What is roleplay?

Answer 1

If you are talking about the role play as in a game then, yes I know the answer. Role Play is basically a thing where you make a character based on what kind of role play it is. Then, you write a story continuing someone else's thing they typed. For example: Cat Role Play Person 1: Scar purred contently and nodded at Free. Person 2: Free saw Scar nod at her. She leaped off the chair. Person 1: Scar followed Free out the door. And so on. There can be more than two people.
Role playing is when you act like you are a certain person. Role playing is a good way to have job training classes.

Answer 2

Role-playing refers to the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the Oxford English Dictionary defines role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role",[1] the term is used more loosely in four senses:

• To refer to the playing of roles generally such as in a theater, or educational setting;
• To refer to taking a role of an existing character or person and acting it out with a parter taking someone else role, often involving different genre's of practice;
• To refer to a wide range of games including computer role-playing games, play-by-mail games and more;
• To refer specifically to role-playing games.[2]

RPG :

A role-playing game (RPG) is a broad family of games in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development.[1] Actions taken within the game succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.[2]

The original form, sometimes called the pen-and-paperRPG, is conducted through speech, whereas in live action role-playing games (LARP) players physically perform their characters' actions.[3] In both of these forms, an arranger called a game master (GM) usually decides on the rules and setting to be used and acts as referee, while each other player plays the role of a single character.[4]

Several varieties of RPG also exist in electronic media, including multi-player text-based MUDs and their graphics-based successors, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). Role-playing games also include single-player offline role-playing video games in which players control a character or team who undertake quests, and whose capabilities advance using statistical mechanics. These games often share settings and rules with pen-and-paper RPGs, but emphasize character advancement more than collaborative storytelling.[5][6]

Despite this variety of forms, some game forms such as trading card games and wargames that are related to role-playing games may not be included. Role-playing activity may sometimes be present in such games, but it is not the primary focus.[7] The term is also sometimes used to describe roleplay simulation games and exercises used in teaching, training, and academic research