Role-play has been around for a long time. It is often used in a training context as a way of working through situations. |
Role-play has been around for a long time. In essence roleplaying can be thought of as free-form theatre or improvisation. This improvisation is usually guided by by some boundries such as the motivation of the characters involved. Role-play is often used as a tool by psychiatrist?s, teachers, and trainers as a way of exploring social situations and work through the possibile actions and consequences. |
Sexual role-playing games are even older and sometimes offer an unwanted element of confusion amongst people unaware of existance of role-playing as a respectable hobby. The French have a further problem where the French term for role-playing, "jeux de role", is also the Fench name for pyschodrama?, causing a different problem that experienced in the anglophone? world. |
Sexual role-play is also a form of role-play where partners take on roles such as a maid and her master. Although this can cause confuse people unaware of existence of role-playing in its more widely understood sense. |
Role-play can be thought of as free-form theatre or improvisation within certain boundries (like the motavation of the characters involved). |
Confusion can also occur for example in French where the name "jeux de role", is also the French name for pyschodrama?. |
See Also : MUD, MUSH, false document |
See Also : MUD, MUSH, false document, storytelling game |