| Game
|
Publisher
|
System
|
Dates
|
Setting
|
Notes
|
| 13th Age
|
Pelgrane Press
|
Modified d20 OGL ("The Archmage Engine")
|
2013
|
High fantasy
|
Designed by Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo
|
| 2300 AD
|
Game Designers' Workshop
|
|
1989
|
Hard science fiction future of the Twilight 2000 universe
|
Designed by Frank Chadwick, Timothy B. Brown, Lester W. Smith, Marc W. Miller, originally called Traveller 2300AD
|
| 3D&T
|
Editora Talismã (formerly Trama Editorial)
|
|
1994
|
|
A Brazilian generic system, turned to anime-style campaigns
|
| 7th Sea
|
Alderac Entertainment Group / John Wick Presents
|
Roll-and-Keep system, d20 System
|
1999, 2016
|
Pirates, swashbuckling
|
Designed by John Wick (game designer)
|
| Aberrant
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Modified Storyteller
|
1999
|
Superhero characters in the near future
|
Part of the Trinity series
|
| d20
|
| ACE Agents!
|
Stellar Games
|
|
1992
|
|
|
| Active Exploits
|
Precis Intermedia Gaming
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1977-2000
|
|
(See also Dungeons & Dragons)
|
| Advanced Fighting Fantasy
|
Cubicle 7
|
|
1989
|
|
Based on the Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! gamebooks
|
| Adventure!
|
Tori Bergquist
|
|
1985
|
|
|
| Adventure!
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Modified Storyteller
|
2001
|
Pulp adventure
|
Part of the Trinity series
|
| Adventurers Guild
|
Adventurers Guild
|
|
1987
|
Line of "generic fantasy" supplements
|
Consists of The Adventurers' Guild Bestiary, Adventurers' Guild Bounty Hunters' Handbook, Adventurers' Guild Sage's Tome, The Adventurers' Guild Tome
|
| Adventures in Fantasy
|
Excalibre Games, Adventure Games
|
|
1979, 1981
|
Fantasy
|
Designed by Dave Arneson and Richard Snider
|
| The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1984
|
Pulp action, fictionalized history
|
Designed by John Byrne and David "Zeb" Cook
|
| Adventures in Middle-earth
|
Cubicle 7
|
d20
|
2016
|
Epic high fantasy
|
Designed by Dominic McDowall-Thomas et al., based on The One Ring RPG
|
| After The Bomb
|
Palladium Books
|
|
1986, 2001
|
Post-apocalyptic science fiction
|
Designed by Erick Wujcik
|
| Aftermath!
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1981
|
Post-apocalypse
|
Designed by Paul Hume and Robert N. Charrette
|
| Afterwars
|
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| Age of the Tempest
|
Tactic
|
|
2013
|
|
|
| Age of Ruin
|
Cutting Edge Games
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| Agone (French)
|
Multisim Editions
|
|
1999
|
|
Edited in French by Multisim Editions and translated in English by Multisim Editions
|
| Albedo
|
Thoughts & Images, Chessex
|
|
1988, 1993
|
Furry, science fiction
|
Designed by Craig Hilton and Paul Kidd, based on the comic book series Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci
|
| Alice is Missing
|
Hunters Entertainment
|
|
2020
|
|
Designed by Spenser Starke
|
| ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game
|
Free League
|
Year Zero Engine
|
2019
|
Science fiction, survival horror
|
|
| Aliens Adventure Game
|
Leading Edge Games
|
|
1990
|
Science Fiction
|
|
| All Flesh Must Be Eaten
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
Unisystem
|
1999, 2003
|
Zombie survival horror game
|
Designed by George Vasilakos
|
| All-Star Wrestling
|
Afterthought Images
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| Alma Mater
|
Oracle Games
|
|
1982
|
Comic high school
|
|
| Alshard (Japanese)
|
Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain
|
Standard RPG System
|
2002, 2005
|
Fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy
|
Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain
|
| Alshard Gaia (Japanese)
|
Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain
|
Standard RPG System
|
2006
|
Contemporary fantasy
|
|
| Alternity
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1998
|
Science fiction
|
Designed by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker
|
| Amazing Engine
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1993
|
|
|
| Amber Diceless Roleplaying
|
Phage Press
|
Custom diceless
|
1991
|
Based on The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
|
Created and written by Erick Wujcik
|
| Anima: Beyond Fantasy
|
Edge Entertainment
|
|
2005, 2010
|
|
Spanish RPG, a collaboration of Eastern and Western developers RPG with anime-style artworks
|
| Angel
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
Cinematic Unisystem
|
2003
|
Urban fantasy
|
A spin-off of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer game
|
| Apocalypse Keys
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
PbtA
|
2023
|
|
|
| Apocalypse World
|
Lumpley Games
|
PbtA
|
2010
|
A post-apocalyptic RPG of politics and survival
|
Created by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. First RPG using the Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) system
|
| Arcana Unearthed
|
Malhavoc Press
|
d20 OGL
|
2003
|
Fantasy
|
Developed by Monte Cook
|
| Archaeron
|
Archaeron Games
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| Arduin
|
Grimoire Games, Emperors Choice Games
|
|
1977-1980, 1992
|
The first cross-genre RPG
|
Designed by David A. Hargrave
|
| Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth
|
Last Unicorn Games
|
|
1994
|
|
|
| Arianrhod RPG (Japanese)
|
Fujimi Shobo
|
|
2004
|
|
Japanese MMORPG-like
|
| Armageddon: 2089
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
|
2003
|
|
|
| Armageddon: The End Times
|
Myrmidon Press (first edition); Eden Studios, Inc. (second edition)
|
d20 OGL
|
2003
|
Mek-based warfare
|
|
| Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Roleplaying Game
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
Fuzion
|
1997
|
SciFi game based on the Armored Trooper Votoms anime
|
|
| Army of Darkness Roleplaying Game
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
Cinematic Unisystem
|
2005
|
Zombie horror
|
Designed by Shane Lacy Hensley, based on the film of the same name.
|
| Ars Magica
|
Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2)
|
|
1987,
1989,
1992, 1996, 2004
|
Medieval fantasy
|
Originally developed by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen, who originated the term "troupe-style play" for it.
|
| White Wolf Publishing (edition 3)
|
| Atlas Games (editions 4 & 5)
|
| Artesia: Adventures in the Known World
|
Archaia Studios Press
|
Modified Fuzion system
|
2005
|
|
Written and illustrated by Mark Smylie, based on his comic book series of the same name.
|
| Ashen Stars
|
Pelgrane Press
|
GUMSHOE System
|
2011
|
Gritty investigative Space Opera
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws
|
| Atlantis
|
Bard Games
|
|
1984,
1985,
1996,
2014,
2019
|
Historical fantasy, sword and sorcery
|
Designed by Stephan Michael Sechi, Vernie Taylor, Steven Cordovano, J. Andrew Keith
|
| Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
Fate system
|
2014
|
Sci-fi pulp
|
Based on the comic book of the same name, written by Brian Clevinger.
|
| Attack of the Humans
|
Rapport Games
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| The Authority Role-Playing Game
|
Guardians of Order
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| Avatar Legends: the Roleplaying Game
|
Magpie Games
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2022
|
|
Based on Avatar: The Last Airbender
|
| Babylon 5
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
d20 (2nd ed.)
|
2003, 2006 (2nd ed.)
|
|
Based on the Babylon 5 TV franchise
|
| Badlands
|
Cutting Edge Games
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| BASH!
|
Basic Action Games
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Barony
|
Better Games
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| Basic Fantasy RPG
|
Chris Gonnerman
|
|
2006
|
|
One of the first Old School Revival retro-clones
|
| Basic Role-Playing
|
Chaosium
|
|
1980,
1982,
2002,
2004,
2008
|
|
Generic role-playing game system designed by Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis
|
| Batman Role-Playing Game
|
Mayfair Games
|
|
1989
|
|
|
| BattleDragons
|
Spartacus Publishing
|
|
2002
|
|
Play as dragons in a fantasy world
|
| Battlelords of the 23rd Century
|
SSDC, Inc.
|
|
1990,
1991,
1992,
1993,
2000,
2019
|
|
|
| Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex System
|
2007
|
|
Based on the SciFi TV series
|
| Behind Enemy Lines
|
FASA
|
|
1982
|
|
The first tabletop RPG set during World War II
|
| Beyond the Supernatural
|
Palladium Books
|
|
1987,
2005
|
|
Modern Day Horrors
|
| Bifrost
|
Skytrex Ltd.
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Big Bang Comics RPG
|
Pisces All Media
|
|
2006
|
|
|
| Big Eyes, Small Mouth
|
Guardians of Order
|
|
1997,
2001,
2007,
2020
|
|
Anime-based RPG
|
| Black Crusade
|
Fantasy Flight Games
|
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay
|
2011
|
|
|
| The Black Hack
|
Gold Piece Publications
|
Modern rules based on original edition of Dungeons & Dragons
|
2016
|
High fantasy
|
| The Black Sword Hack
|
Livres de l'Ours (1st ed) / The Merry Mushmen (2nd ed)
|
Modification of The Black Hack
|
2020–present
|
Dark fantasy / Sword and sorcery
|
Developed by Alexandre "Kobayashi" Jeanette, also available in French
|
| Blade of Arcana
|
Enterbrain, Game Field
|
|
1999,
2001,
2006
|
High fantasy
|
Japanese-language RPG
|
| Blades in the Dark
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2017
|
Urban fantasy
|
|
| Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game
|
Free League Publishing
|
|
2023
|
|
|
| Blood Dawn
|
SSDC, Inc.
