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Hey dakka! i was thinking of getting into iron kingdoms RPG and would like to know what and RPG game consists of, what you need to play and what the gaming experience is like

You need dice and rules to play. If you've never played a roleplaying game it's hard to describe. A short answer version is that it's a mix of improvisational acting and a tactical combat game, in most cases. If you get a good group it can be a tremendously fun and rewarding hobby.

I don't know what the rules are going to be like for the upcoming new IK RPG, but the old one used D&D 3.5 books. If you don't fancy waiting for the new one to come out, and have access to a second hand copy of the IK book, you can run it using Paizo's Pathfinder RPG rules - which are basically D&D 3.5 with a couple of rules adjustments.

htj already delivered an excellent explanation with very little words.

We could probably give a more detailed answer if we knew if you had any previous experience with, say, computer/video RPGs. One of the biggest advantage of a tabletop RPG is, I think, the freedom you have. There's no preset campaign/story or even fixed characters; you and your group can change and adapt anything on the fly if you so wish. If you know the rules good enough, you can even convert the system for a completely different setting you may find even more interesting. Your imagination is the only limit - though most products already come with a lot of quality material ready for use! Additionally, it's just plain fun to do this with a number of nice people on a table. Regardless of whether people are laughing because something funny/unexpected has happened, or whether they're amazed because one of the characters did something particularly awesome, most of the time there's a terrific and very social atmosphere on a gaming table.

You may find a few reviews, game logs or even videos on the internet to give you a better idea of what to expect of a Pen&Paper game. For example, here's one of a series about how you play:


*shamelessly pimps the DARPG*

I think an your RPG expierience depends on the medium. PbP is much different from an IRL game with a battlegrid, miniatures, and graph paper.