There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.

I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else.

Anyone wanna play Dungeons & Dragons for the next quadrillion years?

Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!

There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you’re involved in, whether it’s a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.

Some of the roots of role-playing games (RPGs) are grounded in clinical and academic role assumption and role-playing exercises.