''Judge Dredd'' has been the inspiration for four
role-playing game systems. These games are based on the fictional world of the ''
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running ...
'' series from the British
comic ''
2000AD''. The role-playing games are unrelated to each other except for the setting.
Games Workshop
The first, ''Judge Dredd'' roleplaying game, was published under license by
Games Workshop in 1985, and used a rules system created specifically for the game, which resembled GW's
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' or ''Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play'' (abbreviated to ''WFRP'' or ''WHFRP'') is a role-playing game set in the '' Warhammer Fantasy'' setting, published by Games Workshop or its licensees.
The first edition of '' ...
.
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing is a British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, publishing material since 2001. Its licenses include products based on the science fiction properties ''Traveller'', '' Judge Dredd'', and ''Parano ...
produced two versions of a ''Judge Dredd'' roleplaying game. In 2002, they acquired the rights to publish games set in the worlds created by ''2000AD'', and quickly released ''
The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game'', which used the
d20 rules system.
In 2009, they released a new version of ''Judge Dredd'', using their
Traveller rules set.
Mongoose announced that their license was ending in late 2016.
EN Publishing
In February 2017,
EN Publishing announced the new ''Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD Tabletop Adventure Game''
using the What's OLD is NEW (WOIN) roleplaying game system.
The first releases were the ''Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD'' core rulebook, and ''The Robot Wars'' adventure/sourcebook in early 2019. In November 2021, the company announced that their license to create 2000 AD products had come to an end.
References
Games based on Judge Dredd
Games Workshop games
Mongoose Publishing games
Role-playing games based on comics
Role-playing games introduced in 2009
Science fiction role-playing games
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