A TTRPG or table-top role play game is about having a fictional character controlled by a player make choices.
Question: The ship is sinking in a storm.
A: Do you want to stay on board the ship?
B: Or take your chances in the small skiff?
Question: Since there is no food, water, or oars in the skiff.
A: Do you want to risk being eaten alive by a large sea creatures attracted by your trying to paddle with your hands towards that distant island?
B: Or see where the current takes you. Before you die of dehydration and starvation?
Question: There seems to be a distant sail on the horizon.
A: Do you try attracting attention in a hope of being rescued?
B: Or lay low and hope the ship come closer to determine if it looks friendly or if it might be a slaver’s ship.
On Planet Archipelago the choices just keep coming.