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Role-Playing Games

The document is an introduction to role-playing games that discusses their history and usage. It describes how role-playing games involve assuming fictional roles and settings through scripted or improvised acting. The history section outlines how role-playing evolved from 16th century improvised play through strategic wargames in the 1800s and the development of tabletop role-playing games from the 1960s onward. It also lists some common uses of role-playing games, such as for education, conflict management, and entertainment.

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Role-Playing Games

The document is an introduction to role-playing games that discusses their history and usage. It describes how role-playing games involve assuming fictional roles and settings through scripted or improvised acting. The history section outlines how role-playing evolved from 16th century improvised play through strategic wargames in the 1800s and the development of tabletop role-playing games from the 1960s onward. It also lists some common uses of role-playing games, such as for education, conflict management, and entertainment.

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An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

Role-Playing Games

Björn Schröder Oluf Lorenzen


Multi Media
Berufsbildende Schulen

English

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

Intro

1 An Overview & Introduction

2 History

3 Usage Of Role-Playing Games

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

fictitious settings & actions

scripted or based on spontaneous acting

being someone else than yourself

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

historic beginnings

16th century - improvised play


1800 - strategic training, so-called ‘kriegspiel’
or ‘wargames’
1910 - toy soldier game, miniature figures &
environment

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

1960s - board wargames, emphasis on character


development, influence of fantasy elements
1970s - D&D, detailed rulebooks
1980s - new games outside the US, creation of
’Generic Universal Roleplaying System’
1990s - further emphasis towards
characterisation & storytelling, card-games

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

education

conflict-management

for the own entertaiment

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

Examples

LARP

MMORPG

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

Sources

www.rpgstudies.net
www.rpg.net
www.sjgames.com
www.eff.org

. . . created with LATEX

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games
An Overview & Introduction History Usage Of Role-Playing Games

thanks for your


attention and criticism!

Björn Schröder, Oluf Lorenzen Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen


Role-Playing Games

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