8. Explore
For the purpose of this article, we are using this definition of "explore" from Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary:
2 : to travel over (new territory) for adventure or discovery
Any role-playing game can facilitate exploration as an activity. It doesn't matter what the game is. If it's a game in which players assume roles and interact with a world from a character perspective, exploration is possible. If it's a game in which story creation is the objective and players share the responsibility of shaping situations beyond the character perspective (sometimes to the point of creating the world itself), exploration as a player character activity is not possible. You cannot "explore" the unknown if you created it, because if you created it... it's known.
If exploration is one of the aspects of role-playing you enjoy, look for character-driven role-playing games—the more diegetic the better.
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