Tips for New RPG Players

I wanted to follow up on my tips for new GMs by posting a few tips for players new to the world of role playing. Being a new player in a role playing game can be hard and if you are not careful the veteran players around you will steal the stage and you have the potential to end up on the side lines so to speak and miss out on a lot of fun. As a new player if you keep the tips below in mind it will lead to a much more entertaining experience and leave you wanting more instead of wondering why you just wasted the last couple of hours of your life sitting around a table with these people.

What the hell is a Role Playing Game Anyway?

To the outside world a normal Role Playing Game session looks like a bunch of people sitting around a table littered with books, snacks, soda, graph paper, and quite possibly a viking helmet. While this is true for most part there is a lot more going on then just carbonated beverages and bad Elizabethan accents. Role Playing Games encompass the art of story telling and acting while using a defined set of rules like those found in a board game.