What is Runescape?

Runescape is an online role-playing game in which you go through a virtual world doing quests, training skills, fighting monsters, and just plain chatting with other Runescape players. Runescape differs from other online role-playing games (RPGs) in that you don't have to fight monsters to make money. You can train non-combat skills and get along fine. I know a few skillers (players who don't fight at all, generally staying at combat level 3, the level all player start with in Runescape) who are doing great and loving the game. Runescape has 25 skills, 7 of which are combat skills. These skills include: fishing, cooking, mining, smithing, fletching, and several others.
How to make money is the most commonly asked question in the game, and there is no one answer. There are hundreds of ways to make money, ranging from fighting certain monsters (such as black demons) to chopping yew trees, to making cannonballs.
If you have not tried Runescape, I recommend you do because, chances are, you'd be hooked.
Happy 'Scaping