1. role-playing - Noun
2. role-playing - Verb
role-playing (usually uncountable, plural role-playings)
Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts out being that character.
role-playing
present participle of role-play
The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience. Gary Gygax
Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. Gary Gygax
Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games. Gary Gygax
One of the things that happens at the speed of light is that people lose their goals in life. So what takes the place of goals and objectives? Well, role-playing is coming in very fast. Marshall McLuhan
There used to be an old joke in role-playing circles-it isn't funny these days-that there were only a thousand real people in the UK-everybody else was a non-player character. Now it's pretty much the reverse. Charles Stross
I watch NFL football on Sundays. I enjoy gaming with friends, meaning role-playing games; I still enjoy going to conventions and traveling. George R. R. Martin