There is no single, universally accepted definition of what roleplaying games (RPGs) are.

From a certain point of view… On RPGs. What if, for the sake of discussion, everything that you believe to be true about roleplaying games were true, but let's also note that that "you" is not the singular, but the plural. We can rightfully expect, I think, for the sum of all those perspectives to seem chaotic. Of course, not all that each of us believes to be true about RPGs really is true, but a lot is - at least, from a certain point of view. http://castingshadowsblog.com/2026/09/01/from-a-certain-point-of-view-on-rpgs/

From a certain point of view… On RPGs. What if, for the sake of discussion, everything that you believe to be true about roleplaying games were true, but let's also note that that "you" is not the singular, but the plural. We can rightfully expect, I think, for the sum of all those perspectives to seem chaotic. Of course, not all that each of us believes to be true about RPGs really is true, but a lot is - at least, from a certain point of view. However, despite this, there is a pervasive view that "we don't know what RPGs are," […] https://castingshadowsblog.com/2026/09/01/from-a-certain-point-of-view-on-rpgs/

From a certain point of view… On RPGs. What if, for the sake of discussion, everything that you believe to be true about roleplaying games were true, but let's also note that that "you" is not the singular, but the plural. We can rightfully expect, I think, for the sum of all those perspectives to seem chaotic. Of course, not all that each of us believes to be true about RPGs really is true, but a lot is - at least, from a certain point of view. http://castingshadowsblog.com/2026/09/01/from-a-certain-point-of-view-on-rpgs/