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Role-playing | '''Category: Role-playing''' — this [[Special:Categories|category]] here on WikiIndex contains wiki sites about, or referring to 'role-playing', an {{tag|activity}} where the 'player' assumes (plays) the role of another personality / character and / or in some theoretical situation. It is similar to acting (on stage or in film), but unlike predetermined course of action and behaviour, {{Wp|role-playing}} develops a character being played and outcomes of situations played through in potentially any direction and is up to the player, not a director or script writer. | ||
It | |||
role-playing develops a character being played and outcomes of situations played through in potentially any direction | |||
and is up to the player, not a director or script writer. | |||
It can be viewed as some kind of world simulation (existing or fanatsy), where the players are supposed to stay | It can be viewed as some kind of world {{tag|simulation}} (existing or [[Cambridge-Dictionary:fanatsy|fanatsy]]), where the players are supposed to stay 'in character', i.e., make decisions rationalised from the point of view (limited knowledge) of the character assumed, not oneself in real-life. | ||
i.e. make decisions | |||
There are many {{tag|games}} dealing with this theme either as board/ classical face-2-face social games, | There are many {{tag|games}} dealing with this theme, either as board / classical face-2-face social games, or as {{tag|Video games|computer games}} (both single- and multi-player, see {{related|MMORPG}}). | ||
or as computer games (both single- and multi-player, see {{related|MMORPG}}). | |||