|
|
1996
|
|
|
| Blood of Heroes
|
Pulsar Games
|
|
1998,
2000
|
|
|
| Blue Planet
|
Biohazard Games
|
|
1997,
2000,
2012
|
|
2nd Edition by Fantasy Flight
Proposed 3rd Edition by Biohazard Games
|
| Blue Rose
|
Green Ronin
|
|
2005,
2017
|
|
|
| Bluebeard's Bride
|
Magpie Games
|
PbtA
|
2017
|
Gothic horror based on the Bluebeard folktale
|
Designed by Whitney "Strix" Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson
|
| Boot Hill
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1975
|
Wild West adventure
|
|
| Brave New World
|
Pinnacle Entertainment, Alderac Entertainment Group
|
|
1999
|
|
|
| Breaking the Ice
|
Black & Green Games
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Brindlewood Bay
|
Gauntlet Publishing
|
|
2022
|
Murder mystery about elderly women amateur detectives
|
Inspired by Murder, She Wrote and H. P. Lovecraft
|
| Bubblegum Crisis
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
Fuzion
|
1996
|
Scifi, Cyberpunk
|
|
| Buccaneer
|
Adversary Games
|
|
1979
|
Pirate-themed RPG
|
|
| Buck Rogers XXVC
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1990-1992
|
Science fiction
|
Written by Flint Dille
|
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
Unisystem
|
2002
|
|
Designed by C. J. Carella, based on the TV show of the same name
|
| Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1988
|
|
Designed by David Cook and Warren Spector, based on characters and settings from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
|
| Bunnies and Burrows
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1976
|
Player characters are rabbits
|
The first game to encourage players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems.
|
| Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic
|
Tri Tac Games
|
|
1992
|
|
|
| Burn Bryte
|
Roll20
|
|
2020
|
Science fantasy
|
Design tailored to be played on a virtual tabletop platform
|
| Burning Empires
|
Luke Crane
|
|
2006
|
Science fiction
|
Based on Christopher Moeller's Iron Empires graphic novels
|
| The Burning Wheel
|
Luke Crane
|
|
2002
|
High fantasy
|
|
| Bushido
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1979,
1980,
1981
|
|
Samurai RPG set in Feudal Japan
|
| By the Gods
|
Ragnarok Enterprises
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
|
Game Designer's Workshop
|
|
1990
|
|
Designed by Frank Chadwick, based on the comic Xenozoic Tales
|
| Cadwallon
|
Rackham
|
|
2006
|
|
|
| Call of Cthulhu
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1981
|
|
Designed by Sandy Petersen, based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft
|
| Capes
|
Muse of Fire Games
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul
|
Spectrum Games
|
|
2010
|
|
|
| Cartoon Action Hour
|
Spectrum Games
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| Car Wars
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| Cassiopean Empire
|
Norton Games
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Castles & Crusades
|
Troll Lord Games
|
OGL System
|
2004
|
Fantasy RPG
|
|
| Castle Falkenstein
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
1994
|
Steampunk fantasy
|
|
| The Castle Perilous
|
West Wind Simulations
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| Challengers
|
Ragnarok Enterprises
|
|
1985
|
|
|
| Champions
|
Hero Games
|
Hero System
|
1981
|
|
|
| Changeling: The Dreaming
|
White Wolf (1st and 2nd editions)
Onyx Path Publishing ( 20th anniversary edition)
|
Storyteller System
|
1995
1997
2017
|
Original World of Darkness
|
|
| Changeling: The Lost
|
White Wolf Publishing; Onyx Path Publishing
|
Storytelling System
|
2007
|
New World of Darkness
|
|
| Children of the Sun
|
Misguided Games
|
Token System
|
2002
|
Dieselpunk fantasy
|
|
| Chill
|
Pacesetter Ltd; Mayfair Games; Growling Door Games
|
|
1984
|
Horror
|
|
| Chivalry & Sorcery
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1977
|
|
|
| Chronicles of Ramlar
|
Whitesilver Publishing
|
The A/B System
|
2006
|
|
|
| City of Mist
|
Son of Oak Game Studio, Modiphius Entertainment
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2017
|
Urban fantasy, neo-noir
|
A noir (detective) RPG set in a modern-day city where once-ordinary people hold the power of ancient myths and legends
|
| Commando
|
Simulations Publications, Inc.
|
|
1979
|
|
|
| Companions' Tale
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Conan Role-Playing Game
|
TSR
|
"ZeFRS" (Zeb's Fantasy Roleplaying System)
|
1985
|
Hyborian Age
|
The official TSR Conan role-playing game, finally published in 1985
|
| Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of
|
Modiphius Entertainment
|
2d20 system
|
2017
|
Hyborian Age
|
Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of was developed by a team of game designers, writers and artists, all led by Chris Birch of Modiphius Entertainment. The rights to publish this derivative work were licensed from Conan Properties International
|
| GURPS Conan
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
GURPS
|
1989
|
Hyborian Age
|
A year before the release of the core rulebook, in 1988, Steve Jackson Games published a solo adventure titled GURPS Conan: Beyond Thunder River
|
| Conan: The Roleplaying Game
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
d20 System
|
2004-2010
|
Hyborian Age
|
One of the role-playing games in the Mongoose Publishing OGL System series
|
| The Confederate Rangers
|
SoLar-Way Games
|
|
1989
|
|
|
| Conspiracy X
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
|
1996
|
Extraterrestrials, UFOs, and government coverups
|
|
| Continuum
|
Aetherco; Dreamcatcher
|
|
1999
|
Time travel adventure
|
|
| Core Command
|
Dream Pod 9
|
Silhouette game engine
|
2003
|
Science fiction, space opera
|
|
| Corporation the Roleplaying Game
|
Core Games Publishing
|
Brutal Engine
|
2006
|
Scifi, Cyberpunk
|
|
| CORPS
|
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| Coyote & Crow
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
| Creeks and Crawdads
|
Crustacium Games
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Crime Fighter
|
Task Force Games
|
|
1988
|
|
|
| Crimefighters
|
TSR
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| Crystalicum (Polish)
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
| CthulhuTech
|
Wildfire
|
Framewerk
|
2007
|
Horror in the style of H.P. Lovecraft but with mecha and anime influences
|
|
| Cutthroat: The Shadow Wars
|
StormWorld Games
|
d20; D12
|
1988
|
|
|
| Cybergeneration
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
1993
|
Alternate setting for Cyberpunk 2020
|
|
| Cyberpunk 2013
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
1988
|
An alternate cyberpunk version of the USA, specifically in 2013
|
Out of print and superseded by Cyberpunk 2020
|
| Cyberpunk 2020
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
1990
|
An alternate cyberpunk version of the USA, specifically in 2020
|
|
| Cyberpunk RED
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
2020
|
A sequel to Cyberpunk 2020 and prequel to Cyberpunk 2077
|
|
| Cyberspace
|
Iron Crown Enterprises
|
Spacemaster system
|
1989
|
|
|
| Cyborg Commando
|
New Infinities, Inc.
|
|
1987
|
|
|
| D6 Adventure
|
West End Games
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| D6 Fantasy
|
West End Games
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| D6 Space
|
West End Games
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| D6 System
|
West End Games
|
In-house system, based on the Star Wars RPG
|
1996
|
|
|
| d20 Future
|
Wizards of the Coast
|
d20 System
|
2004
|
Generic futuristic
|
|
| d20 Modern
|
Wizards of the Coast
|
d20 System
|
2002
|
Generic modern
|
|
| d20 Past
|
Wizards of the Coast
|
d20 System
|
2005
|
Generic historical
|
|
| d20 System
|
Wizards of the Coast
|
Based on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules
|
2000
|
|
|
| Dallas
|
Simulations Publications, Inc.
|
|
1980
|
|
Based on the popular television soap opera Dallas.
|
| Danger International
|
Hero Games
|
|
1985
|
Espionage adventure
|
|
| Dangerous Journeys
|
Game Designers' Workshop
|
|
1992
|
Fantasy
|
Designed by E. Gary Gygax, eventually discontinued because of lawsuits by TSR
|
| Daredevils
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1982
|
Pulp-era mystery
|
|
| Dark Ages
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
|
1996,
2002,
2003
|
|
Series of RPGs, including Vampire: The Dark Ages, Dark Ages: Werewolf, Dark Ages: Mage, Dark Ages: Fae, and Dark Ages: Inquisitor
|
| Dark Champions
|
Hero Games
|
Hero System
|
1993,
2004
|
|
Designed by Steven S. Long
|
| Dark Conspiracy
|
Game Designers' Workshop
|
|
1991
|
Cyberpunk, near-future dystopia, horror, urban fantasy
|
Designed by Lester W. Smith
|
| Dark Dungeons
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Retroclone emulating the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia
|
| The Dark Eye
|
Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag, Fantasy Productions, Ulisses Spiele GmbH
|
|
1984,
1988,
1993,
2001,
2006,
2015
|
High fantasy
|
Created by Ulrich Kiesow, the most popular German RPG, known in Germany as Das Schwarze Auge
|
| Dark Heresy, the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Game
|
Originally by Black Industries, now developed by Fantasy Flight Games
|
|
2008
|
|
|
| Dark Streets
|
Cakebread & Walton
|
|
2012
|
|
|
| Darwin's World
|
RPGObjects
|
|
2001,
2003,
2005
|
Post-apocalyptic RPG
|
|
| Dawning Star
|
|
d20 System
|
2005
|
|
|
| DC Adventures
|
Green Ronin
|
Mutants & Masterminds
|
2010
|
|
|
| DC Heroes
|
Mayfair Games
|
Mayfair Exponential Game System
|
1985,
1989,
1993
|
|
|
| DC Universe Roleplaying Game
|
West End Games
|
D6 System
|
1999
|
|
|
| De Profundis
|
Michał Oracz
|
|
2001
|
|
|
| Dead Friend: A Game of Necromancy
|
Hit Point Press
|
|
2018
|
|
Designed by Lucian Kahn
|
| Dead Inside
|
Atomic Sock Monkey Press
|
PDQ
|
2003
|
A small-press RPG where the characters attempt to rebuild their lost souls through selfless and noble actions (and get superhuman powers along the way)
|
|
| Dead Reign
|
Palladium Books
|
Megaversal
|
2008
|
|
|
| Deadlands: Hell on Earth
|
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
|
|
1998
|
|
|
| Deadlands: Lost Colony
|
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| Deadlands: The Weird West
|
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
|
|
1996,
1999,
2006
|
|
GURPS version by SJGames
|
| Deathwatch
|
Fantasy Flight
|
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay
|
2010
|
|
|
| Deliria: Faerie Tales for the New Millennium by Phil Brucato
|
Laughing Pan Productions
|
|
2003
|
|
|
| Delta Force: America Strikes Back!
|
Task Force Games
|
|
1986
|
Modern military, espionage
|
Designed by William H. Keith Jr.
