Role-playing games (RPGs)

This category offers RPGs (Role-Playing Games) in German and English.

What is RPG:

RPG is the abbreviation for Role-Playing Game (Rollenspiel) and refers to a genre of games where players assume the roles of fictional characters in a virtual world, making decisions that advance the plot and developing their characters, typically by completing quests, defeating enemies, and collecting equipment. There are analog forms like pen-and-paper role-playing games and digital variants such as computer role-playing games (CRPGs) or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). 

Core features of an RPG:
  • Character development: Characters gain experience, improve their skills and equipment.

Story focus: An ongoing narrative that the player influences through their decisions.Fictional worlds: Often fantastical, but can also have historical or futuristic themes.Game mechanics: Elements like dice (analog) or random number generators (digital) determine the success of actions. 

Examples of RPGs:
  • Fantasy RPGs: The Witcher, Final Fantasy, The Elder Scrolls.
  • MMORPGs: World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV.
  • Tabletop RPGs: Dungeons & Dragons. 
Other meanings of RPG:
  • In technology: Report Program Generator, an older programming language.
  • In the military: for example, hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher. 

Mostly, when you hear "RPG" today, it refers to role-playing, often in the context of video games or fantasy.