Draft:Outline of role-playing games

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to role-playing games:

What type of thing are role-playing games?
Role-playing games can be described as all of the following:
 * A class of games –
 * A form of role-playing –

Types of role-playing games

 * Tabletop role-playing game –
 * Live action role-playing game –
 * Role-playing video game –
 * Single-player –
 * Online text-based role-playing game –
 * Massively multiplayer online role-playing game –
 * Roleplay simulation –
 * Sexual roleplay –

History of role-playing games

 * History of role-playing games
 * Timeline of tabletop role-playing games
 * History of live action role-playing games

By name

 * List of role-playing games by name

By country

 * Polish role-playing games
 * Japanese role-playing games
 * Tabletop role-playing games in Japan
 * Chinese Jubensha

Roles

 * Gamemaster –
 * Player character –
 * Non-player character (NPC –

Terms

 * Role-playing game terms

Persons influential in role-playing games

 * List of role-playing game artists
 * List of designers of role-playing games
 * List of female role-playing game professionals

* Dave Arneson * Monte Cook * Ed Greenwood * Jeff Grubb * Gary Gygax * Luke Gygax * Laura Hickman * Tracy Hickman * Harold Johnson (game designer) * Robert J. Kuntz * Len Lakofka * Kim Mohan * Roger E. Moore * Douglas Niles * Carl Sargent * Lawrence Schick * James M. Ward