In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the role of characters, or parts, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Roleplaying is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theatre, in which the participants are both the actors who are playing parts, and the audience.

For learning and therapy

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Simulations and roleplaying exercises are one of the oldest of educational methods, having been used in ancient times and from young age. (Young children role play "doctor" and "nurse", "customers" and "shop owners" etc.) They have been used extensively in vocational training situations and in vocation-oriented higher-education courses (e.g. Law, Medicine, Economics) since the 1960s.

Roleplay simulations fall into the category of multi-agenda social-process simulations. In such simulations, "participants assume individual roles in a hypothesised social group and experience the complexity of establishing and implementing particular goals within the fabric established by the system". (see Gredler, M. (1992), Designing and Evaluating Games and Simulations: A Process Approach, Kogan Page, London)

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Guys, I think I'm bored and desperate enough to pass the time to get back into text roleplaying again :/
LeosBoots (LeosBoots) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:06:32 -0000
Guys, I think I'm bored and desperate enough to pass the time to get back into text roleplaying again :/
(pls RT) Game 壇高層新獻 RPG另類旅遊誌: (星島日報報道)遊戲界有所謂RPG（Role-Playing Game），即角色扮演遊戲，玩家「飾演」遊戲主角，起初無技能、無法術、無裝備兼無朋友.. http://bit.ly/6jWIzz
travel_hk (travel_hk) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:03:40 -0000
(pls RT) Game 壇高層新獻 RPG另類旅遊誌: (星島日報報道)遊戲界有所謂RPG（Role-Playing Game），即角色扮演遊戲，玩家「飾演」遊戲主角，起初無技能、無法術、無裝備兼無朋友.. http://bit.ly/6jWIzz
Oh for cryin' out loud! Dungeons & Dragons is a roleplaying GAME and you are NOT an actual wizard so STFU already!
Jennybean416 (Jennybean) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:50:16 -0000
Oh for cryin' out loud! Dungeons & Dragons is a roleplaying GAME and you are NOT an actual wizard so STFU already!
About Osaka: Osaka's first roleplaying experiences were back in 1998 over at Xena.com. Osaka is a seasoned GM thoug... http://bit.ly/4IS7Qq
StarWiki (StarArmy.com/wiki) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:32:44 -0000
About Osaka: Osaka's first roleplaying experiences were back in 1998 over at Xena.com. Osaka is a seasoned GM thoug... http://bit.ly/4IS7Qq
Finally something that's not just droning on and on... we're going to be roleplaying :) now that's fun
davidangel64 (David R) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:19:57 -0000
Finally something that's not just droning on and on... we're going to be roleplaying :) now that's fun
Laughing with Madi, roleplaying Maraya.. Just wish Cleo was here <3
vintagelovex (Jenny.) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:12:38 -0000
Laughing with Madi, roleplaying Maraya.. Just wish Cleo was here <3

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