The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to role-playing games:

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as 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 regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.

What type of thing are role-playing games?

Role-playing games can be described as all of the following:

• A class of games –
• A form of role-playing –

Types of role-playing games

History of role-playing games

History of role-playing games

General role-playing games concepts

Role-playing games organizations

Role-playing games publications

Persons influential in role-playing games

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Dave Arneson
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Monte Cook
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Ed Greenwood
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Jeff Grubb
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Gary Gygax
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Luke Gygax
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Laura Hickman
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Tracy Hickman
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Harold Johnson (game designer)
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Robert J. Kuntz
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Len Lakofka
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Kim Mohan
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Roger E. Moore
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Douglas Niles
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Carl Sargent
   * 
Lawrence Schick
   * 
James M. Ward

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