I saw such poll on one of our Russian forum, which I passed through, while was looking for info about those wooden swords, :whistle: so I was interesting, what people think here.
Those RPG players are not players, who play computer RPGs (sorry for repeating...
). They play RPGs in real. I mean, they reconstruct some historical episode and plays it in some roles outdoor. They use those wooden swords, specific clothes (which fit timeline they reconstruct) and so on. There are many such clubs in Russia (unfortunately no one in my town).
Except "reconstructors", there are "tolkienists", who play games based on Tolkien's stories, but we are talking about role players here.