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This text was recently cut from the project that Will and I have been working on for the past couple of months.

Don’t use a space or a hyphen when writing “roleplaying,” as in, “roleplaying game.”

1) As compound words develop in English over time, the tendency is for two-word compounds (“ball room”) to first become hyphenated compounds (“ball-room”), and finally to become one-word compounds (“ballroom”). Advancing “roleplaying” to the linguistic endgame makes the hobby seem more advanced, more legitimate.

2) “Roleplaying game” is parallel with “board game,” “miniatures game,” “card game,” and the like.

Does this make you curious?

Good.