Editing Tactical role-playing game (section)

{{Short description|Video game subgenre}}
{{Distinguish|Tabletop role-playing game}}
{{Video RPG}}

'''Tactical role-playing game'''<ref name=gspot_cw>{{cite web | title =Chaos Wars | publisher =[[GameSpot]] | url =http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/strategy/chaoswars/index.html?tag=result;title;0 | access-date =2007-11-26}}</ref><ref name=gspot_search>{{cite web | title =Search results for '"tactical role-playing"' | publisher =GameSpot | url =https://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=1438 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170629192518/http://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=1438 | url-status =dead | archive-date =2017-06-29 | access-date =2007-11-26}}</ref><ref name=gspot_search2>{{cite web | title =Search results for '"tactical RPG"' | publisher =GameSpot | url =https://www.gamespot.com/search/?q=tactical+RPG | access-date =2007-11-26 | archive-date =2021-10-02 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20211002182318/https://www.gamespot.com/search/?q=tactical+RPG | url-status =dead}}</ref><ref name=ign_hs>{{cite web | title =Hammer & Sickle | publisher =IGN | url =http://pc.ign.com/objects/744/744660.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20050507094017/http://pc.ign.com/objects/744/744660.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =May 7, 2005 | access-date =2007-11-26}}</ref> (abbreviated '''TRPG'''), also known as '''strategy role-playing game'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/search/?i=articles&q=strategy%20RPG|title=Strategy%20RPG Search Results - GameSpot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wccftech.com/strategy-rpg-the-diofield-chronicle-announced/|title = Strategy RPG the DioField Chronicle Announced for PC and Consoles|date = 10 March 2022}}</ref> or {{nihongo foot|'''simulation RPG'''|シミュレーションRPG|Shimyurēshon RPG|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} (both abbreviated '''SRPG'''), is a [[video game]] genre that combines core elements of [[role-playing video games]] with those of tactical ([[Turn-based tactics|turn-based]] or [[Real-time tactics|real-time]]) [[strategy video games]]. The formats of tactical RPGs are much like traditional [[tabletop role-playing games]] and [[strategy games]] in appearance, pacing, and rule structure. Likewise, early tabletop role-playing games are descended from [[skirmish wargame]]s such as ''[[Chainmail (game)|Chainmail]]'', which were primarily concerned with combat.