Role Playing Games

A role-playing game (RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development.

Role-playing is sometimes called gaming.
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All The Skills: Book 6: A Deck-Building LitRPG
He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
He Who Fights With Monsters 8 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #8)
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
He Who Fights with Monsters 12 (He Who Fights with Monsters #12)
He Who Fights with Monsters 9 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #9)
The Primal Hunter 2 (The Primal Hunter, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 10 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #10)
He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Core Rulebook (Pathfinder, 1st Edition)
Vampire: The Masquerade Revised
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5rd Edition)
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying (Call of Cthulhu RPG)
Xanathar's Guide to Everything (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5rd Edition)
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd Edition)
Fate Core System
The World of Darkness (Main Rulebook)
Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition
Blades in the Dark
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5rd Edition)
Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering by Robin D. LawsKobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns by Margaret WeisMy Guide to RPG Storytelling by Aron ChristensenAugmented Reality by Paul D. GallagherMörk Borg by Pelle Nilsson
The GM's Bookshelf
18 books — 8 voters
BioShock by John ShirleyThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiThe Legend of Zelda by Michael GambosHomeland by R.A. SalvatoreThe Books of Skyrim by Brian Chapin
Beyond The Game
189 books — 54 voters

Of Dice and Men by David M. EwaltPlaying at the World by Jon PetersonEducational Game Design Fundamentals by George KalmpourtzisDesigners & Dragons by Shannon AppelclineDesigners & Dragons by Shannon Appelcline
Best Books on RPGs
76 books — 37 voters
Mummy by Andrew BatesMummy by Jim ComerWorld of Darkness by David CarrollLaws of the Resurrection by Bruce BaughLaws of Judgment by Jackie Cassada
Mummy: The Resurrection
5 books — 1 voter

Don't Rest Your Head by Fred HicksHeroes of Urowen by David VelascoRoad Trip by Ross Payton
Favorite Roleplaying Books
3 books — 2 voters
Hopebreaker by Dean F. WilsonMoonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer PapeBy Any Other Name by Michel R. VaillancourtFor Steam And Country by Jon Del ArrozFables of the Reconstruction by Jez Jones
Best Unknown Steampunk
241 books — 333 voters


Cory Doctorow
Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly boring RPG (role-playing game) called "professionalism" that requires them to alter their vocabulary, posture, eating habits, facial expressions--every detail all the way down to what they allow themselves to find funny. ...more
Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

The purpose of the referee is to present obstacles for players to overcome as they go about seeking their goals, not to constantly make trouble for them. This is a subtle distinction, and one that many beginners have trouble with.
Marc W. Miller, Marc Miller's Traveller

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