roleplaying game

See also: role-playing game, role playing game, and rôle-playing game

English

(games) A type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master).
Synonym: RPG (initialism)
(video games) A type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games.

type of game in which the players assume the role of a character

Arabic: لُعْبَة تَقَمُّص أَدْوَار (luʕba(t) taqammuṣ ʔadwār)
Egyptian Arabic: لعبة رول بلينج f (luʕbat rōl blēing)
Catalan: joc de rol (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 角色扮演遊戲 / 角色扮演游戏 (gok³ sik¹ baan⁶ yin² yau⁴ hei³), 角色活動 / 角色活动 (gok³ sik¹ wut⁶ dung⁶)

Mandarin: 角色扮演遊戲 / 角色扮演游戏 (zh), 角色扮演游戲 / 角色扮演游戏 (juésè bànyǎn yóuxì), 角色活動 / 角色活动 (juésè huódòng)
Danish: rollespil n
Dutch: rollenspel (nl) n
Esperanto: rolludo
Finnish: roolipeli (fi)
French: jeu de rôle (fr) m
Georgian: როლური ვიდეო თამაში (roluri video tamaši), როლური თამაში (roluri tamaši)
German: Rollenspiel (de) n
Hungarian: szerepjáték (hu)
Interlingua: joco de rolo
Italian: gioco di ruolo m
Japanese: 役割演技 (やくわりえんぎ, yakuwari engi), ロールプレイ (rōrupurei)
Norwegian: rollespill n
Nynorsk: rollespel n
Polish: gra fabularna f
Portuguese: RPG (pt) m
Romanian: joc de rol n
Russian: ролева́я игра́ (ru) f (rolevája igrá), разы́грывание роле́й n (razýgryvanije roléj)
Spanish: juego de rol m
Swedish: rollspel (sv) n