|
| Delta Green
|
Arc Dream Publishing
|
Call of Cthulhu, d100 "Misery Engine", GUMSHOE
|
1996, 2016
|
Modern Lovecraftian horror and conspiracy
|
|
| Degenesis: Rebirth
|
SIXMOREVODKA
|
KatharSys
|
2014
|
Primal Punk
|
|
| Demon City Shinjuku Role-Playing Game
|
Guardians of Order
|
Tri-Stat System
|
1999
|
Anime-inspired supernatural horror
|
Based on the novel and anime series of the same name
|
| Demon Hunters Role Playing Game
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex System
|
2008
|
|
Based on the films Demon Hunters and Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake by Dead Gentlemen Productions
|
| Demon: The Fallen
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
2002
|
Original World of Darkness
|
|
| Demon's Lair
|
Lasalion Games
|
|
1997
|
|
|
| Deryni Adventure Game
|
Grey Ghost Games
|
Fudge RPG
|
2005
|
|
|
| Dialect
|
Thorny Games
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Diana: Warrior Princess
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
|
2003
|
|
By Marcus Rowland
|
| Diaspora
|
VSCA Publishing
|
FATE
|
2009
|
Hard science fiction
|
|
| Die
|
|
|
2022
|
|
Designed by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
|
| Dinky Dungeons
|
Doc's Games
|
|
1985
|
|
|
| Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex
|
Goodman Games
|
d20 System
|
2001
|
|
|
| Diomin
|
OtherWorld Creations
|
d20 System
|
2000
|
|
|
| Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
|
2011
|
|
|
| The Doctor Who Role Playing Game
|
FASA
|
|
1985
|
|
Based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series
|
| Doctor Who – Adventures In Time And Space: The Roleplaying Game
|
Cubicle 7 Entertainment
|
Vortex
|
2009
|
|
Based on the 2005–present run of the BBC television series
|
| Doctor Who – Time Lord (role-playing game)
|
Virgin Publishing
|
|
1991
|
|
Based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series
|
| Dog Eat Dog
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
| Dogs in the Vineyard
|
Lumpley Games
|
|
2004,
2005
|
Loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah
|
Designed by D. Vincent Baker
|
| Domination
|
StarChilde Publications
|
|
1989
|
|
|
| Dominion Rules
|
|
An open-source fantasy twelve-sided-die-based RPG encouraging innovative combat system
|
1999
|
|
|
| The Dominion Tank Police Role-Playing Game
|
Guardians of Order
|
Tri-Stat System
|
1999
|
|
|
| Donjon
|
Anvilwerks
|
|
2002
|
Fantasy
|
Designed by Zak Arntson and Clinton R. Nixon
|
| Don't Look Back
|
Mind Ventures
|
|
1994
|
|
|
| Don't Rest Your Head
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
|
2006
|
|
|
| Drací doupe
|
ALTAR
|
Loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons
|
1990,
2004,
2011
|
|
The most popular Czech fantasy RPG system
|
| Dragon Age
|
Green Ronin
|
|
2010
|
|
Based on the Dragon Age video game series by BioWare.
|
| Dragonlance: Fifth Age
|
TSR
|
SAGA System
|
1996
|
Dragonlance
|
|
| Dragon Lords of Melniboné
|
Chaosium
|
d20 System
|
2001
|
|
|
| DragonMech
|
Goodman Games
|
A cross between fantasy and mecha
|
2004
|
|
|
| DragonQuest
|
Simulations Publications
|
|
1980,
1982,
1989
|
|
A now out-of-print RPG, suppressed by TSR
|
| DragonRaid
|
Dick Wulf
|
|
1984
|
A Christian RPG
|
|
| Dragonroar
|
Standard Games
|
|
1985
|
|
|
| Dragonstar
|
Fantasy Flight Games
|
d20
|
2001
|
"Where science fiction and fantasy blend"
|
|
| Dragon Storm
|
Black Dragon Press
|
|
1996
|
|
|
| Dragon Warriors
|
Corgi Books
|
An easy-to-use RPG system published in paperback format
|
1985
|
|
|
| Drakar och Demoner (Dragons and Demons)
|
Target Games
|
|
1982
|
Swedish fantasy RPG
|
|
| Dread RPG
|
The Impossible Dream
|
|
2005
|
|
Uses a Jenga tower for action resolution
|
| Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium
|
Rafael Chandler
|
|
2002,
2007
|
|
|
| Dream Askew, Dream Apart
|
|
|
2018
|
|
Designed by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum
|
| Dream Park: The Roleplaying Game
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
1992
|
|
Based on the 1981 novel Dream Park, which is itself about a live-action role-playing game amusement park.
|
| The Dresden Files
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
A variant of the FATE game
|
2010
|
Urban fantasy
|
Based on the books by Jim Butcher
|
| Droids
|
Integral Games
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium
|
Last Unicorn Games
|
|
2000
|
|
Supposedly limited to 3000 copies
|
| Dungeons & Dragons
|
Created by Dave Arneson and E. Gary Gygax, further editions by TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast
|
|
1974–present
|
|
|
| Dungeon Crawl Classics
|
Goodman Games
|
Based on System Reference Document
|
2012
|
Old school fantasy
|
An OGL system that cross-breeds Appendix N with a streamlined version of 3E
|
| Dungeon Squad
|
Jason Morningstar
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Dungeon World
|
Sage Kobold Productions
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2012
|
Dungeon fantasy
|
|
| Durance
|
Bully Pulpit Games
|
|
2012
|
|
|
| Dust Devils
|
Chimera Creative
|
|
2002,
2007
|
|
|
| Dying Earth
|
Pelgrane Press
|
Dying Earth (genre)
|
2001
|
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws, based on the stories of Jack Vance
|
| Dzikie Pola (Wild Fields)
|
Wydawnictwo MAG
|
|
1997,
2005
|
Set in 17th century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
|
|
| EABA
|
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
|
|
2003
|
A generic RPG system
|
a.k.a. End All Be All
|
| Earth 2020
|
Self-published
|
|
1983
|
Role-playing game
|
By Stephen Kyffin
|
| Earthdawn
|
FASA
|
|
1993-2015
|
Fantasy post-apocalypse; ambiguously a predecessor in the timeline of the Shadowrun setting
|
|
| Eat the Reich
|
Rowan, Rook and Decard
|
|
2023
|
World War II, horror
|
A one-shot game of heroic vampires sucking the blood of Nazis, designed by Grant Howitt
|
| Eclipse Phase
|
Posthuman Studios
|
d100
|
2009
|
Sci-fi
|
|
| Ehdrigohr
|
Council of Fools
|
FATE 3.0
|
2013
|
Post-apocalyptic Indigineous
|
Nine indiginous tribes survive on world without colonizers
|
| El-Hazard Role-Playing Game
|
Guardians of Order
|
|
2001
|
|
|
| Eldritch Role-Playing System
|
Goodman Games
|
|
2008
|
|
|
| Element Masters
|
Escape Ventures
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Elfquest
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1984
|
Based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini
|
|
| Elfs
|
Adept Press
|
|
2001
|
|
|
| Elric!
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1993
|
Based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories
|
|
| Empire of the Petal Throne
|
TSR, Inc
|
|
1974,
1987,
2005
|
Set in M. A. R. Barker's world of Tékumel
|
|
| En Garde!
|
Game Designers' Workshop and SFC Press
|
|
1975,
1977,
1988,
2005
|
Duelists from 17th century France
|
|
| The End
|
Scapegoat Games
|
|
1995
|
|
Banned from Gen Con by TSR
|
| Enforcers
|
21st Century Games
|
|
1987
|
|
|
| Engel
|
Feder & Schwert
|
d20 System
|
2002
|
|
|
| Eon
|
Neogames
|
|
1996
|
Swedish fantasy game
|
|
| The Esoterrorists
|
Pelgrane Press
|
GUMSHOE System
|
2006
|
Occult, investigative horror
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws
|
| Espionage!
|
Hero Games
|
|
1983
|
|
Designed by George MacDonald and Steve Peterson, based on Second Edition Champions
|
| Eternal Soldier
|
Tai-Gear Simulations
|
|
1985
|
Free Universal Role-Playing system
|
|
| Etherscope
|
Goodman Games
|
d20 Modern
|
|
|
|
| The Everlasting
|
Visionary Entertainment Studios Inc
|
|
1997
|
|
|
| EverQuest Role-Playing Game
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
d20 System
|
2002
|
Fantasy
|
Pencil & paper version of the popular MMORPG series of the same name, designed by Owen K.C. Stephens et al.
|
| Everway
|
|
|
1995
|
|
|
| Ex Machina
|
Guardians of Order
|
Tri-Stat d8, d20 System
|
2004
|
Scifi, Cyberpunk
|
|
| Exalted
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
2001,
2006,
2016
|
Epic fantasy; potential pre-history of World of Darkness
|
|
| Exodus: Post Apocalyptic RPG
|
Glutton Creeper Games
|
d20
|
2008
|
|
|
| Expendables
|
Stellar Games
|
|
1987
|
|
|
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
|
Hogshead Publishing
|
|
1998
|
A storytelling RPG based on the stories about Baron Munchausen
|
Created by James Wallis
|
| Fading Suns
|
Holistic Design
|
d20 System
|
1996,
1999,
2001,
2007,
2012
|
|
|
| Fabula Ultima
|
Need Games
|
|
2023
|
|
Inspired by Japanese role-playing video games such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series
|
| Fanhunter
|
Gusa Comics/Farsa's Wagon
|
|
1992
|
|
Spanish game based on the series of comics of the same name
|
| Fantasy Craft
|
Crafty Games
|
Mastercraft
|
2009
|
|
|
| Fantasy Earth
|
Zody Games
|
|
1994
|
|
Includes Fantasy Earth: Basic Rules, Fantasy Earth: The Book of Magic, and The Essential Fantasy Earth
|
| Fantasy Hero
|
Hero Games
|
Hero System
|
2003
|
|
|
| The Fantasy Trip
|
Steve Jackson, published by Metagaming Concepts
|
|
1977,
2019
|
|
The precursor to GURPS
|
| Fantasy Wargaming
|
Patrick Stephens Limited
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| Farscape Roleplaying Game
|
Alderac Entertainment Group
|
d20 System
|
2002
|
|
|
| F.A.T.A.L.
