RPG means Role-Playing-Game. The Grandaddy of such games, I think, is "Dungeons & Dragons". There have been a great many computerized Role-Playing games since the 80's. "Tomb Raider" is one example. "Kings Quest" and "Liesure Suit Larry" are others. Even the popular "shooter" games are a primitive, very stupid version of role-playing...reduced mostly to the act of murder, endlessly repeated. Pretty dismal, destructive stuff. A superior role-playing game can involve everything from mystery, to romance, to history, to puzzle-solving, to character-building.

- LH