What is a role-playing game?

I do a brief overview of role-playing games.

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[Aristocritic]

I just noticed a certain "Tetsubo" has been commenting on a podcast I listen to (FTB). Is this you?

If so, you ought to approach the guys on that show to see if you could sit in on an episode or two. You'd bring an experienced presence and a very different set of ideas to that great show. It would also be interesting to hear you in a give and take environment as opposed to a one way conversation. Just an idea I thought I would throw out there.

Good vids, thanks for making them.

[tetsubo57]

@Aristocritic That would be me. There aren't a lot of 'tetsubos' on the net.

It's an interesting idea. I just don't think I am up to the FTB caliber. But thank you for the thought and kind words.

[highpriestrsw2]

Was that guy from the usenet John Wick? He's a great game author and his ideas on how to incorporate different systems into the same game is awesome. LordStrange is his youtube handle.

[tetsubo57]

@highpriestrsw2 No, he goes by the name Sea Wasp. He is an author, Ryk Spoor.

[megaplayer22]

Those technically are not loaded dice, loaded dice have all six sides 1 is just weighted so its opposite always comes up.

[tetsubo57]

@megaplayer22 Oddly, they are loaded as well. I have no idea why mind you. But they are not properly balanced in the least.

[biguy200]

one of yur best vlogs. please keep the good work up. :)

[megaplayer22]

@tetsubo57 Thats just redundant.

[tobiosnmakky]

basicly-

a role playing game is a game of which you play a role, that can be playing yourself as a role, or someone/thing else. it seems it is basically a game where one is not limited to playing themself.

further-

usually a rp game now refers to a game from 3 types theses days, paper, computer, dressing up, a few limits added for this definition, assumption of types of character role is. useage of things. but your role personality is mainly as above.

[RomanticLinguaphilia]

Awesome primer... Thanks for keeping the hobby alive... I'm so glad to hear references to the term WITHOUT A PC being discussed! Let's never let the hobby die... What RPG offers the most to a guy obsessed with artificial intelligences? Anyway, the 80s RPG is becoming like old-time radio, so let's keep her alive...

[RadicalAns]

Great vid. You should make a playlist called the Tetsubo FAQ and put up all these general question vids.