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 Role-playing game
In such games, characters gain various abilities based on gameplay and typically involving the use of several statistics (such as strength, dexterity, intelligence, charm, etc.), which may in some game systems be advanced.
In pen and paper RPGs, participants play the parts of characters in an imaginary world that usually is organized, adjudicated, and sometimes created by the gamemaster, usually with the support of rules, simple or complex.
Of course, interactive and impromptu dramas have included elements of play long before the advent of modern wargames -- the children's games of "Playing House" or "Cowboys and Indians" are in essence very simple role-playing games.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/r/ro/role_playing_game.html   (1712 words)

  
 Online text-based role-playing game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An online text-based role playing game (OTBRPG) is a role-playing game played online using a solely text-based interface such as TELNET, an internet forum, or in a chat.
Online text-based role playing games predate graphical online games by several years, and can be attributed to the first attempts to bring multiplayer gaming to the internet, which culminated in the invention of MUDs, the forefather of MMORPGs.
Role-playing games based on popular media (for example, the Harry Potter series) are common, and the players involved tend to overlap with the relevant fandoms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Online_text_based_role_playing_game   (1503 words)

  
 Food Game for Kid Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Online text-based role playing games predate graphical online games by several years, and can be attributed to the first...
Ultima Online game mechanics - Ultima Online continued the tradition of previous Ultima games in many ways, but due to advancing technology and the simple fact that it was Origin's first persistent online game, there were many new game mechanics as well.
Competitive online role-playing game - A competitive/cooperative online role-playing game (commonly abbreviated CORPG) is an online genre of computer and video games centered around the creation and development of an avatar with the intent of competing with and against others in a global competition or cooperating together in a private instance...
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 Role-playing game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One is typically pen-and-paper game played with dice by several These frequently use several types of polyhedral dice.
The term is also used as a for a genre of video games that for obvious reasons lack the element of pen-and-paper games but borrow many elements from said games.
Of course interactive and impromptu dramas have elements of play long before the advent modern wargames -- the children's games of "Playing or "Cowboys and Indians" are in essence simple role-playing games.
www.freeglossary.com /Roleplaying   (2199 words)

  
 Free Online Multiplayer Interactive Games : Role-playing games (RPGs)
Equinox is a superhero-themed writing game; a roleplaying game that, instead of dice-rolls, relies on serial fiction and competitive writing to determine the course and content of the game.
The objective of the game is to have fun playing the role of your character and increasing your characters skills as he or she goes adventuring and explores Internetania.
You play the role of a warrior, whose mission in life is to become one of the gods of Valhalla.
games.npph.net /rpg.html   (3729 words)

  
 roleplaying game
Because the terms "role-playing game" and "RPG" have both to some degree been co-opted by the computer gaming industry, traditional non-digital pastimes of this sort are increasingly being referred to as pen and paper role-playing games (PnP RPG or PPRPG) or tabletop role-playing games (TTRPG).
The original form of role-playing game was the fantasy wargame, inspired by sword and sorcery fiction and utilizing miniature figurines and scaled terrain grids to illustrate action in a way similar to that of tactical wargames.
Freeform role-playing games are a subgenre of LARP with minimal rules and a greater focus on character development.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Roleplaying_game.php   (2400 words)

  
 PlaneT ZorG - Tick Based Free MMORPG
PBBG stands for Persistant Browser based game, and involes playing the game through your browser, and progress in the game is achieved through persistance, such as playing mutiple times, unlike puzzle or arcade games where progress is discarded when page is left.
This is where hundreds of people sign up and play a game, and in the game you have a role, such as attacking other countries, whilst improving your own.
Text based game means that the game does not contain moving images, movies or flash objects.
www.planet-zorg.co.uk   (324 words)

  
 The Finest Online Role Playing Game: Avalon
The First Age of Avalon is the longest-lasting role playing game online, which has never stopped aiming for perfection in every aspect.
Role playing is both an enjoyable and serious matter with us at First Age.
Advancement, role playing and expansion of your horizons are fully within your power.
www.firstage.net   (419 words)

