What makes roleplay so special is that it is a form of community for many people. People build relationships around the games that they are in and they can find like-minded individuals. One of the most common forms of roleplay MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online roleplaying games). People from all over the world can gather here together to be apart of a community that they otherwise would not a part of. An example of this would be the virtual world of Hut Space, this specific roleplay is in the game of Second Life. Second life is an unusual MMORPG, unlike many others, players have the opportunity to build their world in a visual virtual sense.

Hut Space is a place in this virtual world where people who are fans of the movie franchise star wars gather, they take on the roles of avatars and play out lives that would work perfectly into the star wars canon if possible. The dedication to their roles is evident when looking at the intricacies of the society in which they have built. Many of the recurring roleplayers even speak a canon language, huttenese.  For it is not only in second life where the fun of roleplay lays. There are many other MMORPGs that offer more diverse roleplay experiences such as World of Warcraft, Aion, and more. Each having their own worlds in which to explore.

It is not just MMORPGs where people can get involved in Fandom roleplay, often time people can get involved by getting involved with forums such as Roll20 and RolePlay.me. for it is here where you will find the more of the average roleplayer, on these websites, there is no free so it tends to be more accessible for the people who might be getting into it. What connects these sites to fandom is that they can be used more for the pre-set worlds in which to play. For instance, in Roll20 there is quite a few Game of Thrones campaigns that are taking place at this very moment. People are drawn to what they love and often wish to be the characters themselves and to redo the scenes in their favorite shows of films.

Where roleplay originated in the nerd sense is in the genre of tabletop games, these are the ones that come to mind when you picture the “average roleplay nerd”. Within such games, almost anything is possible because of the theatre of the mind. Due to the restrictions of no screen where you can physically see your character players often must conger their own interpretation of the events that go on between in the players and within the overall campaign. The fandom aspect within this genre of roleplay is within the broadcasting of it. There are podcasts, youtube channels and more dedicated to playing games such as D&D, fate, Tales from the Loop and so on. Most often though it is Dungeons and Dragons that is broadcasted. One of the most popular of these broadcasts would be the podcast Critical Role. Droves of D&D fans often watch and listen to it to get new ideas for their own campaigns. Roleplays flock to make connections to one another so that they may share ideas.

What makes D&D and other tabletop games so special is that no matter who you are if you have a good DM or GM (dungeon master/ game master) you will have fun. Comic shops even host campaigns so that people who are not friends with DMs have the opportunity to play. The possibilities are truly endless with this form of roleplay. Though as a D&D DM I might be slightly biased.

The most intense form of roleplay that there is, is LARPing, live action role play. While other forms of roleplay take dedication there is nothing like LARPing. When done right you physically become your character. Costumes are often the key component to turning one into a LARPer, this along with acting is what makes it so amazing. LARPers not only get to voice their role but truly become it. The drawback for this form is the overall cost not to even mention the time. For LARPers often times they either make their own costumes or they buy them, neither of which is cheap. There is also the question of where in which the physical LARP will take place.