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OtherWorld Creations
This is a list of companies that have produced tabletop role-playing games in English, listed in order of the year that the company published its first role-playing game-related product (game, supplement, or magazine). Also listed is the years the company was active, and a list of notable role-playing games the company has produced. This list makes note of the first edition of each game which a company published, and does not try to list subsequent editions of the same game published by the same company. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Company !! Years !! First RPG product !! class="unsortable" , Other notable role-playing games , - , TSR , 1973-1997 , data-sort-value="1974", ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (1974) , ''Boot Hill'' (1975), ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' (1976), '' Metamorphosis Alpha'' (1976), ''Gamma World'' (1978), ''Top Secret'' (1980), ''Gangbusters'' (1982), '' Star Frontiers'' (1982), '' Marvel Super Heroes'' (1984), '' The Adventures of Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternity
''Alternity'' is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) published by TSR in 1998. Following the acquisition of TSR by Wizards of the Coast, the game was discontinued in 2000 as part of a broader rationalisation of TSR's business holdings, but it retains a small and devoted fanbase. Parts of ''Alternity'' as well as TSR's classic '' Star Frontiers'' game have been incorporated into the ''d20 Modern'' game, especially the ''d20 Future'' setting. The first campaign setting for the ''Alternity'' game, the ''Star*Drive'' setting, was introduced in 1998. A new game called ''Alternity'' was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in June 2018 by Sasquatch Game Studio but it ultimately failed to get published. System Characters were created with a point-based system, and could be either humans, mutants, one of several alien species presented in the core books, or original aliens created by the GM. Classes were replaced by professions, which dictated what skills and abilities were cheaper for an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
