RPGs can be played in various formats including tabletop games, video games, or live-action role-playing. Modern video games have introduced many hybrid variants, broadening the genre. Regardless of format, immersive storytelling, interactive world, combat system, and character development are key el...
At this same time, tabletop and PC RPGs faced criticism on "moral" grounds for supposedly promoting Satanism. RPGs like Ultima tried to address this criticism by incorporating a positive main quest: to become a better person. Ultima's actions seem to have contributed to the growing popularity ...
Dungeons & Dragons is the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game. It is a cooperative, storytelling game where you and other players take on the roles of different characters within a story. As you play, your character will make friends and enemies, fight monsters, discover loot, and...
Arole-playing game (or RPG)is a cooperative storytelling game where the players take the role of “characters” that act and interact within a fictional adventure, devised and run by a game moderator (GM). Since this kind of game is played with friends around a table (or in an online c...
Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons Dungeons and Dragons is a popular tabletop role-playing game that has captured the hearts and imaginations of players for decades. Created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in the early 1970s, this iconic game has evolved over the years to become a cultural ...
Ever since Spelljammer 5E was released in August 2022, fans of tabletop RPGs everywhere have had space on the brain. But what exactly is a Spelljammer, anyway? Well, technically it’s three things. Firstly, Spelljammer is the name of a DnD setting developed by Jeff Grubb for AD&D 2E...
With lots of rules tweaks and improvements like buffs to weaker classes and stronger monsters, it's not quite a new edition – hence many fans labeling it 'DnD 5.5e' rather than going the whole hog and saying DnD 6e –but it is the biggest change to the tabletop RPG in a decade. ...
It’s hard to argue with a classic.Dungeons & Dragonshas been the face of tabletop RPGs for decades, and for good reason. The 5th Edition of the system comes with its ups and downs, of course, butthere’s nothing quite like the original. Plus, it helps that the system is still bein...
"Wait a second," I hear you say "aren't all video game RPGs computer RPGs?" Well, just like the "J" in JRPG shouldn't be taken at face value, just so the "C" in CRPG has some history to it. These are video games that aim to replicate tabletop RPG systems. The idea is...
You can also use a point-by system (much like those used in tabletop RPGs) where students have a certain amount of points to allocate to the topic: the topics with the most points get reviewed first and for the longest. This method can be great with younger students because they can vi...