a game in which players assume the roles of fantasy characters
Examples of 'role-playing game' in a sentence
role-playing game
A few have ditched any pretence of self improvement and are immersed in complex fantasy role-playing games.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The 6.5 million players who control characters in the role-playing game supplied the necessary element of unpredictable human reactions without any risk to the real world.