Although I've never been involved in role-playing, I really enjoyed this book and loved the idea of an amusement park entirely dedicated to real-life "gaming". I was pretty impressed when I saw that the book had been written in 1981, it's aged particularly well! A great read, I can't wait to read other books written by Larry Niven!

perhaps i just don't understand what's so compelling about this story, or any story, riddled with ungrammatical clichés. one star for the premise.