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The RPG-30 shares a close resemblance with the RPG-27 in that it is a man-portable, disposable anti-tank rocket launcher with a single-shot capacity. However, unlike the RPG-27, there is a smaller diameter precursor round in a smaller side barrel tube in addition to the main round in the main tube.
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, [1] [2] or abbreviated as RPG) is a game 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 regarding character ...
The RPG-7 [a] is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket launcher. The RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and are now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) 6G3.
Another early RPG on a console was Bokosuka Wars, originally released for the Sharp X1 computer in 1983 [33] and later ported to the MSX in 1984, the NES in 1985 and the Sharp X68000 [citation needed] as New Bokosuka Wars. The game laid the foundations for the tactical role-playing game genre, or "simulation RPG" genre as it is known in Japan.
Adventure: A set of game sessions united by characters and by narrative sequence, setting or goal. [1] [2]Armor Class (or AC): The difficulty to hit a specified target, abstracted from its dodging capacity and armor.
Borderlands developer Gearbox Software has dubbed it as a "role-playing shooter" due to the heavy RPG elements within the game, such as quest-based gameplay and also its character traits and leveling system. [98] Half-Minute Hero (2009) is an RPG shooter featuring self-referential humour and a 30-second time limit for each level and boss ...
The RPG-1 launcher consisted mainly of a 1-metre (3 ft 3 in) long, 30 millimetres (1.2 in) diameter soft steel tube. The rear 3 ⁄ 4 was covered by a thin wooden sheath to protect the operator from the heat of firing. Immediately in front of the sheath was a pistol grip firing trigger, and in front of that, a cocking lever.
Guns! Guns! Guns! provides step-by-step instructions on how to design virtual firearms for any roleplaying game system. [1] Some of the parameters covered are damage value, projectile velocity, range limit, and barrel length. [2] The book provides conversions of this data for eight different RPG systems, including GURPS and Torg. [2]