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Role-playing games let you assume the role of a protagonist, customizing their abilities, equipment, and appearances. Through exploration, dialogue, and strategic combat, players navigate worlds, uncover lore, complete missions, and level up their characters.

Using only symbols available in the "ascii" set of characters

"Old School Renaissance" or "Old School Revival." Tabletop RPGs that are inspired by the early tabletop RPGs of the 1970s

Taking place after a huge catastrophe (eg. man made or natural disaster). See also the more political theme dystopian.

Utilizing content created by algorithms rather than human made content. Often utilizes a "seed," a relatively small string that is used to control the randomization algorithm that generates the entire world.

Science-fiction. Commonly including things like aliens, advanced technology, and settings of outer space or distant planets.