Article The Birth of Role Playing Games

After that, role plays translated to various mediums like home computing games, video games and simulations games. The 90s was the decade where role plays manifested itself in multiple forms and fields and started getting used for interview selection processes as well. Many management institutes inculcated role plays and situational problems in their student selection process to check the confidence, problem-solving ability and swift thinking ability of the candidates.
Benefits define popularity!
The growth in popularity of the concept of role-playing rides on the benefits that it offers. Apart from building the imagination and communication abilities of an individual, it also helps in creating the concept of collaborative play. Done at an individual level, role-playing activities would be impersonating a character like a firefighter, teacher, lawyer, doctor and so on. At a team level, these activities would include role play at a supermarket, at a public domain like an airport, bank etc., theatrical role play, sports role plays and so on. These activities encourage learning in a fun manner and also work towards higher retention of concepts and memory building.