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tabletop role-playing game A tabletop role-playing game (typically abbreviated as TRPG or TTRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a form of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech. Participa ...

s. For computer role-playing games see here. The publication year listed here is the year of the first edition in the original country. Additional editions, translations or adaptations for use in other countries are not included in this list. For editions other than the first, consult the corresponding article. Some games started out as generic role-playing supplements, supplements for other games, or even a different kind of game. Those games are listed in the year when they made the transition to a standalone role-playing game. Unique games with identical or similar titles are listed separately. Unique means games that use different rules or settings but does not include rule revisions by the same author or publisher.

1970s

1974

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Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

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Rules to the Game of DUNGEON Rule or ruling may refer to: Education * Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule perta ...

1975

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Boot Hill Boot Hill, or Boothill, is the given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States. During the 19th and early 20th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who " died with their boots on" (i.e ...

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Empire of the Petal Throne ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' is a fantasy role-playing game designed by M. A. R. Barker, based on his Tékumel fictional universe. It was self-published in 1974, then published by TSR, Inc. in 1975. It was one of the first tabletop role-pl ...

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En Garde! ''En Garde!'' is a hybrid role-playing and tactical dueling game published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1975 that simulates the swashbuckling world of the Three Musketeers and Cyrano de Bergerac in 17th century Paris. Gameplay Each pla ...

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Tunnels & Trolls ''Tunnels & Trolls'' (abbreviated ''T&T'') is a fantasy role-playing game designed by Ken St. Andre and first published in 1975 by Flying Buffalo. The second modern role-playing game published, it was written by Ken St. Andre to be a more accessib ...

1976

* '' Bunnies & Burrows'' * '' Knights of the Round Table'' * ''

Metamorphosis Alpha ''Metamorphosis Alpha'' is a science fiction role-playing game. It was created by James M. Ward and originally produced by TSR, the publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. It was the first science fiction role-playing game, published in July 1976 ...

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Monsters! Monsters! ''Monsters! Monsters!'' is a role-playing game first published by Metagaming Concepts in 1976. Description ''Monsters! Monsters!'' is a fantasy system in which the player characters are monsters who prey on adventurers and the civilized world. ...

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Starfaring ''Starfaring'' was the first science fiction role-playing game (RPG) published, released by Flying Buffalo in August 1976. Although it was the first to market, it didn't attract an audience, and was soon superseded by the much more popular '' Tra ...

1977

* '' Chivalry & Sorcery'' * '' Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo'' * '' Space Patrol, later renamed Star Patrol'' * ''

Space Quest ''Space Quest'' is a series of six comic science fiction adventure games released between 1986 and 1995. The games follow the adventures of a hopeless janitor named Roger Wilco, who campaigns through the galaxy for "truth, justice and really cl ...

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The Realm of Yolmi ''The Realm of Yolmi'' is a role-playing game published by West Coast Games in 1977. Description ''The Realm of Yolmi'' is a science-fiction system with class-and-level rules that covers human characters on a future Earth (soldiers, cyborgs, scie ...

'' * '' Traveller''

1978

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Several different editions of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game have been produced since 1974. The current publisher of ''D&D'', Wizards of the Coast, produces new materials only for the most current edition of the ...

'' * '' Bifrost'' * ''

Gamma World ''Gamma World'' is a science fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, and first published by TSR in 1978. It borrowed heavily from Ward's earlier game, ''Metamorphosis Alpha''. Setting ''Gamma World'' t ...

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High Fantasy High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.Brian Stableford, ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', (p. 198), Scarecrow Press, ...

'' * '' John Carter, Warlord of Mars'' * '' Legacy'' * ''

RuneQuest ''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha. It was first publis ...

'' * '' Starships & Spacemen'' * '' Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier'' * ''

The Complete Warlock ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

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What Price Glory?! ''What Price Glory?!'' is a role-playing game published by James Lauffenburger in 1978. Description ''What Price Glory?!'' is a fantasy system, basically a variant of Original ''D&D'', with a hex-grid position-based combat system and a spell-po ...

1979

* '' Adventures in Fantasy'' * ''

Buccaneer Buccaneers were a kind of privateers or free sailors particular to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established on northern Hispaniola as early as 1625, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 until about 168 ...

'' * '' Bushido'' * '' Commando '' * ''

Gangster! ''Gangster!'' is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1979. Gameplay ''Gangster!'' is a cops-and-mobsters role-playing game system set in the period 1900 to the present. Players can choose to be on the side of the law as p ...

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Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

'' * '' Ironhedge'' * '' Villains and Vigilantes'' * ''

Ysgarth ''Ysgarth'' is a fantasy role-playing game published in 1979 by Ragnarok Enterprises. Several editions were subsequently published over the next twenty-five years. Description ''Ysgarth'' is a rules-heavy role-playing game — game historian La ...

1980s

1980

* '' Archaeron'' * ''

Basic Role-Playing ''Basic Role-Playing'' (''BRP'') is a tabletop role-playing game which originated in the ''RuneQuest'' fantasy role-playing game. Chaosium released the ''BRP'' standalone booklet in 1980 in the boxed set release of the second edition of ''RuneQu ...

'' * '' Beasts, Men & Gods'' * '' Castle Perilous'' * ''

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

'' * '' DragonQuest'' * ''

Land of the Rising Sun The word ''Japan'' is an exonym, and is used (in one form or another) by many languages. The Japanese names for Japan are Nippon () and Nihon (). They are both written in Japanese using the kanji . During the third-century CE Three Kingdoms peri ...

'' * '' Melanda'' * '' Odysseus'' * ''

Skull and Crossbones A skull and crossbones is a symbol consisting of a human skull and two long bones crossed together under or behind the skull. The design originated in the Late Middle Ages as a symbol of death and especially as a ''memento mori'' on tombstones. ...

'' * '' Space Opera'' * '' Supergame'' * ''

The Fantasy Trip ''The Fantasy Trip'' (''TFT'') is a tabletop role-playing game designed by Steve Jackson and originally published by Metagaming Concepts. In 2019, ''TFT'' was republished by Steve Jackson Games as ''The Fantasy Trip'' Legacy Edition. History ...

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The Morrow Project ''The Morrow Project'' is a science fiction role-playing game created by Kevin Dockery, Robert Sadler and Richard Tucholka and published by Timeline Ltd. It is set after a devastating nuclear war. It was first released in the 1980s, and it stil ...

