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[Gentlefish]

Let's establish a whole goddamn town. Guardfolk and everything.

[MonkeyHead]

We need to find an MMORPG and organize a group of Bay12ers to... Walk around and be as ordinary as possible.

World of "going to work to pay the bills"craft

[mainiac]

You could do a DnD game as the NPC's.  You can never level up and you are only allowed to use fancy equipment as quest rewards for heroes.

Isn't there a game for this concept called Eve online?

[Ozyton]

If I remember correctly you could play soley as a crafting character in ultima Online, and I imagine you could probably do similar things in other MMOs. Ir probably works best in multiplayer games because otherwise other NPCs will probably not react to you properly.

There was a game called Age of Wushu (I think) where your character is always persistent. When you log off your character will stop their punching-people-in-the-face job and go about their serve-them-drinks job.

EDIT: Recettear: an item shop's tale

[itisnotlogical]

I once role-played a baker in Runescape, and when the free Home Teleport was added I would teleport to places with the "Ripped Jeans" clothes on and pretend to be a questgiver. Nobody joined in either time.

[Mesa]

Isn't it called Dwarf Fortress?

I also used to do quite a lot of with a lot of games I played back then. Except that I can't name any atm.

[Itnetlolor]

In some games, I NPC'd a bit myself, to simulate downtime in the adventure (like pacing the story along at the rate it would happen IRL at times); so to put it, in DF Adventure mode with the latest versions, I can claim a house, wander about, and eventually have adventure call out to me, or 'be dared' by a local to take on something, and boom, adventure.

Hell, even simulate having some menial task in game, like moving boulders from a quarry, and sending them to a mason, and all of a sudden, a megabeast you didn't spot before decides to have some fun, and you have to MacGuyver your way out of the situation with your everyday items; unless you were a hero previously, and decided to run for your stash of better combat gear other than civilian items.

"Sorry I'm late, but an ogre decided to claim our quarry as his home. Fortunately, it didn't realize there was a giant cave spider living deeper inside it. I think it'll settle itself by tomorrow, provided the spider doesn't get to him first."

EDIT:
Other cases can also involve doing some looting missions for other members around town. Like scoping out local regions for useless adventure-level crap, but not so much at a civilian-level (plates, cups, cans, food, etc. and sell them to the local shops and those who need them (scrap for the maintainence guy). I mean, some of the locals might need replacement items every once in awhile while there aren't any fully-functioning factories and such that used to mass-produce them.

Some cases might be better than others; like helping out the ghouls of Necropolis during your stay over there, seeing as they tend to get the short end of the stick; be their supplier on a good-will mission.

[Azated]

Quite a few people I used to play Wurm with enjoyed roleplaying as wandering hunters. I think there was even a tribe of mongol warriors at one point; never staying in one spot for more than a week or two, setting up 1x1 houses all over the countryside, breeding surprisingly high quality horses and decking them out in 90ql gear. It sounded like fun, but Wurm isn't really set up for that sort of thing.

[Radio Controlled]

Play space station 13. Round: extended. Do your job while also eating, resting and taking a break from time to time to go loiter in the bar or play the piano or something.

This what you had in mind?