Independent Study Project On Role Playing Games

Part I of Essay
What are Role Playing Games? Quite simply, RPG's are games where YOU assume the role of a different person. Then, you with other adventurers, must play that role in the setting in which the game takes place. Playing and RPG is much like acting, only you don't know what ....

Part II of Essay
.... want, destroy everything, etc. Any of these decisions could result in something good to the player or bad. "Every action has an opposite and equal reaction." How do RPG's work? Basically, they are a story being told. Each player has their own character, who they are playing, or acting in the game. Each character has their own strengths and weaknesses. Below is shown part of a character sheet. A character sheet is where all information on the character is shown. This includes things like reaction time, strength, intelligen ....