'' * '' Thieve's Guild'' * ''

Top Secret Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of people with the necessary security clearance and need to kn ...

1981

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Aftermath! ''Aftermath!'' ("Sunset on humanity, or dawn of a brave new world?") is a role-playing game created by Paul Hume and Robert Charette and published in 1981 by Fantasy Games Unlimited. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which the characte ...

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Arduin ''Arduin'' is a fictional universe and fantasy role-playing system created in the mid-1970s by David A. Hargrave. It was the first published "cross-genre" fantasy RPG, with everything from interstellar wars to horror and historical drama, altho ...

'' * '' Call of Cthulhu'' * ''

Champions A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...

'' * '' Crimefighters'' * ''

Fantasy Wargaming ''Fantasy Wargaming'' is a role-playing game published by Patrick Stephens Limited (U.K.) in 1981. Description ''Fantasy Wargaming'' is a fantasy system set in medieval Europe. The first half of the book introduces role-playing concepts and desc ...

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Heroes of Olympus ''The Heroes of Olympus'' is a pentalogy of fantasy-adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan. The novels detail a conflict between Greek demigods, Roman demigods, and Gaia (Roman name Terra). In the fourth book of the series, ...

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Midgard In Germanic cosmology, Midgard (an anglicised form of Old Norse ; Old English , Old Saxon , Old High German , and Gothic ''Midjun-gards''; "middle yard", "middle enclosure") is the name for Earth (equivalent in meaning to the Greek term , "inhab ...

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Star Rovers A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ...

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Stormbringer Stormbringer is a magic sword featured in a number of fantasy stories by the author Michael Moorcock. It is described as a huge, black sword covered with strange runes, created by the forces of Chaos with its own will. It is wielded by the doo ...

'' * '' The Mechanoid Invasion'' * ''

The Spawn of Fashan ''The Spawn of Fashan'' is a role-playing game published by The Games of Fashan in 1981. Description ''The Spawn of Fashan'' is a fantasy role-playing system The rulebook includes a character-creation system, combat rules, guidelines for creating ...

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Universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. ...

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Wild West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

'' * '' Wizards' Realm''

1982

* '' Alma Mater'' * '' Behind Enemy Lines by FASA'' * '' Daredevils'' * '' Drakar och Demoner (Trudvang Chronicles)'' * '' Fringeworthy'' * '' FTL:2448'' * ''

Gangbusters ''Gang Busters'' is an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936, and was broadcast over 21 years through November 27, 1957. Histo ...

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Inner City The term ''inner city'' has been used, especially in the United States, as a euphemism for majority-minority lower-income residential districts that often refer to rundown neighborhoods, in a downtown or city centre area. Sociologists some ...

'' * '' Knights and Berserkers and Legerdemain'' * '' Man, Myth and Magic'' * ''

Middle-earth Role Playing ''Middle-earth Role Playing'' (MERP) is a 1984 role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost th ...

'' * '' Pirates and Plunder'' * ''

Recon Recon may refer to: * Reconnaissance, a military term for gathering information * ''Halo 3: Recon'', a standalone expansion for the video game ''Halo 3'' * Recon (Lost), "Recon" (''Lost''), the eighth episode of the sixth season of ''Lost'' * Re ...

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Rolemaster ''Rolemaster'' (originally ''Role Master'') is a tabletop role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises since 1980. Editions ''Rolemaster'' has a total of four editions. First edition (RM1): 1980–1982 This edition includes the or ...

'' * '' Space Infantry'' * ''

Starfleet Voyages ''Starfleet Voyages'' is a science-fiction adventure role-playing game of planetary exploration based on the ''Star Trek'' television series. The game was written by Michael Scott and published by Terra Games Company in 1982 after Heritage USA ...

'' * '' Star Frontiers'' * '' Star Trek: The Role Playing Game'' * '' Swordbearer'' * '' Worlds of Wonder''

1983

* '' Droids'' * ''

Element Masters ''Element Masters'' is a role-playing game published by Escape Ventures in 1983 that mixes elements of fantasy and science fiction. Gameplay The setting of ''Element Masters'' is the world of Vinya, where magic and technology mix. The Player ch ...

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Espionage! ''Espionage!'' is a role-playing game published by Hero Games in 1983. Description ''Espionage!'' is a system of modern espionage rules that use the Hero System. The rulebook (64 pages) covers character creation, skills, combat (melee and firearm ...

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James Bond 007 The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

'' * '' Lands of Adventure'' * '' Légendes'' (French RPG) * ''

Lords of Creation ''Lords of Creation'' is a science fiction novel by American author Eando Binder (combined pseudonym for American brothers Earl and Otto Binder). It was first published in book form in 1949 by Prime Press Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction ...

'' * '' L'Ultime Épreuve'' (French RPG) * '' Mach: The First Colony'' * ''

Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes ''Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes'' (''MSPE'') is a tabletop role-playing game designed and written by Michael A. Stackpole and first published in April 1983 by Blade, a division of Flying Buffalo, Inc. A second edition was later published by ...

'' * '' Other Suns'' by FGU * '' Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game'' * '' Powers and Perils'' * ''

Privateers and Gentlemen ''Privateers and Gentlemen'' is a role-playing game by author Walter Jon Williams, published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1983. Williams based this game on his own historical nautical adventure novels set in the late 18th century "Age of Fighti ...

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Stalking the Night Fantastic ''Stalking the Night Fantastic'' is the first edition of the '' Bureau 13'' role-playing game published by Tri-Tac Inc. in 1983. Publication history ''Stalking the Night Fantastic'' was designed by Richard Tucholka, Chris Beiting, and Robe ...

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Star Quest ''Star Quest'' was Dean R. Koontz's first novel. Originally published in 1968, by Ace Books, Inc. This book was 127 pages and was published as an Ace Double (two novels in one volume) paperback together with '' Doom of the Green Planet'' by Emi ...

'' * '' Super Squadron'' * ''

Superworld ''Superworld'' is a superhero-themed role-playing game published by Chaosium in 1983 that uses the generic ''Basic Role-Playing'' rules system. The game began as just one part of the '' Worlds of Wonder'' product before being published as a stand ...

