Role-playing game

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RPG. Sometimes, when reffering to computer RPGs, the acronym CRPG is used, as to distinguish them from traditional role-playing games. Genre in which the player takes control of one or more characters (a group of characters is usually called a party, especially in fantasy RPGs) and undergoes various missions and trials. RPGs allow for a high degree of customization for the characters, some game systems even including the selection of an alignment (usually a moral perspective) during character creation. RPGs usually have a main plot that involves the character(s) and several minor plots which the players can choose to involve themselves as they wish.