanity]], [[murder]], [[suicide]], and [[occultism]].<ref>[http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2003/occult-rpg.htm Kjos Ministries]</ref><ref>[http://theescapist.com/ The Escapist]</ref>
-== Tabletop RPGs ==
-* [[Dungeons and Dragons]]
-* [[Vampire]]
-* [[Traveller]]
-* [[Top Secret]]
-* [[Exalted]]
-* [[Empire of the Petal Throne]]
-* [[Nobilis]]
-* [[Boot Hill]]
-* [[In Nomine]]
-* [[Dragonraid]]
-* [[GURPS]]
-* [[Bunnies and Burrows]]
-== See also ==
-[[CRPG|Console RPGs]]
-== References ==
-<references/>
-[[category:games]]

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