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The Valley of the Pharaohs ''The Valley of the Pharaohs'' is a role-playing game published by Palladium Books in 1983 that is set in Ancient Egypt. Several reviewers found the historical material was valuable, but that there was not enough information about how role-pl ...

'' * '' Timeship'' * '' To Challenge Tomorrow'' * ''

Victorian Adventure ''Victorian Adventure'' is a Victorian-era role-playing game published by SKS Distribution (U.K.) in 1983. Description ''Victorian Adventure'' is a historical mystery/adventure system set in 19th-century England, during the height of the British ...

'' * '' Warhammer The Mass Combat Fantasy Role-Playing Game'' * ''

Witch Hunt A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. The classical period of witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America took place in the Early Modern perio ...

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1984

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Chill In computing, CHILL (an acronym for CCITT High Level Language) is a procedural programming language designed for use in telecommunication switches (the hardware used inside telephone exchanges). The language is still used for legacy systems i ...

'' * '' Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye)'' * '' DragonRaid'' * '' Elfquest'' * '' Fighting Fantasy - The Introductory Role-Playing Game'' * '' Flashing Blades'' * ''

Golden Heroes ''Golden Heroes'' is a superhero role-playing game that was originally written and published on an amateur basis in 1982. Games Workshop then published a more complete version in 1984. It was written by Simon Burley and Peter Haines and was il ...

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Heroes Unlimited ''Heroes Unlimited'' is a superhero role-playing game written by Kevin Siembieda and first published by Palladium Books in 1984. The game is based upon the Palladium Books Megaversal system and is compatible with other games that use the Palladi ...

'' * '' Justice, Inc.'' * '' Kata Kumbas'' * ''

Maelstrom Maelstrom may refer to: * Maelstrom (whirlpool), a powerful whirlpool ** originally the Moskstraumen in English Amusement rides * Maelstrom (ride), a former log flume dark ride attraction in the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort ...

'' * '' Marvel Super Heroes'' * ''

Mega Mega or MEGA may refer to: Science * mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106 * Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation * "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy * Gravity assist, for ''Moon-Eart ...

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Mutant In biology, and especially in genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is generally an alteration of the DNA sequence of the genome or chromosome of an organism. It ...

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Paranoia Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy co ...

'' * '' Phantasy Conclave'' * ''

Psi World ''Psi World'' is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1984. Description ''Psi World'' is a science-fiction system set approximately in the 21st century and featuring the widespread use of psionic powers. Psionic characters ...

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Ringworld ''Ringworld'' is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. ''Ringworld'' tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, a ...

'' * '' Skyrealms of Jorune'' * '' Star Ace'' * '' Swords & Glory'' * '' The Adventures of Indiana Jones'' * ''

The Atlantean Trilogy (also known as, The Arcanum) ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'' * '' Time & Time Again'' * ''

Timemaster ''Timemaster'' is a role-playing game centered on traveling through time and alternate dimensions, written by Mark D. Acres, Andria Hayday and Carl Smith (game designer) and published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984. Players take on the role of Ti ...

'' * '' Toon'' * ''

Twilight 2000 ''Twilight: 2000'' is a 1984 post-apocalyptic military tabletop role-playing game published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW). Set in the aftermath of World War III (the "Twilight War"), the game operates on the premise that the United States/NATO ...

1985

* '' Challengers'' * '' Conan Role-Playing Game'' * '' DC Heroes'' * ''

Dinky Dungeons ''Dinky Dungeons'' is a role-playing game published by Doc's Games in 1985. Description ''Dinky Dungeons'' is the smallest () role-playing game ever produced. The very concise rules cover character creation, classes, skills, spells, combat, expe ...

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The Doctor Who Role Playing Game ''The Doctor Who Role Playing Game'' is a '' Doctor Who'' roleplaying game published by FASA in 1985. The game allows players to assume similar roles to the Doctor and his companions or as agents of the Celestial Intervention Agency. Set ...

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Dragon Warriors Dragon Warriors is a fantasy role playing game system written by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson and published by Corgi Books between the years 1985 and 1986. In 2009, it was re-collected in a new hardcover edition by Mongoose Publishing. This ...

'' * '' Dragonroar'' * ''

Fantasy Hero ''Fantasy Hero'' is a role-playing game book originally published by Hero Games in 1985 that allows gamemasters to plan and present fantasy role-playing games using the Hero System rules. Several revised editions of the book have subsequently be ...

'' * '' Hawkmoon'' * '' Hidden Kingdom'' * '' Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game'' * '' Maléfices'' * ''

Mekton ''Mekton'' is a role-playing game which centers on the conventions of mecha anime and science fiction (although it can easily enough be adapted to other genres like police drama or high fantasy). It has seen several editions since its introduct ...

'' * '' Midnight at the Well of Souls Role-Playing System'' * ''

Pendragon Pendragon or ( wlm, pen dreic, ''pen dragon''; composed of Welsh , 'head, chief, top' and / ''dragon'', 'dragon; warrior'; borrowed from the Latin word , plural , 'dragon , br, Penn Aerouant) literally means 'chief dragon' or 'head dragon', but ...

'' * '' Sandman - Map of Halaal'' * '' Space Master'' * ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness'' is a role-playing game based on the comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The core rulebook was first published by Palladium Books in September 1985 – a couple years before th ...

1986

* '' 2300 AD'' * ''

9th Generation ''9th Generation'' is a role-playing game published by Jeff Siadek Enterprises in 1986. Description ''9th Generation'' is a post-holocaust system of "savage violence, humorously written". The game includes three books: ''Characters and Combat' ...

'' * ''Arena'' * '' By the Gods'' * '' Delta Force: America Strikes Back!'' * '' Eternal Soldier'' * ''

Ghostbusters ''Ghostbusters'' is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, thr ...

'' * '' Freedom Fighters'' * ''

GURPS The ''Generic Universal RolePlaying System'', or ''GURPS'', is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting. It was created by Steve Jackson Games and first published in 1986 at a time when most such systems ...

'' * '' HârnMaster'' * '' Hunter Planet: The All Australian Role Playing Game'' * '' MechWarrior'' * '' Mythworld'' * '' Phoenix Command'' * ''

Robotech ''Robotech'' is a science fiction franchise that began with an 85-episode anime television series produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production and first released in the United States in 1985. The show was adapted from ...

