Tabletop role-playing game is a type of game where players take on roles of fictional characters and engage in a shared story built by one or more game masters. This popular game type has a variety of synonyms to describe it, each emphasizing different aspects of the game. Some alternatives to tabletop role-playing game include pen and paper RPGs, traditional RPGs, fantasy role-playing games, story games, narrative games, and dice-based role-playing games. Regardless of the term used, the core of the game remains the same: players use their imaginations to create rich, complex worlds and characters and collaborate to tell engaging, entertaining stories.