  
 Open Directory - Games:Video Games:Adventure:Browser Based   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Browser based adventures are interactive fiction where the player can change the outcome of the story by his or her input.
Although text based adventures may include graphics and other multi-media elements in addition to text, input from the player is in the form of text entered at a prompt.
Text based adventures are a type interactive fiction where the player changes the outcome of the story with commands that are typed into the game.
dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Adventure/Browser_Based/desc.html   (380 words)

  
 role-playing game - a definition from Whatis.com
A role-playing game (RPG) is a game in which each participant assumes the role of a character, generally in a fantasy or science fiction setting, that can interact within the game's imaginary world.
Games like Dungeons and Dragons, Battletech and Star Wars were all popular examples of the genre of early online role playing games.
The online environments known as MUD and MOO included software for playing and developing role-playing games in text-based environments, often using ASCII maps and menus.
whatis.techtarget.com /definition/0,,sid9_gci213697,00.html   (241 words)

  
 Medievia - Do You Dare Enter?
Medievia, a massively multiplayer online text based role-playing game, is proud to announce the release of its newest version, a game so complex and complete that its long-time users claim that no other game in existence can come close to the depth of game play and social interaction that Medievia provides.
Medievia offers imaginative game play and an environment so compelling hundreds of its users have continued to log in and play daily for five or more years.
It is a free game played online with hundreds of other players, with more fun, balance, and polish than any game to date.
www.medievia.com /recruitads.html   (1016 words)

  
 Online text RPG
This site is about Online text RPG also known as online web RPG.
Online text RPG are text based role-playing games that can be played on almost any browser anywhere on any computer with an internet connection.
Free text based online RPG game, fight monsters, explore worlds, chat or duel other online players.
www.onlinetextrpg.com   (264 words)

  
 Aarcsoft Game Zone
Its turn based system means you can easily keep track of your game whilst you battle against hundreds of players online.
The game can be controlled through command line prompt or through a new 3D graphical interface which shows your character's surroundings and allows you to experience a world of magic and mystery.
Alpha Sun is a multi-player game where hundreds of players populate the virtual worlds of space.
www.aarcsoft.com /games.html   (284 words)

  
 Web Directory » Web Directory » Games » Online » MUDs » MUSH » Fantasy
Blood of Dragons - Based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy epic 'A Song of Ice and Fire', Blood of Dragons MUSH is a role-playing game set 150 years prior to the books.
Loki's Hammer MUX - An online RPG based on a post-Apocalyptic medieval society comprised of elves, humans and half-elves.
OneRing - MUSH based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit".
www.dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Games/Online/MUDs/MUSH/Fantasy   (585 words)

  
 Play-by-post role-playing game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks to online forums, players can easily keep track of all aspects of the game, can see what is happening elsewhere and can re-read anything they have previously written.
Many online services provide free game hosting for gamemasters.
Roleplay OnLine - Free, custom Bulletin Board designed specifically for playing games using the rules of any RPG system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Play-by-post_gaming   (1075 words)

  
 Maganic Wars. Online Role Playing Games.
The game will appear during 2007, but the exact date for the release is unknown yet.
For the moment, you can play our two online role playing games Maganic Wars Get to the Top and Maganic Wars Survival or download the previous version of that game: Maganic Wars Final.
Many people are helping us in the development of Maganic Wars Online with the artwork of the game, the cards design and the music, as well as providing us good suggestions, reports and translations.
www.maganicwars.com   (272 words)

  
 online text based role playing game
An online text based role playing game (OTBRPG) (also sometimes called a Post By Post Role Playing Game or a PBPRPG) is a somewhat common internet role-playing activity based on text-based websites instead of graphical interfaces.
Today, hundreds of players all over the internet play OTBRPGs using countless forms and systems of rules to role-play characters, without the rigid systems of a Tabletop RPG or Video Game.
This is generaly known as power-playing or god-modding the character (or eventually the game in general).
sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Online_text_based_role_playing_game.php   (525 words)

  
 Ishar MUD: a free online text-adventure RPG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ishar is a free RPG (role-playing game) in a unique text-based online world of fantasy and magic.
Players do battle with fearsome foes (and sometimes each other) to win great wealth and wrest rare prizes from the treasure hoards or bloody corpses of their enemies.
Play the game by using our our Java client, telnet, or any
www.ishar.com   (164 words)

