The Challenge: A role playing game offers a number of entertaining options. Some players will find that the randomness of die rolls is the most exciting part of the game. Others will favor the ability to creatively develop their characters. Some will take great interest in the collective story. Certain players will find the possible mysteries to be the best part of an RPG.

And then there are the strategists, the players who look to the stats and abilities, who memorize the game rules and come up with innovative ways to succeed at the various challenges the game master presents. Tactics, like realism, can be critically important to certain players, and utterly annoying to others. You cannot trust that all groups who play an RPG