Part one of term paper
What are Role Playing Games? Quite simply, RPG's are games where YOU assume the role of a different person. Then, you with other adventurers, must play that role in the setting in which the game takes place. Playing and RPG is much like acting, only you don't know what is going to come next. RPG's utilize at least 3 players. O ...

Part two of term paper
... only the choices are infinite. The other 2 people are the players. They are the ones who make all of the decisions in the game. For example, the GM might describe to them a room, and in the room are a desk, a shelf with books, and a rack with lots of vials and bottles. The players then have a choice to leave the room, explore the desk, shelf, and rack, take whatever they want, destroy everything, etc. Any of these decisions could result in something good to the player or bad. " ...