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Robot Warriors ''Robot Warriors'' is a role-playing game published by Hero Games in 1986. Description ''Robot Warriors'' is a system of science-fiction mecha, giant-robot rules, based on the Hero System. The rulebook covers robot construction and battle rules, ...

'' * '' The Challenges Game System'' * '' The Price of Freedom'' * ''

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 '' ...

'' * '' Year of the Phoenix''

1987

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Ars Magica ''Ars Magica'' is a role-playing game set in 'Mythic Europe' – a historically grounded version of Europe and the Levant around AD 1200, with the added conceit that conceptions of the world prevalent in folklore and institutions of the High Mi ...

'' * '' Beyond the Supernatural'' * '' Cyborg Commando'' * '' Enforcers'' * '' Expendables'' * ''

Future Worlds ''Future Worlds'' is a science fiction role-playing game published by Stellar Gaming Workshop in 1987. Description ''Future Worlds'' is a science-fiction space-adventure system set in an interstellar society of the far future. The game includes ...

'' * '' Living Steel'' * ''

MEGA Role-Playing System ''MEGA Role-Playing System, Fantasy Edition'' is a Norwegian role-playing game published by MEGA Games Ltd. (U.K.) in 1987. Description ''MEGA Role-Playing System'' is a fantasy system, translated from a Norwegian design, with a distinctly Nors ...

'' * '' Miekka ja magia'' * '' Night of the Ninja'' * ''

Ninjas & Superspies ''Ninjas & Superspies'' is a modern-day espionage role-playing game published in 1988 by Palladium Books. Contents ''Ninjas & Superspies'', written by Erick Wujcik, is designed around espionage and martial arts action in the modern world, similar ...

'' * '' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'' by

West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars'', ''Paranoia'', ...

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Talislanta ''Talislanta'' is a fantasy role-playing game written by Stephen Michael Sechi and published by Bard Games in 1987. There have been six different English-language editions and several foreign language editions published. All English-language pr ...

'' * '' Teenagers from Outer Space'' * '' Robotech II: The Sentinels'' * '' Timelords'' * ''

TWERPS ''TWERPS'' (''The World's Easiest Role-Playing System'') is a minimalist role-playing game (RPG) originally created by Reindeer Games (whose sole product was the ''TWERPS'' line) and distributed by Gamescience. Presented as a parody of the co ...

1988

* '' Animonde'' * ''

Albedo Albedo (; ) is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation and measured on a scale from 0, corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation, to 1, corresponding to a body that refl ...

'' * '' Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game'' * ''

Cyberpunk 2013 ''Cyberpunk'' is a tabletop role-playing game in the dystopian science fiction genre, written by Mike Pondsmith and first published by R. Talsorian Games in 1988. It is typically referred to by its second or fourth edition names, ''Cyberpunk 202 ...

'' * '' High Colonies'' * '' Justifiers RPG'' * '' Macho Women with Guns'' * '' Manhunter'' * '' Phantasia'' * '' Second Dawn'' * '' Space: 1889'' * ''

SpaceTime In physics, spacetime is a mathematical model that combines the three dimensions of space and one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional manifold. Spacetime diagrams can be used to visualize relativistic effects, such as why differ ...

'' * '' Woof Meow''

1989

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Advanced Fighting Fantasy ''Advanced Fighting Fantasy'' (AFF) is a British roleplaying game based on the ''Fighting Fantasy'' and ''Sorcery!'' gamebooks, first published in 1989. Just as the gamebooks, AFF is set in the world of Titan. A second edition of AFF was publishe ...

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Adventurers of the North - Kalevala Heroes ''Adventurers of the North — Kalevala Heroes'' (''ANKH'') is a Finnish role-playing game published by Nelospelit in 1988. It was highly derivative of other roleplaying games and despite its Finnish cultural details, was not a commercial succes ...

'' * '' Batman Role-Playing Game'' * ''Blackwatch'' * '' The Confederate Rangers'' * '' Cyberspace'' * ''

HeroQuest ''HeroQuest'', sometimes written as ''Hero Quest'', is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop. The game was loosely based around archetypes of fantasy role-playing games: the ...

'' * '' In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas'' * '' It Came From the Late, Late, Late Show'' * '' Lace & Steel'' * ''

Mutazoids ''Mutazoids'' is a science fiction role-playing game published by Whit Productions Inc. in 1989, set in the 21st century, when a virus has mutated many humans. Description ''Mutazoids'' is a science-fantasy system set in 2073, sixty years after ...

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Omnigon ''Omnigon'' is a role-playing game published by Omnigon Games Inc. in 1989. Description ''Omnigon'' is a science-fiction role-playing system. Characters can be human or one of five alien races (animal-based humanoids - lizard people, cat-peop ...

'' * '' Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game'' * ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime fiction, crime, with ...

'' * '' Star Hero'' * '' Sword World RPG''

1990s

1990

* '' Age of Ruin'' by Cutting Edge Games * '' Aquelarre'' (Spanish RPG) * '' Attack of the Humans'' * ''

Battlelords of the 23rd Century ''Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century'' is a paper and pencil science fiction role-playing game designed by Lawrence R. Sims and first published in 1990. The game's newest tagline is ''Roleplaying in a Galaxy at War''. The ''Battlelords of ...

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Buck Rogers XXVC Buck Rogers XXVC (sometimes written as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) is a game setting created by TSR, Inc. in the late 1980s. Products based on this setting include novels, graphic novels, a role-playing game (RPG), board game, and video ...

'' * '' Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' * ''

CORPS Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...

'' * '' Fifth Cycle'' * ''

Hero System The ''Hero System'' is a generic role-playing game system that was developed from the superhero RPG '' Champions''. After ''Champions'' fourth edition was released in 1989, a stripped-down version of its ruleset with no superhero or other genre ...

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Morpheus Morpheus ('Fashioner', derived from the grc, μορφή meaning 'form, shape') is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' he is the son of Somnus and appears in dreams in human form. From the Middle Ages, the name b ...

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Nightlife Nightlife is a collective term for entertainment that is available and generally more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. It includes pubs, bars, nightclubs, parties, live music, concerts, cabarets, theatre, ...

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Reich Star ''Reich Star'' is a science fiction/alternate history role-playing game published by Creative Encounters in 1990. Description ''Reich Star'' is an alternate history role-playing game set in 2134, almost two hundred years after World War II was ...

