role-playing game

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This year smash-hit role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 looks set to sweep the board with 12 nominations in total.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

A martial arts role-playing game “Black Myth: Wukong,” inspired by the classical Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” notched record-breaking sales after its release in 2024 and lapped up rave reviews from Western gamers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

While we could spend hours in front of a screen with the latest “Zelda” title, the dice-focused tabletop role-playing game was viewed with suspicion, a ’70s-era invention that belonged to a certain subset of nerd.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

So many of us became game designers, game masters and players because of the spark of joy we felt when we first tried a role-playing game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

She stopped to browse through the shelf of role-playing game supplements.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline