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Games That Let You Create Your Own Character

Games that allow you to create your own character are usually called role-playing games. They allow you to get more in depth than simply picking the "blue piece" in a board game. When you design your own characters, you can chose how they look, what they wear, how they think and what they are capable of achieving. Just find a game that appeals to you, create a person and play.

Dungeons &Dragons
- In 1974, Gary Gygax of Tactical Studies Rules (later TSR) created the most famous role-playing game ever, "Dungeons &Dragons." Since then, gamers have been able to create characters that are fighters, wizards, priests and thieves. They can chose to be dwarfs, elves, gnomes, halflings or humans. After creating a character, the player needs to come up with the character's backstory, motivation, demeanor, appearance and general outlook. Once all the characters are complete, you enter Gygax's universe of monsters and mazes and fight for whatever reason you chose.
GURPS
- Steve Jackson created a game with more flexibility than "Dungeons &Dragons" and named it "GURPS" (Generic Universal Role Playing System). With it, he attempted to make a standardized rule set that would allow for any genre of play. GURPS allows for you to play as an elven wizard or a Russian super spy. With dozens of setting books, all utilizing the same standard of rules, you just need to decide a style of game and you can play anything.
All Flesh Must Be Eaten
- To the other extreme, "All Flesh Must be Eaten," published by Eden Studios, is a zombie survival role-playing game that concentrates on setting, mood and feel, while putting less importance on the rules. In AFMbE, you play as normal people in extreme situations. One fact still remains: you make your character and decide how he feels, what he believes and what he does, even during the zombie apocalypse.
MMORPG
- MMORPG is an acronym for Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game. These games are computer options for people who want their games more on-demand. You don't need to gather your gaming group or find a game master to run your game. The games don't place as much importance on individual characters, but your character is yours and she is different from every other. If you want, you can find communities within these games that want to actively role-play, so your created character is still important. "World of Warcraft," "Eve Online," "Star Wars Galaxies," "Everquest" and "Star Trek Online" are all examples of MMORPG's.

Role Playing Games