Role-Playing Game Professional Terminology Guide

RPG Terminology Guide

This page is to help provide a glossary of terms, and some professional recommendations for use of terminology related to role-playing games and role-playing game professional services.

TRPG = >Tabletop Role-Playing Game

*A style guide note for all papers, postings, and content, regarding the illiterate use of TTRPG: For brevity, clarity, consistency, literacy, professionalism, & pedantic accuracy, despite recent social media misuse, at RPG Research the following acronyms are NOT used when referencing tabletop role-playing games: TTRPG or PnPRPG. Only TRPG or RPG should be used to reference tabletop role-playing games .