Glossary

A series of stories taking place in a game world, with both short plot arcs and long term continuity.

One of the many colored fuzzballs (with little googly eyes) in the PopCap game Chuzzle, that is to be matched up so it can explode and clear the grid.

A fearsome elder god included in stories by H. P. Lovecraft and often featured in horror genre games.

Dungeons and Dragons, a fantasy role playing game system published by Wizards of the Coast and drawing heavily from Tolkien for inspiration.

A brief role playing game adventure designed to be played in one hour or less.

An indie published role playing game system with a heavy focus on player narrative and constant character development.

A versatile fantasy RPG that encourages genre flexibility and high character capability, utilizing scalable NPCs and new twists on arcane and divine magic.

Game Master, the person who runs a session of a role playing game. The GM acts as narrator, describes the scene and plays bit parts as well as nemeses.

A fantasy gameworld used by Kenzer & Co in various sourcebooks and organized play campaigns.

A 4th edition D&D Living campaign run by Wizards of the Coast through the RPGA. Players create characters and play them in a variety of adventures set in the Forgotten Realms to advance their characters and influence the story.

A form of organized play campaign in which players can make characters using a standard set of rules and play them in games of that type to advance and develop them.

The person in charge of organizing players and game masters into tables for playing role playing games at conventions.

A role playing game adventure published to be run as part of a continuing campaign.

To gather together at the start of a convention time slot so people can be assigned to tables and rooms to play games.

A superhero role playing game system with flexible character creation and emphasis on comic book style action.

A game system set in a dystopian future ruled by a strict computer overlord where each player character has 5 backup copies, just in case...

Role Playing Game, a social activity in which players take on various characters in a collaborative story. Spans various genres and styles, with varying emphases on realism, competition, narration and cooperation.

The Role Playing Gamers Association, a part of Wizards of the Coast that manages Organized Play. Their staff and volunteers coordinate the various games that WOTC publishes for download and use.

Modern day espionage game system published by Crafty Games, featuring highly effective teams of spies as player characters, led by a Control.

The continuation of the Living Spycraft campaign, formerly run by Craft Games and now managed by Revenant Games using the SAGE Organized Roleplaying Campaign rules.

The organized play campaign using FantasyCraft rules and set in a cooperatively created shared world. Administered by Revenant Games.