|
Byron Hall
|
Custom
|
2001-2004
|
Fantasy
|
Adult-oriented role-playing. "Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery"
|
| Fate Core
|
Evil Hat
|
Fate system
|
2003,
2006,
2013
|
Generic
|
Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine. No longer an acronym. There are other games that use the FATE engine
|
| Fate of the Norns
|
Andrew Valkauskas
|
Runic Game System (RGS) – Previous editions used a 2D10 based system
|
1993,
2002,
2006,
2012
|
Viking fantasy
|
|
| Fates Worse than Death
|
Vajra Enterprises
|
|
|
Cyberpunk-influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080
|
|
| F'Dech Fo's Tomb
|
Judges Guild
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| Fear Itself
|
Pelgrane Press
|
Gumshoe System
|
2007
|
Horror
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws
|
| Feng Shui
|
Daedalus Entertainment, Atlas Games
|
|
1996,
1999,
2015
|
Hong Kong martial arts movies
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws
|
| Fiasco
|
Bully Pulpit Games
|
Custom
|
2009
|
Various
|
Designed by Jason Morningstar
|
| Field Guide to Encounters
|
Judges Guild
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Field Guide to Memory
|
|
|
2021
|
|
Designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor
|
| Fifth Cycle
|
Shield Games
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game
|
Puffin Books
|
|
1982
|
|
Created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, based on the Fighting Fantasy book series
|
| Fireborn
|
Fantasy Flight Games
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| Firefly
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex+
|
2014-2015
|
Based on the television series Firefly
|
Designed by Monica Valentinelli and Cam Banks, a separate game from Serenity due to licensing issues, despite the same company producing both at different times
|
| Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1977
|
|
The first role-playing game to be based on a pre-existing media property.
|
| Flashing Blades
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1984
|
|
|
| For the Queen (game)
|
Darrington Press, Evil Hat Productions
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Forbidden Kingdoms
|
OtherWorld Creations
|
d20 System
|
2001,
2006
|
|
|
| Forbidden Lands
|
Free League Publishing
|
Year Zero Engine
|
2018
|
Medieval fantasy post-apocalypse
|
|
| Forgotten Futures
|
Marcus L. Rowland
|
|
1993,
1998,
2005
|
|
|
| Freedom Fighters
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Fringeworthy
|
Tri Tac Games
|
|
1982,
1984,
1992,
2009
|
|
|
| FTL:2448
|
Tri Tac Games
|
|
1982,
1985,
1990
|
|
|
| FUDGE
|
Steffan O'Sullivan
|
FUDGE
|
1992
|
|
"Free, Universal, Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine"
|
| Furry Pirates
|
Atlas Games
|
|
1999
|
|
|
| Future Worlds
|
Stellar Gaming Workshop
|
|
1987
|
|
|
| Fuzion
|
R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games
|
Modified from R. Talsorian's Interlock System and Hero Games' Hero System
|
1998
|
A simple and customizable generic open gaming system
|
|
| A Game of Thrones
|
Guardians of Order
|
d20
|
2005
|
A Game of Thrones
|
|
| Gamma World
|
TSR, Inc., Wizards of the Coast, Sword and Sorcery Studios
|
Custom (1st–4th edition)
Alternity (5th edition)
d20 System (6th–7th edition)
|
1978,
1983,
1986,
1992,
2000,
2003,
2010
|
Post-apocalypse science fantasy
|
Originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, with different editions based on different versions of D&D
|
| Gangbusters
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1982,
1990,
2019
|
1920s American Prohibition-era urban crime adventure
|
Designed by Rick Krebs and Mark Acres
|
| Gangster!
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1979
|
|
|
| Gatecrasher
|
Grey Ghost Press
|
Fudge
|
1996
|
A tongue-in-cheek science-fiction & fantasy setting
|
|
| Gear Krieg
|
Dream Pod 9
|
|
2001
|
|
|
| Geist: The Sin-Eaters
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storytelling System
|
2009
|
New World of Darkness
|
|
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
|
Guardians of Order
|
Tri-Stat System
|
2000
|
|
|
| Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game
|
West End Games
|
Precursor to D6 System
|
1986,
1989
|
Supernatural comedy
|
Created by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Greg Stafford, based on the Ghostbusters film series. First RPG to use a dice pool system
|
| Ghosts of Albion
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
Unisystem
|
2008,
2011
|
Horror, drama, Victoriana
|
Based on the Ghosts of Albion animations and novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
|
| Ghoulash: The Last Game on Earth
|
Mike Suchcicki
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Godlike
|
Hawthorn Hobgoblynn Press
|
One-Roll Engine
|
2001
|
|
|
| Golden Heroes
|
Games Workshop
|
|
1984
|
Superheroes
|
|
| Good Society
|
Storybrewers
|
|
2018
|
Regency romance
|
Based on the Regency era novels of Jane Austen
|
| Grey Ranks
|
Bully Pulpit Games
|
|
2007
|
|
|
| Grimm
|
Fantasy Flight Games
|
Linear D6
|
2004
|
|
|
| GUMSHOE System
|
Pelgrane Press
|
Gumshoe System
|
2007
|
|
By Robin D. Laws
|
| Gunslingers and Gamblers
|
FJGaming
|
|
2006
|
The American Wild West of 1876
|
|
| GURPS
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
GURPS
|
1985,
1986,
1988,
2004
|
Generic
|
Gurps is an acronym for "Generic Universal Role Playing System"
|
| HackMaster
|
Kenzer & Company
|
Custom, derived from AD&D system
|
2001,
2009,
2011
|
|
Based on the comic Knights of the Dinner Table
|
| Hahlmabrea
|
Sutton Hoo Games
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| Halcyon
|
Neuwerld Studios
|
Prodigy System
|
2008
|
|
|
| Happy Birthday, Robot!
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
|
2010
|
|
A storytelling game specifically aimed at children
|
| HârnMaster
|
Columbia Games
|
|
1986,
1996,
2002
|
Hârn
|
|
| Haven: City of Violence
|
Louis Porter Jr. Design
|
d20 System
|
2003
|
|
|
| Hawkmoon
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1986
|
An addendum to the Stormbringer RPG (a.k.a. Elric!)
|
By Kerie Campbell-Robson, based on Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff
|
| Heart: The City Beneath
|
Rowan, Rook & Decard
|
|
2020
|
Dark fantasy
|
Designed by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor
|
| Heaven & Earth
|
Event Horizon Productions
|
Tri-Stat System
|
1998
|
|
|
| Heavy Gear
|
Dream Pod 9
|
|
1994
|
|
|
| Hercules & Xena Roleplaying Game
|
West End Games
|
D6 System
|
1998
|
|
Based on the syndicated action series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess
|
| Hero System
|
Hero Games
|
|
1990,
2002,
2004,
2009
|
|
|
| HeroQuest/Hero Wars
|
Issaries, Inc.
|
Narrative
|
2000,
2003,
2009,
2015,
2020
|
|
|
| Heroes
|
Tabletop Games (UK)
|
|
1979
|
|
|
| Heroes of Olympus
|
Task Force Games
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| Heroes Unlimited
|
Palladium Books
|
Megaversal system
|
1984,
1987,
1993,
1998
|
Superhero
|
Written by Kevin Siembieda
|
| Hidden Kingdom
|
New Rules Inc.
|
|
1985
|
|
|
| High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1993
|
Science fiction
|
Based on the novel Armageddon 2419 A.D. and subsequent Buck Rogers comic strips
|
| High Adventure Role Playing (HARP)
|
Iron Crown Enterprises
|
|
2003
|
|
|
| High Colonies
|
Waterford Publishing House, Ltd.
|
|
1988
|
|
|
| High Fantasy
|
Fantasy Productions, Reston Publishing
|
|
1978,
1981
|
|
|
| Hillfolk
|
Pelgrane Press
|
Dramasystem
|
2013
|
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws
|
| Hol
|
Black Dog Game Factory
|
|
1994,
2002
|
|
|
| Hollow Earth Expedition
|
Exile Games Studio
|
|
2006
|
1930's style pulp adventure
|
|
| Hollyworld
|
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Honey Heist
|
Rowan, Rook & Decard
|
Modified Lasers & Feelings
|
2017
|
Comedy heist
|
Designed by Grant Howitt
|
| Hong Kong Action Theater
|
Event Horizon Productions
|
|
1996,
2001
|
|
|
| Houses of the Blooded
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
| How We Came To Live Here
|
Galileo Games
|
|
2010
|
|
|
| Hunter Planet
|
H-PAC
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Hunter: The Reckoning
|
White Wolf Publishing
Renegade Game Studios
|
Storyteller System
|
1999,
2022
|
World of Darkness personal horror
|
Designed by Andrew Bates, Phil Brucato, Ken Cliffe, Jess Heinig, Mike Tinney, Stewart Wieck, et al.
|
| Hunter: The Vigil
|
White Wolf Publishing, Onyx Path Publishing
|
Storytelling System
|
2008,
2022
|
Chronicles of Darkness personal horror
|
Designed by Justin Achilli, Rich Thomas, and Chuck Wendig (1st ed.), and Monica Valentinelli (2nd ed.)
|
| Hyborian War
|
Reality Simulations Inc.
