Roleplaying games

A role-playing game, put simply, is a game where one acts out the events of a (usually fictional) character within the context of a traditional game. They are not necessarily computer games, though those are most common, as they were originally developed from the traditional table-top games. These pen-and-paper games, such as Dungeons and Dragons are played using a complicated ruleset and dice to help determine action which improve the realism or fun of the game.