My co-worker Mark stops in to talk RPGs (Role Play Games)

When I was asked to write about my Role Playing Game(RPG) experiences I thought long and hard about the subject from both the Player side and the Game Master (GM) side. From the player side you see your character which you create from a series of books picking your skills and attributes, but once you start playing you actually give that character life a personality, in a way an extension of your own self or a self you wish you were. With RPGs you can escape the world you live in to be someone or something amazing even if it is for only a few hours you can be awesome along with a few other friends. 
Now the other side of things is the GM probably the hardest part to play because you’re not only the Author and creator of a world and all its people, you are everyone and everything, If you can dream it you can build it.  There are many books out there that have pre-created worlds and adventures; I have read many of them their good don’t get me wrong, but if you really want to enjoy and be a true GM you need to make your own world.  I can still remember my first time GMing with my brother and friends, it was a complete disaster by the end of the 4 hour campaign all my players were trying to kill each other and I really do mean that they were trying to kill each other in game. I look back at it now and laugh, but for a new GM it was very disheartening to have that happen to a world that you created. I learned allot that day and in the following months I GMed a few more times and each time it got better learning from my mistakes each game.

Now fast forward 10 plus year I’m still GMing in the same world I created and have built on it with many Non-playing characters (NPC) running around with their own agendas, plans, and sub plots and with all that happening they are then intertwining with my players It makes from some very fun adventures .

In the end I have to thank my brother for handing me the first book to the gaming world that I play now, it started out with a simple book walking me though creating a character, to eventually a whole world which I run. Taking the simple words of a book and giving it life.  To all the readers out there reading this I say go pick up a Gaming basic book reading it from cover to cover make your first character, and after a while make your own world. Last piece of advice Remember one thing always have fun.