Tabletop role-playing usually incorporates set rules established in a book, dice or determinants, a storyteller, and character sheets to determine outcomes. Think Dungeons and Dragons, White Wolf's World of Darkness and Aeon-Trinity table-top games, GURPs, etc.
LARP, or Live Action Role Play, is a hybrid of tabletop role-playing, mixed with real time acting. In this type of role-play, individuals will interact within an established environment with a storyteller, narrators, and other characters; will usually base character creation on books; and will sometimes use dice or determinants for outcomes, and use props, and surroundings to set the stage. The most famous LARP settings are White Wolf's Minds Eye Theater variants, consisting of the World of Darkness genre.
Online gaming refers to the growing MUDs (Multi User Dungeons, and all variations there-of, MUCKs, MUSHs, MUDDs, MOOs, Diku, Mordor, and MajorMUDs), MMORPGs (Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games), and other such games online that use real time responses to predetermined data, or other players. While that sounds complicated, itÂ’s really not. For example, if I type wave, the response in the game would usually be, You wave hello. This subtype can be text or graphically based, or a combination of both. Simutronic's Dragonrealms, Star Wars Galaxies, and Final Fantasy are all considered online games.
Freeform role-playing is a reference to online games that have no predetermined actions, and is completely run by players. ::waves hello to the newcomers:: People will freely type out actions, and use dice or determinants to figure outcomes. Chat room and PBEMs (Play By E-Mail) are considered free form RPGs.
LARP, or Live Action Role Play, is a hybrid of tabletop role-playing, mixed with real time acting. In this type of role-play, individuals will interact within an established environment with a storyteller, narrators, and other characters; will usually base character creation on books; and will sometimes use dice or determinants for outcomes, and use props, and surroundings to set the stage. The most famous LARP settings are White Wolf's Minds Eye Theater variants, consisting of the World of Darkness genre.
Online gaming refers to the growing MUDs (Multi User Dungeons, and all variations there-of, MUCKs, MUSHs, MUDDs, MOOs, Diku, Mordor, and MajorMUDs), MMORPGs (Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games), and other such games online that use real time responses to predetermined data, or other players. While that sounds complicated, itÂ’s really not. For example, if I type wave, the response in the game would usually be, You wave hello. This subtype can be text or graphically based, or a combination of both. Simutronic's Dragonrealms, Star Wars Galaxies, and Final Fantasy are all considered online games.
Freeform role-playing is a reference to online games that have no predetermined actions, and is completely run by players. ::waves hello to the newcomers:: People will freely type out actions, and use dice or determinants to figure outcomes. Chat room and PBEMs (Play By E-Mail) are considered free form RPGs.