  
 Twisted Worlds -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As Twisted Worlds is essentially a free form game, with some moderators to over see player to player conflicts, there are few (if any) restrictions on what your character can do or be.
Twisted Worlds runs the most smoothly when everyone adheres to the guidelines laid down by the founders, so please be considerate of the other players, even if you are beating the sh*t out of their character, or visa-versa and follow the game rules.
The over all rules of the game and the board, in both it's RP and OOC aspects, are listed here.
www.soul-fantasy.net /newguide.php   (1280 words)

  
 Mystic Crusade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The point of the game is to battle various computer enemies along as fellow Mystic Crusade player in order to gain experience and level up.
During the game, a player may battle a monster that drops a weapon that the player already has or one that's less useful than the one the player has equipped now.
It is a battle game so I've done my best to make a great battle system for a text based game.
www.mysticcrusade.com   (458 words)

  
 Ambuoroko.Net - Ambuoroko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ambon was a fictional world created for a MUD, an online text-based role playing game, that unfortunately failed after about a year of development.
The idea may be continued at a later time, but as Ambuoroko originated as a character from this fictional land of Ambon, it is necessary to have a brief background on Ambon before understanding the character of Ambuoroko.
If you have played any MUDs you are likely already familiar with the "immortals" who create the game world and keep things running smoothly.
www.mathcs.duq.edu /~fa05noecker/ambuoroko/ambuoroko.html   (426 words)

  
 play.net >> GemStone IV
Games that bring you years, not hours, of novel interactive roleplaying fun.
Play, fight, hunt, observe, heal, collect, trade, sing -- whatever suits you -- for 30 days and 30 nights first.
Text games continue to thrive and have captured the imagination of millions for over 14 years because they invite greater spontaneity, interactivity and utility.
www.play.net /gs4/new.asp   (1098 words)

  
 Role Players Realm
Role-playing comes in all kinds of ways to “play” or “be.” Here are a few of the genres, and a few examples of the games.
Many Role-players, Especially Online role-players, consider the game very real, in effect, they ARE the character they are playing, they FEEL what the Character feels, they KNOW, SEE and DO everything the character does, remember these things when playing a MUD(Multi User Dungeon) or MMORPG.
A game where you take on the role of a monster to control, loot, plunder, raid and hunt the land of Uthgol.
www.webspawner.com /users/lostinsongs   (1376 words)

  
 Open Directory - Games:Online:MUDs:Roleplaying   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This section is for the web pages of role playing MUDs, MUSHes, etc. as well as resources that would be of assistance to creators or players of such role playing games.
By definition, adventure games are internally consistent, as they must provide an 'adventurous' or stimulating atmosphere full of action.
Any game of the adventure genre focuses on its intuitive or intellectual atmosphere (such as puzzles, quests or duties), rather than, for example, levels or equipment.
dmoz.org /Games/Online/MUDs/Roleplaying/desc.html   (325 words)

  
 Omerta - Massive multiplayer online text-based RPG gangster and mafia game -
Omerta is a text-based massive multiplayer RPG game, based on the stories about the legendary don Barafranca.
New game players choose to start in a city of either USA or Italy, where the mafia has got a large influence even now.
Join the game, everything is free and if you're good enough, grow strong and most importantly, stay alive, we may just be looking at the next Don Barafranca.
www.barafranca.com   (295 words)

  
 Frog Life: Cycle of Glory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Frog Life is a massive multiplyer online role playing game also known as MMORPG.
The Online game frog life there is many things such as flash games.
We are a fun free game with many Flash games and text based features.
www.frog-life.com   (143 words)

  
 ANSIBLE
Ansible is an online text-based role-playing game, set in the Orson Scott Card novel, Ender's Game.
Attacked 90 years ago by a race of bug-like aliens set on colonizing the system, an Earth-wide government pulled together its resources to defend humanity.
Commanders, twelve years of age, lead these armies in battle simulations designed to test the will, mind, discipline, and overall potential of the participants.
ansiblemoo.org   (191 words)

  
 Magic Duel RPG - browserbased online free mmorpg game
Due to the way this game is designed and the way all the little things connect in all the quests, we can not release a beta version until all is ready.
We appologise to all the players that waited so much for this game to be available at the end of this year and we assure you you wont be dissapointed.
The game will be first released for beta testers only.
magicduel.com   (415 words)

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