|
|
1984
|
Hyborian Age
|
Based on the world of Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard
|
| Hyperborea RPG
|
North Wind Adventures
|
Largely AD&D-based
|
2012–present
|
Sword and sorcery and "weird science"
|
Setting builds on Conan and other sword and sorcery stories as well as works of Lovecraft
|
| If I Were a Lich, Man
|
Hit Point Press
|
|
2023
|
|
Designed by Lucian Kahn
|
| I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Immortal: The Invisible War
|
Ran Valerhon
|
|
1993
|
|
|
| In Dark Alleys
|
Vajra Enterprises
|
|
2007
|
|
|
| In Nomine
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
Based on In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas
|
1997
|
|
|
| In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas
|
Croc (Siroz)
|
|
1989,
1993,
1997,
2003,
2015
|
Satiric gang/spy wars involving angels and demons in the contemporary world
|
French
|
| Incursion
|
Tri Tac Games
|
|
1992
|
|
|
| Infernum
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
|
|
|
|
| Infinity
|
The Infinity Company
|
|
1979
|
|
|
| Inner City
|
Inner City Games
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Inou Tsukai
|
Enterbrain
|
|
|
|
|
| InSpectres
|
Memento Mori Theatricks
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| Interstellar Elite Combat
|
Game Masters Associated
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| Invisible Sun
|
Monte Cook Games
|
Related to Cypher System
|
2018-2020
|
The Actuality, comprising eight worlds arranged in the Path of Suns
|
Surreal fantasy where the players take the roles of powerful magic-users
|
| Iron Kingdoms
|
Privateer Press
|
d20 System
|
2004
|
|
|
| Ironhedge
|
Empire Wargames
|
|
1979
|
|
|
| Iron Heroes
|
Fiery Dragon Productions
|
d20 system
|
2005
|
|
Based on making D&D playable without magic
|
| Ironsworn
|
Shawn Tomkin
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2018
|
|
|
| It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show
|
Stellar Games
|
|
1989
|
|
|
| It Was a Mutual Decision
|
Ron Edwards
|
|
2006
|
|
|
| Jadeclaw
|
Sanguine Productions Ltd
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| James Bond 007: Role-Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service
|
Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill
|
|
1983
|
The world of the James Bond franchise
|
|
| Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
|
|
|
Based on the TV series
|
| Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall
|
Wet Ink Games / Game and a Curry
|
|
2021
|
|
Designed by Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim
|
| John Carter, Warlord of Mars
|
Heritage Models
|
|
1978
|
|
|
| Jorune (or Skyrealms of Jorune)
|
SkyRealms Publishing
|
|
1984
|
|
|
| Jovian Chronicles
|
Dream Pod 9
|
|
1997
|
|
|
| Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game
|
Games Workshop
|
|
1985-1989
|
Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD
|
|
| The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
d20 System
|
2002
|
Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD
|
|
| The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
Traveller
|
2009
|
Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD
|
New edition of the previous 2002 game, with different rules.
|
| Justice, Inc.
|
Hero Games
|
Hero System
|
1984
|
|
1930s Pulp fiction oriented adventure
|
| Justifiers
|
StarChilde Publications
|
|
1988
|
|
Play as human/animal hybrids (Betas) that are owned by "the Corporation"; locate new resources, eliminate threats, and buy your freedom
|
| KABAL
|
Kabal Gaming Systems
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Kids on Bikes
|
Hunters Entertainment
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| kill puppies for satan (sic)
|
Lumpley Games
|
|
2001
|
|
Designed by D. Vincent Baker
|
| Killer
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
|
1981
|
|
Live action role-playing game
|
| Kindred of the East
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
1998
|
Old World of Darkness
|
Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade
|
| Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
2003
|
Old World of Darkness
|
Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade
|
| Knights and Magick
|
Heritage USA
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| Knights of the Round Table
|
Little Soldier Games
|
|
1976
|
Set in Camelot
|
|
| Kobolds Ate My Baby!
|
9th Level Games
|
|
1999,
2001,
2005
|
|
|
| Koriko: A Magical Year
|
|
|
2023
|
|
|
| Krysztaly Czasu
|
MAG
|
|
1993
|
|
Polish, Crystals of Time
|
| Kult
|
Äventyrsspel
|
|
1991
|
|
Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones
|
| Labyrinth Lord
|
Goblinoid Games
|
D&D Basic Set
|
2007,
2009
|
|
|
| Lace and Steel
|
Published originally by TAGG and re-released by Pharos Press
|
|
1989
|
|
An Australian RPG set in a world of civilised Centaurs and Harpies with a musketeers/swashbuckling feel
|
| Lady Blackbird
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
| Lancer
|
Massif Press, Dark Horse Comics
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Land of the Rising Sun
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
Chivalry & Sorcery
|
1980
|
|
Samurai and Ninjas
|
| Lands of Adventure
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| The Laundry
|
Cubicle 7
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
2010
|
Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, workplace humour
|
Based on Charles Stross's The Laundry Files series
|
| Legacy
|
Legacy Press
|
|
1978
|
|
|
| Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game
|
Alderac Entertainment Group
|
Roll & Keep
|
1997,
2000,
2005,
2010,
2018
|
|
The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.
|
| Legends of Anglerre
|
Cubicle 7
|
|
2010
|
|
|
| Legionnaire
|
FASA
|
|
1990
|
Standalone role-playing game for the Renegade Legion universe
|
|
| Lejendary Adventure
|
Hekaforge Productions
|
|
1999
|
|
Created by Gary Gygax
|
| Leverage
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex Plus
|
2010
|
Based on the Leverage TV series
|
Game written by Cam Banks and Rob Donahuge
|
| Liminal Horror
|
|
|
2023
|
|
|
| Little Fears – The Role-playing Game of Childhood Terror
|
Key 20 Publishing
|
|
2001
|
|
|
| Living Steel
|
Leading Edge Games
|
Phoenix Command
|
1987
|
Futuristic game on the world of Rhand
|
|
| Lone Wolf
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
d20 System
|
1984
|
|
A series of gamebooks and Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game; also a second game by Mongoose, the Lone Wolf Multiplayer Game Book
|
| Lord of the Rings Adventure Game
|
Iron Crown Enterprises
|
|
1991-1999
|
Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
|
|
| The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
|
Decipher, Inc.
|
|
2002-2006
|
Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
|
|
| Lords of Creation
|
Avalon Hill
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Ma Nishtana
|
|
|
2023
|
|
|
| Mach: The First Colony
|
Alliance Publications
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Macho Women with Guns
|
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
|
|
1988,
1994,
2003
|
|
|
| Macross II: The Role-Playing Game
|
Palladium Books
|
Megaversal
|
1993
|
|
|
| Maelstrom
|
Puffin Books
|
|
1984
|
|
|
| Mage: The Ascension
|
White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions)
Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition)
|
Storytelling System
|
1993
1995
2000
2015
|
Set in the original World of Darkness
|
|
| Mage: The Awakening
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storytelling System
|
2005,
2016
|
Chronicles of Darkness
|
|
| Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
1998
|
World of Darkness
|
|
| Malefices
|
Jeux Descartes
|
|
1985
|
|
The first original French-language horror role-playing game.
|
| Man, Myth & Magic
|
Yaquinto
|
|
1982
|
RPG drawing on myths and legends of cultures from 4000 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.
|
|
| Manhunter
|
Kingslayer Productions
|
|
1988
|
|
|
| Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex Plus
|
2012
|
|
|
| Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game
|
TSR
|
SAGA System
|
1998
|
|
|
| Marvel Super Heroes Role-Playing Game
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1984,
1986
|
|
|
| Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game
|
Marvel Comics
|
|
2003
|
|
|
| Masks: A New Generation
|
Magpie Games
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2017
|
|
|
| Masterbook
|
West End Games
|
|
1994
|
|
|
| The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game
|
FASA
|
|
1985
|
|
|
| Mechamorphosis
|
Fantasy Flight Games
|
d20 System
|
2004
|
|
|
| Mechanical Dream
|
SteamLogic
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| The Mechanoid Invasion
|
Palladium Books
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| MechWarrior
|
FASA Corporation, Fantasy Productions LLC
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| MEGA Role-Playing System
|
MEGA Games Ltd.
|
|
1987
|
|
|
| Megaverse
|
Palladium Books
|
|
|
|
|
| Mekton
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
Interlock System
|
1985,
1987,
1994
|
Based on Anime Mecha science fiction
|
|
| Melanda: Land of Mystery
|
Wilmark Dynasty
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| Men in Black: The Roleplaying Game
|
West End Games
|
D6 System
|
1997
|
Science fiction comedy
|
Based on the first Men in Black film
|
| MERC
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1981
|
|
A Modern Role Playing Game of Counter Insurgency
|
| Merc 2000
|
GDW
|
|
1990
|
post-apocalyptic military
|
Twilight 2000 updated for the post-Cold War '90s
|
| Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes
|
Flying Buffalo
|
Custom Tunnels and Trolls derivative
|
1983,
1986,
2019
|
|
|
| The Metabarons Roleplaying Game
|
West End Games
|
|
|
|
|
| Metamorphosis Alpha
|
TSR, Inc. (1st and 2nd editions)
|
Custom (1st edition), Amazing Engine (2nd edition)
|
1976
|
Set on a generation spaceship, the starship Warden, long after an unknown cataclysmic event
|
3rd edition published by Fast Forward Entertainment, 4th by Mudpuppy Games
|
| Michtim: Fluffy Adventures
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
| Microscope
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
| Middle Earth Role Play
|
Iron Crown Enterprises
|
Streamlined Rolemaster
|
1984,
1986,
1993
|
Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
|
|
| Midgard
|
Midgard Press
|
|
1981, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2013
|
|
The oldest German fantasy RPG
|
| Midnight
|
Fantasy Flight Games, Edge Studios
|
Dungeons & Dragons
|
2003
|
A dark fantasy world where the bad guys have won
|
|
| Midnight at the Well of Souls Role-Playing System
|
TAG Industries
|
|
1985
|
|
Based on the "Well of Souls" novels by Jack L. Chalker.
|
| Millennium's End
|
Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| M.I.S.S.I.O.N.
|
Kabal Gaming Systems
|
|
1982
|
|
By Deiron e Yangsmoth
|
| Mistborn Adventure Game
|
Crafty Games
|
|
2011
|
|
Based on American author Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novel series
|
| Mojo
|
Polymancer Studios, Inc.
