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Page 3 of 7 As a part of the detailed survey, the following terms and examples were provided to the respondents: | Term | Example | | Paper RPGs* | Dungeons & Dragons | | Card Games | Bridge, Solitaire, Uno, Poker | | Trading Card Games | Magic, Pokemon | | Word/ knowledge | Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit | | Puzzle computer games | Tetris | | Non-competitive problem solving | Sim City, Myst | | Puzzle table games | Jenga, Dominoes | | Classic board games | Chess, Monopoly, Go | | Action/Shooter/Arcade | Doom, Mortal Kombat | | Miniatures table-top fantasy/sci-fi | Warhammer | | Games that use miniatures | Battletech | | War games | Historical | | Simulations | Flight/car Simulators | | Strategy games | Risk, Civilization | | Social/party games | Charades, Pictionary | | Strategic sport simulations | Madden, MLB | | Other non-sport games | N/A |
Specific questions were also designed to separate users of “computer Role Playing Games†vs. “paper Role Playing Gamesâ€.
* For my own purposes, I choose to use the term “Tabletop RPGs†in this document; the term “paper RPGs†was used in the study. The terms are synonyms; my choice is simply personal. I believe that in the fairly near future “paper†RPGs will hybridize with computer assistance – not becoming “computer RPGs†as that term is commonly understood, but not being games played simply with paper anymore either. Consider this a “forward looking†terminology.
The term “D&D†is used herein to describe all flavors and types of D&D play; from old “white box†players up to people playtesting 3rd Edition.
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