What does it mean to escape? Why do people need to escape? Both questions deal with how people cope with their everyday lives. The first one is easy; to escape means to leave your cares and worries behind for just a little while out of each day. The second one is also similar; if people did not take breaks from life they would wear themselves down too fast. This is where taking a trip to a fantasy land can help. The whole fantasy genre can be seen, as a way to escape the reality of life, be it through books, role-playing, or computer games.One of the many ways people can relax and escape the world is through reading for pleasure. One category that has become popular is the fantasy genre. This category includes a wide selection of titles that are appealing to many age groups. One of the many things that are appealing about the fantasy genre is how the authors bring you into the world that they create. Each author creates his or her own world and fills it with people and creatures from their imaginations. It is with these characters that the plot starts off and draws the reader into the world. Once in this imaginary world the readers start to see the pictures that the authors are trying to paint for them, lands full of beauty and mystery, comedy and drama. It is these elements that really make the readers appreciate the author’s hard work as they slip out of the real world and into the one that the author has painted for them. This is why readers will pay for series of books: to follow the path of their favorite hero, or re-visit the land they once loved, because as they read on their imagination is put to work playing out the scenes that they are reading. That is one of the best parts about books, knowing that you can always pick up where you left off.One of the more interesting ways of escaping reality is through the practice of fantasy role-playing. Role playing is a is a fun way of creating and living a life tha...