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| Monastyr
|
Wydawnictwo Portal
|
3d20 system
|
2004
|
|
Polish, Monastery
|
| Monsterhearts
|
Buried Without Ceremony
|
Powered by the Apocalypse
|
2012,
2017
|
Teen drama, paranormal romance, horror
|
A game about the messy lives of teenage monsters by Joe Mcdaldno (1st ed.), designed by Avery Alder (2nd ed.)
|
| Monsters! Monsters!
|
Metagaming Concepts
|
|
1976
|
Fantasy system where the player characters are monsters
|
|
| Monsters and Other Childish Things
|
Arc Dream Publishing
|
One-Roll Engine
|
2007
|
|
|
| Mordheim
|
Games Workshop
|
|
1999
|
|
A variant of the company's Warhammer Fantasy game set on a warband or "skirmish" scale.
|
| Mörk Borg
|
Free League Publishing
|
|
2020
|
Heavy metal music-inspired fantasy
|
|
| Morpheus
|
Rapport Games
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| The Morrow Project
|
Timeline Ltd.
|
Timeline System
|
1980,
1983,
2013
|
Post apocalypse USA 150 years after WW III
|
|
| Morton's List
|
Dark Carnival Games, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
| Mothership
|
Tuesday Knight Games
|
Old School Revival-style d100 rules
|
2018, 2024
|
Science fiction horror
|
|
| Mouse Guard
|
Archaia Entertainment
|
A version of the Burning Wheel engine
|
2008
|
|
By Luke Crane, based on David Petersen's comics series of the same name.
|
| Multiverser
|
Valdron, Inc.
|
|
1997
|
|
By E.R. Jones and M. Joseph Young
|
| Mummy: The Resurrection
|
White Wolf
|
Storyteller System
|
2001
|
World of Darkness
|
|
| Murphy's World
|
Peregrine Creative Services
|
Weapons & Wonder
|
1995
|
|
|
| Mutant
|
Target Games
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1984,
1989
|
|
|
| Mutant Chronicles
|
Target Games
|
|
1993
|
|
|
| Mutant City Blues
|
Pelgrane Press
|
GUMSHOE System
|
2009
|
|
Superhero detectives
|
| Mutant Future
|
Goblinoid Games
|
|
2008,
2010
|
|
|
| Mutant RYMD
|
Target Games
|
|
1992
|
|
|
| Mutant: Undergångens Arvtagare
|
Target Games
|
|
2002
|
|
By Järnringen Förlag AB
|
| Mutants & Masterminds
|
Green Ronin Publishing
|
d20 System
|
2002
|
|
|
| Mutazoids
|
Whit Productions Inc
|
|
1989
|
|
|
| My Life with Master
|
Half Meme Press
|
|
2003
|
Comic horror, Gothic horror
|
Written by Paul Czege
|
| Myrskyn aika
|
Johnny Kniga Kustannus
|
|
2003
|
|
By Mike Pohjola
|
| Mythworld
|
Hippogriff Publications
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Necronautilus
|
World Champ Games Co.
|
|
2020
|
|
Designed by Adam Vass
|
| Neighborhood
|
Wheaton Publications
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Nephilim
|
Chaosium
|
|
1992
|
Modern occult
|
|
| Neuroshima
|
Portal
|
|
2003
|
|
Polish
|
| Nexus: The Infinite City
|
Daedalus Games
|
|
1994
|
|
|
| Nicotine Girls
|
Half Meme Press
|
|
2002
|
"A roleplaying game of teenage, lower-income girls looking for happiness."
|
Designed by Paul Czege
|
| Nightbane
|
Palladium Books
|
|
1995
|
Dark fantasy
|
|
| Nightlife
|
Stellar Games
|
|
1990
|
Horror
|
|
| Night of the Ninja
|
IIE Games Corporation
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Night's Black Agents
|
Pelgrane Press
|
GUMSHOE System
|
2012
|
Horror-espionage vampire-hunting
|
Created by Kenneth Hite
|
| Night Wizard!
|
Enterbrain
|
|
2002,
2007
|
Wizards in contemporary times
|
Japanese
|
| Ninja Burger
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
PDQ
|
2001
|
|
|
| Ninjas and Superspies
|
Palladium Books
|
Megaversal
|
1987,
1990,
2000,
2001
|
Martial arts and espionage adventure.
|
|
| Nobilis
|
Pharos Press, Hogshead Publishing, Eos Press
|
Diceless resource-management, optional live action system
|
1999,
2002,
2011
|
|
Created by Jenna K. Moran, writing as R. Sean Borgstrom
|
| Noctum
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
|
2005,
2007,
2009,
2015
|
|
|
| Northern Crown
|
Atlas Games
|
d20 System
|
2005
|
|
|
| No Thank You, Evil!
|
Monte Cook Games
|
Cypher System variant
|
2016
|
|
|
| Numenera
|
Monte Cook Games
|
Cypher System
|
2013
|
Science fantasy
|
Designed by Monte Cook
|
| Odysseus
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| The Official Superhero Adventure Game
|
Brian Phillips
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| Omnigon
|
Omnigon Games
|
|
1989
|
|
|
| The One Ring Roleplaying Game
|
Free League Publishing
|
|
2011, 2022
|
Epic high fantasy
|
Set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, at the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Originally published by Cubicle 7 as The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild
|
| Only War
|
Fantasy Flight Games / Black Industries
|
|
2012
|
|
|
| Ork! The Roleplaying Game
|
Green Ronin Publishing
|
|
2000
|
|
|
| Orkworld
|
Wicked Press
|
|
2000
|
|
|
| Orpheus
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Original World of Darkness
|
2003
|
Contemporary, Horror
|
Wraith: The Oblivion spinoff. Stand-alone setting, divorced from the generic World of Darkness, with a finished metaplot, published across six books.
|
| OSRIC
|
Knights-n-Knaves, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing
|
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
|
2006,
2013
|
|
|
| Other Suns
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Outime
|
Valhalla Simulation Games
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Outgunned
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
| Over the Edge
|
Atlas Games
|
WaRP System (Wanton Role-Playing System) (custom dice pool-based)
|
1992,
1997,
2019
|
Surreal conspiracy set in the fictitious Mediterranean island of Al Amarja
|
Created by Jonathan Tweet with Robin D. Laws
|
| Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
|
Palladium Books
|
Megaversal
|
1983,
1984,
1996
|
|
|
| Pandemonium!
|
MIB Productions
|
|
1993
|
Roleplaying in the world of tabloid news
|
|
| Pantheon
|
Hogshead Publishing
|
|
2000
|
|
|
| Paranoia
|
originally by West End Games, later by Mongoose Publishing
|
|
1984,
1987,
1995,
2004,
2009,
2017
|
A satire of dystopian futures
|
Written by Greg Costikyan
|
| Pathfinder
|
Paizo Publishing
|
|
2009
|
Fantasy role-playing game
|
|
| Pax Draconis
|
Technicraft Design
|
|
|
A detailed rules heavy space opera with a percentile system
|
|
| Passion Play
|
Holistic Design, Inc.
|
|
1999
|
|
|
| Fading Suns
|
Holistic Design, Inc.
|
|
1996,
1999,
2001,
2007,
2012
|
|
Live action role-playing game
|
| Pendragon (or King Arthur Pendragon)
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing variant
|
1985,
1990,
1993,
1999,
2005,
2023
|
Arthurian legend
|
Designed by Greg Stafford
|
| A Penny for My Thoughts
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
|
2009
|
|
|
| Phantasia
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Phantasy Conclave
|
Phantasy Conclave
|
|
1984
|
|
|
| Phase VII
|
Cheshire Games
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Phoenix Command
|
Leading Edge Games
|
Phoenix Command
|
1986
|
|
|
| Pirates and Plunder
|
Yaquinto Publications
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Polaris (1997)
|
Halloween Concepts
|
|
1997
|
|
|
| Polaris
|
These Are Our Games
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Powers and Perils
|
Avalon Hill
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Praedor
|
Burger Games
|
|
2000
|
|
Based on the eponymous comics by Petri Hiltunen
|
| The Price of Freedom
|
West End Games
|
|
1986
|
America loses the Cold War and is occupied, but resistance is in their blood
|
|
| The Primal Order
|
Wizards of the Coast
|
Capsystem
|
1992,
1995
|
|
|
| Prime Directive
|
Task Force Games
|
Custom, GURPS, d20, d20 Modern, Traveller
|
1993,
2002,
2005,
2008
|
|
|
| Primetime Adventures
|
Dog Eared Designs
|
|
2004
|
|
|
| Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game
|
Chaosium
|
|
1989
|
|
Designed by Greg Stafford, based on Hal Foster's comic strip of the same name
|
| Privateers and Gentlemen
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1983
|
Naval adventure in the Napoleonic era
|
|
| Project A-ko: The Roleplaying Game
|
Dream Pod 9
|
|
1995
|
|
|
| Promethean: The Created
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storytelling System
|
2006,
2016
|
Chronicles of Darkness
|
|
| Proteus
|
Bruce Gomes Industries
|
|
1992
|
|
|
| Psiworld
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1984
|
SF adventures with a focus on psi abilities
|
|
| Puppetland
|
Arcane Magazine, Hogshead Publishing
|
|
1997
|
Horror ("a grim world of make-believe")
|
Written by John Scott Tynes
|
| QAGS
|
Hex Entertainment
|
|
2003
|
|
|
| Qin: The Warring States
|
Cubicle 7
|
|
2007
|
|
Translated from the French publisher Le Septième Cercle's 2005 game
|
| Queerz! TTRPG
|
Son of Oak
|
|
2024
|
|
|
| Quest
|
The Adventure Guild
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Quest of the Ancients
|
Unicorn Game Publications
|
|
1982,
1988
|
|
|
| The Quiet Year
|
Buried Without Ceremony
|
|
2013, 2019
|
|
Designed by Avery Alder
|
| Rapture: The Second Coming
|
Quintessential Mercy Studio
|
|
1995,
2002
|
|
By William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy
|
| The Realm of Yolmi
|
West Coast Games
|
|
1977
|
|
|
| Realms of the Unknown
|
The Walnut Group
|
|
1991
|
|
Contained in Realms of the Unknown Player's Manual and Realm Controller's Manual
|
| Recon
|
Palladium Books
|
|
1982
|
|
Vietnam War adventure
|
| Red Dragon
|
|
|
|
|
Japanese
|
| Reich Star
|
Creative Encounters
|
|
1991
|
Fight Nazis in space
|
By Simon Bell and Ken Richardson
|
| Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros
|
Nouvelles Éditions Fantastiques
Malcontent Games
|
|
1985,
1993
|
|
By Denis Gerfaud (French, Rêve de Dragon)
|
| The Riddle of Steel
|
Driftwood Publishing
|
|
2002
|
|
|
| Rifts
|
Palladium Games
|
Megaversal
|
1990,
2005
|
|
|
| Rifts Chaos Earth
|
Palladium Games
|
Megaversal
|
2003
|
|
|
| Ringworld
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1984
|
Hard science fiction
|
Greg Stafford, Lynn Willis, Sandy Petersen, et al., based on Larry Niven's Ringworld novels
|
| Risus
|
Cumberland Games and Diversions
|
|
1993
|
|
Designed by S. John Ross
|
| Robot Warriors
|
Hero Games
|
Hero System
|
1986
|
|
|
| Robotech
|
Palladium Games
|
Megaversal
|
1986,
2008
|
Based on the Robotech anime television series
|
|
| Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Role-Playing Game
|
Palladium Games
|
Megaversal
|
2008
|
|
|
| Rogue Trader
|
Fantasy Flight Games
|
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay
|
2009
|
|
|
| RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing)
|
Iron Crown Enterprises
|
Fully expandable and customizable rules system
|
1980,
1982,
1984,
1999
|
|
|
| Rosenstrasse
|
|
|
2022
|
|
|
| Rune
|
Atlas Games
|
|
2001
|
Norse mythology-inspired fantasy
|
Written by Robin D. Laws, based on the computer game of the same name
|
| RuneQuest
|
Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1978,
1979,
1984,
2006,
2010,
2012,
2018
|
Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha
|
Originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson, and Warren James
|
| RuneSlayers
|
|
|
1998
|
|
|
| Rüs
|
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| Ryuutama
|
Kotodama Heavy Industries
|
|
2016
|
Pastoral fantasy
|
Influenced by the animation of Hayao Miyazaki
|
| SAGA System
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sandman: Map of Halaal
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Savage Worlds
|
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
|
|
2003
|
Generic rule system, with supplements for fantasy, horror, pulp, science fiction, etc.
