Role playing game? Yes please.

So what if I’ve been playing role playing games for twelve years? I like it. I have gone through plenty of games over the internet. Some of you may be wondering what a role playing game is. Well, a role playing game is when you pretend to be a made up character. Take for example the game that I’ve been playing for the past three years. It’s a mafia based game. You can make a mobster or, if you want, a regular person (even a law official). What you do is make an outline for the character e.g. how old they are, where they’re from, a brief history about them. After that you pick where you’d like to start playing. There’s a few places to start (if you’re new to role playing I suggest hitting up Nevada to start). The next thing you do is decide what kind of story you would like to write. Most people like to start off with something simple like a small heist. Maybe stealing a purse or robbing a store. If you’re on the law side then you could possibly write about arresting a made up character. After all is said and done you ask for things at the end of the post. Here’s a brief description of how a post would look. (By the way you can write in first or third person).

Before so-and-so walked into a bar he pulled a ski mask over his head. His hands were already adorned leather gloves. A knife, covered with a sheath, was tucked into the back of his pants under his shirt. Finally he burst into the empty bar and ran up to the bartender. The knife was pulled free from the sheath and held up to the bartenders’ neck.

“Give me your money, man, or I’ll cut your throat!”

The bartender, in fear for his life, quickly obliged. With shaky hands he opened the register and began pulling out the money. With his other hand he grabbed a paper bag that was normally used to place bottles of beer in. Once all the money was put into the paper bag the man let the bartender go, took the bag of cash and ran out. He ran down an alley until he was two blocks away. The ski mask and gloves were pulled off his hands and when he came to a main street he hailed a cab. He needed to make it back to his apartment to pay his rent.

Requests-
Money from the robbery

That’s how you could write a job but you should make it longer. Use more detail and make it believable. Also you want to write about how you came about getting the gloves and the ski mask, even if you already had them in your hotel room. The more detail helps. The place where I role play or RP at is www.mafia-station.com and it’s a place where there are many people who play. People are there to help and if you have any issues feel free to drop me a message on myspace and I will gladly help you along, even give you story ideas if you’re stuck.

Role playing is addicting, so you know. Once you start writing you really get into it. You start to build a character (some people don’t even realize what they can do with their writing until they really start building one up). I never knew it could be so addicting. I remember when I was twelve and I began to play. My writing was awful but now I see how much I’ve improved just by writing stories. At first your stuff might not be stellar but as you continue to write it’ll grow on you. Your writing will flow more naturally and you will enjoy it more.

Again that web address is www.mafia-station.com.