'' * '' Rifts'' * '' Ruf des Warlock'' (German RPG) * ''

Torg ''Torg'' is a cinematic cross-genre tabletop role-playing game created by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek, with art by Daniel Horne. It was first published by West End Games (WEG) in 1990. Game resolution uses a single twenty-sided die, ''drama ...

'' * '' Worlds Beyond''

1991

* '' Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game'' * ''

Aliens Adventure Game ''Aliens Adventure Game'' is a combat-oriented role-playing game published by Leading Edge Games in 1991. Description ''Aliens Adventure Game'', based on the 1986 film '' Aliens'', emphasizes combat between human Colonial Marines and the space h ...

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Dark Conspiracy ''Dark Conspiracy'' is a near-future horror role-playing game (RPG) originally written by Lester W. Smith and published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1991. Several newer editions have been published. Setting ''Dark Conspiracy'' is set i ...

'' * '' Kult'' * ''

Lord of the Rings Adventure Game ''Lord of the Rings Adventure Game'' is a role-playing game based on the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien (specifically ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'') under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published ...

'' * '' Lost Souls'' * '' Millennium's End'' * ''

Tales from the Floating Vagabond ''Tales from the Floating Vagabond'' is a science-fiction role-playing game by Lee Garvin, published by Avalon Hill in 1991. It has the tagline "Ludicrous Adventure in a Universe Whose Natural Laws Are Out To Lunch". Overview The game takes a ...

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The World of Synnibarr ''The World of Synnibarr'' (sometimes referred to simply as ''Synnibarr'') was a multi-genre role-playing game published by Wonderworld Press and written by Raven c.s. McCracken. A second edition of the game, co-written by Bryce Thelin, was publi ...

'' * '' Time Lord: Adventures through Time and Space'' * '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' * '' Warp World''

1992

* ''

Dangerous Journeys ''Dangerous Journeys'' was a roleplaying game created by Gary Gygax, the co-creator of the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' system. The game was originally announced as ''Dangerous Dimensions'' but was changed to ''Dangerous Journeys'' in response ...

'' * '' Dream Park: The Roleplaying Game'' * '' Duel'' by Nightshift Games * '' Fanhunter, el juego de rol épicodecadente'' * ''

Fudge Fudge is a type of confection that is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency. In texture, this crystalline can ...

'' * '' Fuzzy Heroes'' by Inner City Games Designs * '' Nephilim'' * '' Over the Edge'' * '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse''

1993

* ''

Amazing Engine ''Amazing Engine'' was a series of tabletop role-playing game books that was published by TSR, Inc. from 1993 until 1994. It was a generic role-playing game system - each publication employed the same minimalist generic rules, as described in th ...

'' * '' Earthdawn'' * ''

Fate of the Norns ''Fate of the Norns'' is a series of Viking fantasy role-playing games first published in 1993 by Pendelhaven, created by Andrew Valkauskas. The game uses an experience point system and afterlife mechanics rooted deeply in Norse mythology. Seve ...

'' * '' Forgotten Futures'' * '' High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game'' * '' Kryształy Czasu'' * '' Macross II: The Role-Playing Game'' * '' Mage: The Ascension'' * '' Manhunter'' * ''

Mutant Chronicles ''Mutant Chronicles'' is a pen-and-paper role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world, originally published in 1993. It has spawned a franchise of collectible card games, miniature wargames, video games, novels, comic books, and a film ...

'' * '' Nexus: The Infinite City'' * '' Pandemonium!'' * '' Prime Directive'' * '' Risus'' * '' Shatterzone'' * '' SLA Industries'' * '' Space Gothic'' (German RPG) * ''

The Beast Within ''The Beast Within'' is a 1982 American horror film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, L. Q. Jones, Don Gordon, R. G. Armstrong, Logan Ramsey, Katherine Moffat, and Meshach Taylor. ''The Beast With ...

'' * '' The Whispering Vault'' * ''

Theatrix (role-playing game) ''Theatrix'' is a role playing game that was produced in 1995 by the now-defunct Backstage Press. It was unusual because, unlike most other role-playing games of the time, it did not use dice to resolve actions or determine success. Contents ''T ...

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Underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston * The Underground ...

1994

* '' 3D&T'' * '' Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth'' * '' Castle Falkenstein'' * '' Don't Look Back'' * '' Gardásiyal: Adventures on Tékumel'' * '' GateWar'' by Escape Ventures * '' HoL'' * '' Immortal: The Invisible War'' * ''

Inferno Inferno may refer to: * Hell, an afterlife place of suffering * Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire Film * ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film * Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker * Inferno (1973 fi ...

'' by Death's Edge Games * ''

Masterbook ''Masterbook'' is a generic role-playing game that was published by West End Games (WEG) in 1994. Description The generic rules of ''Masterbook'', which do not have a specific campaign setting, use rules from both WEG's multi-genre role-playing ...

'' * '' Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game'' * '' The World of Bloodshadows'' * ''

The World of Indiana Jones ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'' * '' Wraith: The Oblivion''

1995

* '' Changeling: The Dreaming'' * '' Cybergeneration'' * ''

Everway ''Everway'' is a fantasy role-playing game first published by Wizards of the Coast under their Alter Ego brand in 1995. Its lead designer was Jonathan Tweet. Marketed as a "Visionary Roleplaying Game", it has often been characterized as an inno ...

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Heavy Gear ''Heavy Gear'' is a mecha science fiction game universe published since 1994 by Canadian publisher Dream Pod 9. It includes a Tabletop game, tabletop tactical Wargaming, wargame, a role-playing game, and a combat card game (''Heavy Gear Fighter'' ...

'' * '' Nightbane'' * ''

Project A-ko is a 1986 Japanese action comedy science fiction anime film that had several sequels and a spin-off. This film focuses on a happy-go-lucky 16-year-old red-haired, sailor-suited teenage schoolgirl, A-ko Magami, who goes on her magical adventure ...

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The End The End may refer to: Films * ''The End'' (1953 film), a film by Christopher Maclaine * ''The End'' (1978 film), a comedy by Burt Reynolds * ''The End'' (1997 film), a Canadian film of 1997 * ''The End'' (1998 film), a skateboarding document ...

