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

---

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)

More on [ Roleplaying ]

Roleplaying - Twitter Search

Weekly Question: How did you start Roleplaying? http://tinyurl.com/yaywxsc
ApathyGames (Apathy Games) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:31 -0000
Weekly Question: How did you start Roleplaying? http://tinyurl.com/yaywxsc
@Peter_Charlotte No Roleplaying since you started! 3 days now. You will be banned for nonparticipation if this continues! If U need help ask
Twi_Twit_Coven (Twitwit Coven) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:44:23 -0000
@Peter_Charlotte No Roleplaying since you started! 3 days now. You will be banned for nonparticipation if this continues! If U need help ask
RT @egotisTAUcal #fact i think roleplaying is stupid >> not if you're Becky....Yes!
magicmoody (Leon Moody) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:12 -0000
RT @egotisTAUcal #fact i think roleplaying is stupid >> not if you're Becky....Yes!
@SirMarcusVolt ONLY AFTER U read the Stroryline Tab (All 30 pages but mostly Pics) then can U start RolePlaying & join Us in Chat! Txs
Twi_Twit_Coven (Twitwit Coven) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:38:07 -0000
@SirMarcusVolt ONLY AFTER U read the Stroryline Tab (All 30 pages but mostly Pics) then can U start RolePlaying & join Us in Chat! Txs
Our demo copy of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game is in store now. Stop in and check it out!
gvegames (GVE Games) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:45:21 -0000
Our demo copy of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game is in store now. Stop in and check it out!
#dragonage is bringing my predilection for "roleplaying" a complete cunt to the fore :D
Mentazm (Mentazm) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:27 -0000
#dragonage is bringing my predilection for "roleplaying" a complete cunt to the fore :D

Subscribe to Roleplaying RSS feed