"Role-playing versus roll-playing" is one of those old saws that just will not go away. It was probably a clever zinger the first time someone said it, thirty years ago. Supposedly, the distinction being made is between people who play a "role" and people who simply "roll" their dice. Of course, the distinction is pure hypocrisy, since any non-role-player will readily note that all role-playing involves using rules in some fashion to supplement or supplant story-making decisions.