by mic_al

I actually think it does the hobby good to have RPG explained.

"Roleplaying Game" or RPG means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

Some people think of computer RPGs like Diablo and Baldur's Gate, others think of dungeoncrawl boardgames like HeroQuest and Gloomhaven, others think of tactical RPGs (like playing D&D with minis and terrain, others think of "theater of the mind" pen and paper TTRPGs (this is what I mean when I use the term), and yet others think of LARPing.

Now I'm not trying to enforce any particular lexicon, but I think it's helpful to explain to people what a TTRPG (as you and I might conceive it) actually is. That is NOT, in my opinion, necessarily widespread knowledge - and maybe it will open people up to considering other possibilities outside of their limited experience.

Not that I have any vested interest in this, I just remember a video where Deborah Ann Woll supposedly taught Jon Bernthal what exactly and RPG is:

Youtube Video

And I'm of the opinion that there are people out there who really don't know. (And their conception of it is whatever they see on "The Big Bang Theory.")

With respect to Monopoly, it wasn't the first boardgame and basically everyone did indeed know what a boardgame was.

(Also, I, personally learned what an RPG was by reading that "What is an RPG" section from my starter D&D set.)

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