'' by Scapegoat Games * '' The World of Necroscope'' * '' The World of Tank Girl''

1996

* '' Blood Dawn'' * ''

Bubblegum Crisis is a 1987 to 1991 cyberpunk original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex and animated by AIC and Artmic. The series was planned to run for 13 episodes, but was cut short to just 8. The series involves the adventures of the K ...

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Conspiracy X ''Conspiracy X'' is a role-playing game (RPG) originally released by New Millennium Entertainment in 1996, and since revised and released by several publishers including Steve Jackson Games and Eden Studios, Inc. In all versions, the setting p ...

'' * '' The D6 System: The Customizable Roleplaying Game'' * ''

Deadlands ''Deadlands'' is a genre-mixing alternate history role-playing game which combines the Western and horror genres, with some steampunk elements. The original game was written by Shane Lacy Hensley and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Grou ...

'' * '' Dragonlance: Fifth Age'' * ''

Fading Suns ''Fading Suns'' is a science fiction space opera role-playing game published by Holistic Design. The setting was also used for a PC game (''Emperor of the Fading Suns''), a live action role-playing game ('' Passion Play''), and for a space co ...

'' * '' Feng Shui'' * ''

Gatecrasher Gatecrasher is an international clubbing brand made famous by the "Gatecrasher" (later "Crasher") dance music events, which were held at the Republic nightclub in Sheffield, UK during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The promoters of the brand ...

'' * '' Hong Kong Action Theatre!'' * ''

Infinite Domains ''Infinite Domains'' is a generic role-playing game system published by Infinite Concepts in 1996. Description ''Infinite Domains'' is a universal role-playing system that can be used to create a role-playing game adventure or campaign. Charact ...

'' by Infinite Concepts * '' Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar: The New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser'' * '' The World of Tales from the Crypt'' * '' Vampire: The Dark Ages'' * '' CJ Carella's WitchCraft''

1997

* '' Armageddon: The End Times'' * ''

Armored Trooper Votoms is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. Following directly in the footsteps of Takahashi' ...

'' * '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth'' * '' Blue Planet'' * '' Champions: New Millennium'' * '' Dzikie Pola'' (Polish RPG) * ''

Fuzion ''Fuzion'' is a generic role-playing game system created by the collaboration of R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games. The rights to Fuzion are jointly held by Mike Pondsmith of R. Talsorian Games, along with Steve Peterson and Ray Greer of Hero Ga ...

'' * '' In Nomine'' * ''

Jovian Chronicles ''Jovian Chronicles'' is a science fiction game setting published by Dream Pod 9 since 1997. It introduces a complete universe for role-playing and wargaming space combat featuring mecha, giant spacecraft, and epic space battles. The ''Jovian ...

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Legend of the Five Rings Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated ''L5R'') is a fictional setting created by John Zinser, Dave Seay, Ryan Dancey, Dave Williams, DJ Trindle, Matt Wilson and John Wick and first published by a joint venture between Alderac Entertai ...

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Men in Black In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are purported men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi- government agents, who harass, threaten, or sometimes even assassinate unidentified flying object (UFO) witnesse ...

'' * '' Multiverser'' * ''

Neverwhere ''Neverwhere'' is an urban fantasy television miniseries by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC 2. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was d ...

'' by Postmortem Studios * '' Puppetland'' * '' Æon/Trinity'' * '' Werewolf: The Wild West'' * ''

Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game ''Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game by Greg Stolze using the Fuzion game engine, published by Gold Rush Games in 1997. Contents ''Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game'' is based on the ''Usagi Yojimbo'' comic book. Publication hi ...

1998

* ''

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, bu ...

'' * '' Blood of Heroes'' * '' Deadlands: Hell on Earth'' * '' Hercules & Xena'' * '' Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade'' * ''

Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game The ''Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game'' is a role-playing game published by TSR, Inc. that uses the '' SAGA System'' and features characters published by Marvel Comics. It should not be confused with the earlier '' Marvel Super Heroes Game'', ...

'' * '' QAGS'' * ''

Runeslayers ''RuneSlayers'' is a free role-playing game first published in 1998 by its authors, J.C. Connors and Christopher Lawrence. The game was originally developed as ''RuneQuest: Slayers'', a follow-up to the third edition of '' RuneQuest'' by the p ...

'' * '' Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game'' * '' The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' * ''

Tribe 8 Tribe 8 was a LGBTQ punk rock band from San Francisco, considered one of the first queercore groups. The band took their name from the practice of tribadism, with "tribe eight" being a play on the word ''tribade'', a sexual practice sometimes ...

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Tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...

'' by Steve Jackson Games * '' Unknown Armies''

1999

* '' 7th Sea'' * ''

Aberrant ''Aberrant'' is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998. It is the middle setting in the greater Trinity Universe timeline, chronologica ...

'' * '' Agone'' (French RPG) * '' All Flesh Must Be Eaten'' * ''

Brave New World ''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hiera ...

'' * '' Continuum'' * ''

DC Universe Roleplaying Game The ''DC Universe Roleplaying Game'' is a Legend System-based role-playing game set in the DC Comics universe and published by West End Games. History The game system had several supplementary publications in print during the 1999–2002 tim ...

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Dominion Rules Dominion Rules (DR) is a role-playing game system for historical and fantasy role-playing. DR is notable in the history of role-playing games for being one of the first RPGs to be released under an open source (or open gaming) licence, known as th ...

'' (online) * '' Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game'' * ''

Furry Pirates ''Furry Pirates'' is an anthropomorphic, historical fantasy, pen-and-paper role-playing game published by Atlas Games. It is set in a parallel universe, reminiscent of 17th-century Earth. The game was written by Lise Breakey, designed by Bruce ...

'' * '' Hunter: The Reckoning'' * ''

Lejendary Adventure ''Lejendary Adventure'' (abbreviated as ''LA'') is a role-playing game created by Gary Gygax, the co-creator of ''Dungeons and Dragons'' and creator of ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons''. Publication history Gygax originally devised ''Lejendary ...

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Nobilis ''Nobilis'' is a contemporary fantasy tabletop role-playing game created by Jenna K. Moran, writing under the name R. Sean Borgstrom. The player characters are "Sovereign Powers" called ''the Nobilis''; each Noble is the personification of an ...

'' * '' Powerkill'' * '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Role Playing Game'' * '' Star Trek: The Original Series Role-playing Game'' * ''

Violence Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened ...