|
Written by Shane Lacy Hensley
|
| Scion: Hero
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
|
|
Modern day children of the gods
|
|
| Second Dawn
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sengoku
|
Gold Rush Games
|
|
|
Historical fantasy set in feudal Japan
|
|
| The Shab-al-Hiri Roach
|
Bully Pulpit Games
|
|
2005
|
1920s academic black comedy horror
|
GM-less single-session game designed by Jason Morningstar
|
| Shades of Fantasy
|
IDD
|
|
1992
|
|
|
| Shadow Lords
|
|
|
|
A world of epic heroes, immortals, titans, angels and demons.
|
|
| Shadow of the Demon Lord
|
Schwalb Entertainment
|
d20
|
2015
|
Dark fantasy, grimdark fantasy, sword and sorcery
|
Written by Robert J. Schwalb
|
| The Shadow of Yesterday
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shadowdark
|
Arcane Library
|
d20
|
2023
|
Dark fantasy
|
An Old School Renaissance treatment of 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Kelsey Dionne
|
| Shadowrun
|
FASA/Fantasy Productions/Catalyst Game Labs
|
|
1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019
|
Cyberpunk Fantasy
|
Set in the same world as Earthdawn; designed by Robert N. Charrette, Paul Hume, Tom Dowd, L. Ross Babcock III, Sam Lewis, et al.
|
| Shard
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shatterzone
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shock: Social Science Fiction
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Silver Age Sentinels
|
Guardians of Order
|
|
|
|
|
| Simian Conquest
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sine Requie
|
|
|
|
Horror
|
Italian role-playing game
|
| Skulduggery
|
Pelgrane Press
|
|
2010
|
|
Designed by Robin D. Laws
|
| Skull and Crossbones: Roleplay on the Spanish Main
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
|
|
|
| Skyrealms of Jorune
|
SkyRealms Publishing, later Chessex
|
|
|
|
|
| SLA Industries
|
Nightfall Games
|
|
|
|
|
| Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
d20 System, Runequest
|
2002, 2007
|
|
Based on the 2000 AD (comics) comic book of the same name.
|
| S/lay w/Me
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Slayers
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
| The Slayers d20
|
Guardians of Order
|
d20 System
|
2003
|
Fantasy comedy, sword and sorcery
|
Based on the Slayers anime and light novel series
|
| Sleepaway
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Smallville
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex Plus
|
2010
|
Superhero drama
|
Based on the Smallville television series, designed by Cam Banks
|
| A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying
|
Green Ronin Publishing
|
Chronicle System
|
2009
|
High fantasy
|
Written by Robert J. Schwalb, designed by Schwalb, Steve Kenson, Nicole Lindroos, Chris Pramas, based on the series of the same name by George R. R. Martin
|
| Sorcerer
|
Adept Press
|
|
1998, 2001
|
Horror, Fantasy
|
Written by Ron Edwards
|
| Sovereign Stone
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Space 1889
|
GDW
|
|
|
Victorian Era Sci-Fi (steampunk)
|
|
| Space Infantry
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Space Opera
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
|
The game is based on, "the grand tradition of Space Opera, in the vein of E.E Doc Smith and ... Star Wars from George Lucas."
|
Based on these sources the game includes: "psionic powers so prevalent in the Lensman series and in Star Wars with 'the force.'"
|
| Spacemaster
|
|
|
|
SF adaptation of Rolemaster
|
|
| Space Quest
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spaceship Zero
|
Green Ronin Publishing
|
|
|
|
|
| SpaceTime
|
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
|
|
|
|
|
| The Spawn of Fashan
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin
|
Ron Edwards
|
|
2007
|
|
|
| Spire: The City Must Fall
|
Rowan, Rook and Decard
|
|
2018
|
|
Designed by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor
|
| Spirit of the Century
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
FATE system
|
2006
|
A pulp game
|
Designed by Fred Hicks, Rob Donoghue, and Leonard Balsera
|
| Splicers
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Splittermond
|
Uhrwerk-Verlag
|
|
|
Lorakis
|
German Fantasy RPG
|
| Spycraft
|
Alderac Entertainment Group
|
|
|
Espionage adventures
|
|
| Stalking the Night Fantastic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Standard RPG System
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Star Ace
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Star Crossed
|
Bully Pulpit Games
|
|
2019
|
Romance
|
Designed by Alex Roberts
|
| Starblazer Adventures
|
Cubicle 7
|
FATE
|
2008
|
Science fiction
|
Based on the Starblazer comics anthology
|
| StarCraft Adventures
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
| Star*Drive
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
| Starfaring
|
Flying Buffalo
|
|
|
|
|
| Starfinder Roleplaying Game
|
Paizo Publishing
|
d20 System
|
|
|
|
| Starfleet Voyages
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Star Frontiers
|
TSR
|
|
|
|
|
| Stargate SG-1
|
AEG
|
Spycraft/d20 System
|
2003-2004
|
|
|
| Star Hero
|
Fantasy Hero
|
SF adaptation of Hero System
|
|
|
|
| Star Patrol
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Star Riders
|
Ianus Games
|
|
|
Parody of space opera
|
|
| Star Rovers
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Stars Without Number
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
| Starship Troopers (RPG)
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
|
|
|
|
| Starships & Spacemen
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1978
|
|
|
| Starstone
|
Northern Sages
|
Adaptation of D&D rules
|
1982
|
Feudal fantasy
|
Thinly disguised effort to create unlicensed D&D adventures
|
| Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier
|
Heritage Models
|
|
1978
|
|
|
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Role Playing Game
|
Last Unicorn
|
|
1999-2000
|
|
|
| Star Trek Role Playing Game
|
Last Unicorn
|
|
1999
|
|
|
| Star Trek Roleplaying Game
|
Decipher
|
|
2002-2005
|
|
|
| Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
|
FASA
|
|
1983-1988
|
|
|
| Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
|
West End Games
|
D6 System
|
1987-1999
|
|
Written by Greg Costikyan
|
| Star Wars Roleplaying Game
|
Fantasy Flight
|
|
2012
|
|
|
| Star Wars Roleplaying Game
|
Wizards of the Coast
|
d20 System
|
2000-2010
|
|
|
| Star Wreck Role-playing game
|
Mike Pohjola
|
|
|
Parody game based on the Star Wreck movie franchise
|
|
| Steve Perrin's Quest Rules
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Perrin's successor and alternate to his RuneQuest rules
|
| Stormbringer
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1981
|
Based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories
|
|
| Storytelling System
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The Strange
|
Monte Cook Games
|
Cypher System
|
|
|
|
| Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Strontium Dog
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
Traveller
|
2009
|
|
|
| Super Squadron
|
|
|
|
Super-Hero game
|
Australian
|
| Supergame
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Superhero 2044
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Supernatural
|
Margaret Weis Productions
|
Cortex Classic
|
2009-2010
|
Based on The CW's Supernatural television series
|
|
| Supervillains
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Superworld
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1983
|
|
|
| Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Swordbearer
|
Heritage Games and Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
|
|
|
| Swords & Wizardry
|
Matthew J. Finch / Mythmere Games
|
|
2008–present
|
Fantasy
|
A "clone" of the original version of Dungeons & Dragons (distinct versions ranging from White Box covering the 1974 original to Complete covering all pre-AD&D supplements)
|
| Sword World RPG
|
Group SNE
|
2d6 System
|
1989, 1996, 2008, 2018
|
Fantasy, set in the same universe as Record of Lodoss War
|
Designed by Ryo Mizuno and Miyuki Kiyomatsu, the Japanese answer to Dungeons & Dragons
|
| Synnibarr (a.k.a. The World of Synnibarr)
|
Craig McCracken
|
|
|
|
Notorious for a nonsensical, poorly explained game-world and huge power-levels granted to beginning player characters
|
| Systems Failure
|
Palladium Books
|
|
|
|
|
| Tales from the Floating Vagabond
|
Avalon Hill
|
|
1991
|
Comedy-fantasy
|
|
| Tales from the Loop
|
Free League Publishing
|
Year Zero Engine
|
2017
|
Alternative history science fiction
|
|
| Talislanta
|
Bard Games
|
Omni System
|
1987
|
|
|
| TAQ
|
Peter's Press
|
|
1991
|
|
|
| Taste My Steel!
|
Phantasy Network
|
|
1982
|
|
|
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness
|
Palladium Books
|
Megaversal system
|
1985-2000
|
Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books
|
|
| Teenagers from Outer Space
|
R. Talsorian Games
|
|
1987
|
Anime-based RPG
|
|
| Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne
|
Guardians of Order
|
|
2005
|
|
|
| Tenchi Muyo!