'' * '' Weird War Two: Crusade for Europe''

2000s

2000

* '' Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium'' * '' Hero Wars'' (later renamed ''HeroQuest)'' * ''

Orkworld Orkworld is a fantasy role-playing game featuring orks. It was designed by John Wick, illustrated by Thomas Denmark and released by Wicked Press. Game setting and mechanics According to Wick, ''Orkworld'' breaks from the mold of treating orks a ...

'' * '' Star Wars Roleplaying Game'' by Wizards of the Coast * '' World Tree''

2001

* '' Adventure!'' * '' After the Bomb'' * '' De Profundis'' * ''

Exalted ''Exalted'' is a high fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Publishing in July 2001. The game is currently in its third edition. It was originally created by Robert Hatch, Justin Achilli and Stephan Wieck, and w ...

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Forbidden Kingdoms ''Forbidden Kingdoms'' is a Pulp magazine-inspired setting for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''d20 Modern'', written by R. Hyrum Savage and Dave Webb, and published by OtherWorld Creations. ''Forbidden Kingdoms'' is set on an alternate history ...

'' * '' Gear Krieg'' * '' Godlike'' * ''

HackMaster HackMaster is a fantasy role-playing game produced by Kenzer & Company. It began as a fictional game, a parody of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' played by the characters of the ''Knights of the Dinner Table'' comic strip by Jolly R. Blackburn. The ...

'' * '' Little Fears'' * '' Mummy: The Resurrection'' * '' Sorcerer'' * '' The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game'' * ''

The Metabarons Roleplaying Game ''The Incal'' (; French: ''L'Incal'') is a French graphic novel series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and originally illustrated by Jean Giraud. ''The Incal'', with first pages originally released as ''Une aventure de John Difool'' ("A John Di ...

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The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game ''The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game based on ''The Wheel of Time'', an epic fantasy series by American author Robert Jordan. History The team at Last Unicorn Games created the licensed role-playing game ''The Wheel o ...

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The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are be ...

'' (Polish RPG) * '' Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine''

2002

* ''

Active Exploits ''Active Exploits'' is a diceless set of role-playing game rules by Precis Intermedia Gaming. The core rules (which contain no setting) are distributed for free as a PDF file, or for a fee as a printed book. There are a number of published game s ...

'' * '' Arcane Codex'' (German RPG) * ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game The ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game'' (''BtVSRPG'') is a role-playing game published by Eden Studios, Inc. in 2002. It is based on the popular television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' that ran from 1997-2003. The BtVPSRPG us ...

'' * '' Call of Cthulhu (d20)'' * '' Cartoon Action Hour'' * '' Children of the Sun'' * ''

d20 Modern ''d20 Modern'' is a modern fantasy role-playing game system designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. The system's core rulebook was published by Wizards of the Coast on November 1, 2002; by 2006, ten additional supp ...

'' * '' Demon: The Fallen'' * '' Engel'' * '' Discworld Roleplaying Game'' * ''

Donjon A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in ...

'' * '' Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium'' * '' EverQuest Role-Playing Game'' * '' Farscape Roleplaying Game'' * ''

InSpectres ''InSpectres'' is a humorous paranormal investigation-themed role-playing game created by Jared Sorensen and independently published by Memento Mori Theatricks.The game's story line follows the player's work in a supernatural investigation and e ...

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The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game ''The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game'', released by Decipher Inc. in 2002, is a role-playing game set in the Middle-earth of J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction. The game is set in the years between ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', ...

'' * '' Mechanical Dream'' * ''

Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing based on a variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed t ...

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Silver Age Sentinels ''Silver Age Sentinels'' is a superhero role-playing game (RPG) published in 2002 by Guardians of Order, creators of ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'', an anime-themed RPG. History Guardians of Order moved into the d20 market beginning with their new ...

'' * '' Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes'' * '' Spaceship Zero'' * ''

Spycraft Spycraft is a d20 and OGL-based role-playing game dealing with superspies and modern action. Originally published by the Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), it is currently published under licence by Crafty Games. History Originally envisi ...

'' * '' Star Trek Roleplaying Game'' * '' Terra Primate'' * '' Steve Perrin's Quest Rules'' * ''

The Burning Wheel ''The Burning Wheel'' is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game independently written and published by Luke Crane. The game uses a dice pool mechanic (using only standard six-sided dice) for task resolution and a character generation system that ...

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Transhuman Space ''Transhuman Space'' (THS) is a role-playing game by David Pulver, published by Steve Jackson Games as part of the "Powered by ''GURPS''" (''Generic Universal Role-Playing System'') line. Set in the year 2100, humanity has begun to colonize the S ...

'' * '' Victorian Age: Vampire''

2003

* ''

Angel Roleplaying Game The ''Angel Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game published by Eden Studios, Inc. in 2003. Background Based on the ''Angel'' TV series, this game uses Eden's Unisystem game system. Books and products Angel RPG: Corebook () Though it is pr ...

'' * '' Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game'' * ''

D6 Adventure ''D6 Adventure'' is a generic role-playing game system based on the D6 System. ''D6 Adventure'' is published as a stand-alone rulebook (not dependent upon or requiring any other D6 System rulebooks) and is supported by its own line of supplements. ...

'' * '' Dead Inside'' * '' Deliria'' * '' Diana: Warrior Princess'' * ''

EABA The ''End All Be All'' game system, commonly known as ''EABA'' and pronounced "ee-buh", is a role-playing game system from Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC). It is a generic gaming system designed to adapt to any imaginary gaming envi ...

'' * '' F.A.T.A.L.'' * ''

FATE Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

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Fates Worse than Death ''Fates Worse than Death'', subtitled ''An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s'', is a 1991 collection of essays, speeches, and other previously uncollected writings by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In the introduction to the book, Vonnegut acknowl ...

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Grimm Grimm may refer to: People * Grimm (surname) * Brothers Grimm, German linguists ** Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist ** Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm * Christia ...

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High Adventure Role Playing ''High Adventure Role Playing'' (''HARP'') is a fantasy role-playing game, designed by Tim Dugger & Heike A. Kubasch, and published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE). Background ''HARP'' is produced by Iron Crown Enterprises, the same company ...