|
Guardians of Order
|
|
2000
|
|
|
| Ten Candles
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
| Tenra War
|
Enterbrain
|
|
2007
|
|
Japanese
|
| Tephra: The Steampunk RPG
|
Cracked Monocle
|
D12-based "Clockwork System"
|
2012
|
Steampunk, Fantasy
|
|
| Terra Incognita
|
Grey Ghost Press
|
|
2001
|
|
|
| Terra Primate
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
Unisystem
|
2002
|
Sci-fi, Fantasy
|
|
| Theatrix
|
Backstage Press
|
|
1993
|
|
|
| Thieves' Guild
|
Gamelords
|
|
1980
|
|
|
| Thieves' World
|
Chaosium
|
multiple
|
1981
|
Sword and sorcery
|
Based on the Thieves' World series of novels, included statistics and gaming notes for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Adventures in Fantasy, Chivalry & Sorcery, DragonQuest, Dungeons & Dragons, The Fantasy Trip, RuneQuest, Traveller, and Tunnels & Trolls
|
| Thirsty Sword Lesbians
|
Evil Hat Productions
|
|
2021
|
|
|
| Thousand Year Old Vampire
|
|
Tim Hutchings
|
2020
|
|
|
| Tibet: The Roleplaying Game
|
Vajra Enterprises
|
|
2004
|
Historical fantasy set in Tibet
|
|
| Time & Time Again
|
Timeline Ltd.
|
|
1984
|
|
|
| Time Drifters
|
|
|
1990
|
|
|
| Time Lord — Adventures through Time and Space
|
Virgin Publishing
|
|
1991
|
A Doctor Who RPG based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series
|
|
| Timelords
|
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
|
|
|
|
|
| Timemaster
|
Pacesetter Ltd; Goblinoid Games
|
|
1984; 2011
|
|
|
| Timeship
|
Yaquinto Publications
|
|
|
|
|
| To Challenge Tomorrow
|
Ragnarok Enterprises
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Tokyo NOVA
|
Enterbrain
|
Playing card-based
|
1993
|
Cyberpunk
|
Japanese
|
| Toon
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
|
1984
|
Cartoon adventure inspired by the classic cartoon series from Warner Brothers and MGM
|
Written by Greg Costikyan
|
| Top Secret
|
TSR, Inc.
|
|
1980
|
Espionage adventures
|
Written by Merle M. Rasmussen
|
| TORG
|
West End Games
|
|
1990
|
Cross-genre
|
Ceated by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek
|
| Total Eclipse RPG
|
Shrapnel Games
|
|
|
By Steve N. Jackson – Smart phone optimized role playing game
|
| Trail of Cthulhu
|
Pelgrane Press
|
GUMSHOE System
|
2008
|
Cthulhu Mythos horror
|
Designed by Kenneth Hite, based on Call of Cthulhu by Sandy Petersen and Lynn Willis
|
| Transhuman Space
|
Steve Jackson Games
|
|
|
|
|
| Traveller
|
GDW
|
|
1977
|
Space Opera
|
By Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, and Loren K. Wiseman.
|
| Traveller: 2300
|
Game Designers Workshop
|
|
1986
|
Hard science fiction
|
Designed by Frank Chadwick, Timothy B. Brown, Lester W. Smith, Marc W. Miller
|
| Tri-Stat dX
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Triangle Agency
|
Haunted Table Games
|
|
2024
|
|
|
| Tribe 8
|
Dream Pod 9
|
|
1998
|
|
|
| Thrilling Tales
|
|
|
|
Pulp Amazing Stories
|
|
| Trinity
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System (1st edition), d20 System (d20 edition)
|
1997, 2004
|
Futuristic, Superhero
|
Designed by Andrew Bates, Ken Cliffe, Richard Dansky, Robert Hatch, Stephan Wieck, et al.
|
| Troika!
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
| Trollbabe
|
Adept Press
|
|
2002
|
Fantasy
|
Written by Ron Edwards
|
| Trophy RPG
|
The Gauntlet (tabletop games producer)
|
|
2023
|
|
|
| True20
|
Green Ronin Publishing
|
True20
|
2005
|
|
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| Truth & Justice
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Atomic Sock Monkey Press
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2005
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| Tunnels and Trolls
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Flying Buffalo
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|
|
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| TWERPS
|
Lou Zocchi
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|
|
|
|
| Twilight 2000
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GDW
|
|
1984
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|
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| Twilight Imperium: The Role-Playing Game
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Fantasy Flight Games
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|
1999
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|
|
| Ultraviolet Grasslands
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Exalted Funeral Press
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|
2020
|
|
|
| Underground
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Mayfair Games
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|
1993
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|
|
| Unisystem
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Eden Studios, Inc.
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|
2003
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|
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| Universalis
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Ramshead Publishing
|
|
2002
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|
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| Universe
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SPI
|
|
1981-1983
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|
Subtitled The Role-Playing Game of the Future
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| Unknown Armies
|
Atlas Games
|
|
1998
|
Postmodernist-occult horror
|
Designed by John Scott Tynes, Greg Stolze
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| Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game
|
Gold Rush Games, Sanguine Productions
|
|
1998, 2005
|
Fantasy Edo-period Japan
|
Designed by Greg Stolze (1st ed.), Jason Holmgren and Pieter van Hiel (2nd ed.), based on the comic book series of the same name by Stan Sakai
|
| Uuhraah!
|
Blackhawk Games
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|
1976
|
Prehistoric setting with cavemen
|
|
| Vaesen
|
Free League Publishing
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Year Zero Engine
|
2020
|
Horror mystery monster-hunting in 19th-century Europe
|
Based on Vaesen: Spirits and Monsters of Scandinavian Folklore by Johan Egerkrans
|
| Valley of the Pharaohs
|
Palladium Books
|
|
1983-1985
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|
|
| Vampire: The Dark Ages
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White Wolf Publishing
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Storyteller System
|
1996
|
|
|
| Vampire: The Masquerade
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White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions)
Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition)
Modiphius Entertainment(5th edition)
|
Storyteller System
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1991
1992
1998
2011
2018
|
World of Darkness
|
Created by Mark Rein-Hagen
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| Vampire: The Requiem
|
|
Storytelling System
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2004
|
|
|
| Victorian Adventure
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SKS Distribution
|
|
1983
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|
|
| Victorian Age: Vampire
|
White Wolf
|
Storyteller System
|
2002
|
|
|
| Victorian Gothic
|
Arcanus Press
|
Epic Dice System
|
2020
|
Gothic Horror
|
A dark world of the penny dreadful
|
| Villains and Vigilantes
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited, Monkey House Games
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|
1979
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|
|
| Violence
|
Hogshead Publishing
|
|
1999
|
|
|
| Visigoths vs. Mall Goths
|
Hit Point Press
|
|
2020, 2023
|
1996 Los Angeles
|
Designed by Lucian Kahn
|
| Wanderhome
|
Possum Creek Games
|
|
2021
|
|
|
| Warcraft the Roleplaying Game
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
|
|
|
Roleplaying game book based on the popular computer game by Blizzard
|
| Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay
|
Games Workshop
|
|
|
|
|
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
|
Games Workshop
|
|
|
|
|
| Warheads: Medieval Tales
|
Urban Mammoth
|
|
|
|
A comically based tabletop roleplaying war game
|
| WARS Roleplaying Game
|
Mongoose Publishing
|
|
|
|
|
| Waste World: Roleplaying in a Savage Future
|
Manticore
|
|
1997
|
|
|
| Wayfarers
|
Ye Olde Gaming Companye
|
|
|
|
|
| Weapons of the Gods
|
Eos Press
|
|
2005
|
|
A wuxia-style game based on the manhua comic of the same name
|
| Weird Wars
|
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
|
d20 System; Savage Worlds
|
2001
|
|
|
| Werewolf: The Apocalypse
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
1992
|
|
|
| Werewolf: The Forsaken
|
White Wolf Publishing; Onyx Path Publishing
|
Storytelling System
|
2005
|
|
|
| Werewolf: The Wild West
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
Storyteller System
|
1997
|
|
|
| What Price Glory?!
|
|
|
1978
|
|
|
| The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game
|
Last Unicorn Games
|
d20 System
|
|
Based on The Wheel of Time novel series by author Robert Jordan
|
|
| When Worlds Collide
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
| The Whispering Vault
|
Pariah Press; Ronin Publishing
|
|
1993
|
|
An RPG about god-hunting
|
| Whitehack
|
WhitehackRPG (Christian Mehrstam)
|
|
2013–present
|
Mainly fantasy but flexible
|
A "reimaging" of the D&D "White Box" game with modern streamlined rules, now in its 4th edition
|
| Wild Talents
|
Arc Dream Publishing
|
|
|
|
|
| Wild West
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1981
|
|
|
| Witchcraft
|
Eden Studios, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
| Witch Hunt
|
StatCom Simulations Inc.
|
|
1983
|
|
|
| Witch Hunter: The Invisible World
|
Alligator Alley Entertainmenf
|
|
2007
|
|
|
| With Great Power...
|
Incarnadine Press
|
|
|
|
|
| Wizards' Realm
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wizards' World
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Women are Werewolves
|
|
|
2022
|
|
|
| Woof meow (role-playing game)
|
Game Systems
|
|
1988
|
|
|
| World Action And Adventure
|
|
|
|
|
|
| World of Darkness (original) and the World of Darkness (new) "2.0"
|
White Wolf Publishing
|
|
|
|
Product line
|
| The World of Indiana Jones
|
West End Games
|
|
|
|
|
| World of Synnibarr
|
WonderWorld Press
|
|
|
|
|
| World Tree
|
|
|
|
|
Roleplaying in a high-magic, highly civilized world populated by many sentient species, none of them human
|
| World Wide Wrestling RPG
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
| Worlds Beyond
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Worlds of Wonder
|
Chaosium
|
Basic Role-Playing
|
1982
|
Fantasy, superhero, and science fiction settings
|
Designed by Steve Perrin, Steve Henderson, Gordon Monson, Greg Stafford, Lynn Willis
|
| Wraith: The Great War
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wraith: The Oblivion
|
|
Original World of Darkness
|
|
|
|
| Year of the Phoenix
|
Fantasy Games Unlimited
|
|
1986
|
|
|
| Ysgarth
|
Ragnarok Games
|
|
1979
|
|
Written by Timothy Willard
|
| The Zorcerer of Zo
|
Atomic Sock Monkey Press
|
|
2006
|
Fairy tales
|
|
| Zweihänder
|
Grim & Perilous Studios
|
|
2017
|
|
Written by Daniel Fox, who first described it as a "Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay retroclone"
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