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Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game The ''Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game'' (abbreviated ''MURPG'') is a role-playing game (RPG) set in the Marvel Universe. The game included versions of several popular Marvel characters, including Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, the Fa ...

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My Life With Master ''My Life with Master'' is an independently published role-playing game written by Paul Czege and published by Half Meme Press (it was first released at the 2003 Gen Con gaming convention). ''My Life with Master'' is a game about role-playing ...

'' * '' Neuroshima'' * ''

Orpheus Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with J ...

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Savage Worlds ''Savage Worlds'' is a role-playing game written by Shane Lacy Hensley and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The game emphasizes speed of play and reduced preparation over realism or detail. The game received the 2003 Origin Gamers' Choi ...

'' * '' Silhouette CORE'' * '' Sine Requie'' * '' Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game'' * ''

Tri-Stat dX Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gu ...

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Unisystem ''Unisystem'' is a generic role-playing game system produced by Eden Studios, Inc. It is used in '' All Flesh Must Be Eaten'', the Buffyverse role-playing games, '' CJ Carella's WitchCraft'', '' Conspiracy X (2nd Ed.)'', and several other games ...

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Victoriana Victoriana is a term used to refer to material culture related to the Victorian period (1837–1901). It often refers to decorative objects, but can also describe a variety of artifacts from the era including graphic design, publications, pho ...

2004

* ''

Castles & Crusades ''Castles & Crusades'' (''C&C'') is a fantasy role-playing game published in 2004 by Troll Lord Games based upon a stripped-down variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed to emulate the play of earlier edit ...

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Chronicles of Darkness ''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with '' Vampire: The Masquerade'', '' Werewolf: The Apoca ...

'' * '' Conan: The Roleplaying Game'' * ''

Dogs in the Vineyard ''Dogs in the Vineyard'' is an independently published role-playing game loosely based on the history of the Mormons. It was written by D. Vincent Baker and published by Lumpley Games. In the 2004 Indie RPG Awards, ''Dogs in the Vineyard'' w ...

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D6 Fantasy D6 Fantasy is a generic fantasy role-playing game (RPG) based on the D6 System. D6 Fantasy is published as a stand-alone rulebook (not dependent upon or requiring any other D6 System rulebook) and is supported by its own line of supplements. Set ...

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D6 Space ''D6 Space'' is a generic science fiction role-playing game (RPG) based on the ''D6 System''. Although derived, in part, from material originally presented in ''The Star Wars Roleplaying Game'', ''D6 Space'' is published as a stand-alone ruleboo ...

'' * '' Fireborn'' * '' Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game'' * '' Monastyr'' * ''

Paranoia XP ''Paranoia'' is a dystopian Science fiction, science-fiction tabletop role-playing game originally designed and written by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber (game designer), Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg (game designer), Eric Goldberg, and first publ ...

'' * '' Primetime Adventures'' * '' The Shadow of Yesterday'' * '' Tibet: The Roleplaying Game'' * '' Vampire: The Requiem''

2005

* '' Anima: Beyond Fantasy'' (Spanish RPG) * '' Army of Darkness'' * '' Artesia: Adventures in the Known World'' * '' Atlantis: The Second Age'' * ''

Blue Rose A blue rose is a flower of the genus ''Rosa'' (family Rosaceae) that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation instead of the more common red, white, or yellow. Blue roses are often used to symbolize mystery or attaining the impossible. However, beca ...

'' * '' City of Heroes'' by Eden Games * '' Dawning Star'' * '' Dread'' * '' Etherscope'' * ''

A Game of Thrones ''A Game of Thrones'' is the first novel in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 1, 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both ...

'' * '' Hollyworld'' * '' Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game'' * '' Mage: The Awakening'' * '' The Mountain Witch'' * '' Omni System'' * '' Serenity'' * '' Spycraft 2.0'' * '' Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game'' * '' Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne'' * ''

True20 ''True20'' is a role-playing game system designed by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing. The system was first published as a part of the ''Blue Rose'' RPG before being published as a standalone universal generic role-playing ...

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Truth & Justice ''Truth & Justice'' is an "indie" tabletop role-playing game designed to emulate the superhero genre. It was created by Chad Underkoffler and published by Atomic Sock Monkey Press. The game allows players to take the role of superheroes and s ...

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Usagi Yojimbo is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. It is set primarily at the beginning of the Edo period of Japanese history and features anthropomorphic animals replacing humans. The main character is a rabbit ''rōnin'', Miyamoto Usagi, whom Saka ...

'' by Sanguine Productions * '' Werewolf: The Forsaken'' * '' World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game''

2006

* '' Basic Fantasy'' * ''

Big Bang Comics ''Big Bang Comics'' is an American comic book anthology series, designed to be an homage to Golden Age and Silver Age comics. Most stories in ''Big Bang Comics'' take place either on "Earth-A," during the 1960s, or on "Earth-B" during the 1940 ...

'' * '' Cadwallon'' * '' Chronicles of Ramlar'' * ''

Corporation A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and ...

'' * '' Cold City'' * '' Crystalicum'' * '' Don't Rest Your Head'' * ''

Heroic Visions ''Heroic Visions'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in March 1983. The book collects eleven new short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with ...

'' * ''

Hollow Earth Expedition ''Hollow Earth Expedition'' is a pulp fiction role-playing game set in the fictitious Hollow Earth (see Hollow Earth theory), published by Exile Game Studio. The game has been nominated for several Origins and ENnie awards since its release i ...

'' * '' Nemesis - Roleplaying in Worlds of Horror'' by

Arc Dream Publishing Arc Dream Publishing is a small role-playing game publishing company founded in 2002 by Pagan Publishing veteran Dennis Detwiller and editor Shane Ivey after their first roleplaying game '' Godlike: Superhero Roleplaying in a World on Fire, 19 ...

* ''

OSRIC Osric is an Anglo-Saxon name and may refer to: __NOTOC__ People Anglo-Saxon kings * Osric of Deira, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira in the 630s * Osric of Northumbria, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in the 720s * Osric of ...

'' * '' Promethean: The Created'' * '' Shab-al-Hiri Roach'' * ''

Spirit of the Century ''Spirit of the Century'' is a pulp role-playing game published by Evil Hat Productions, and based on Evil Hat's ''FATE'' system. It is billed as a 'pick-up' game that can be played quickly, with little preparation. Gameplay ''Spirit of the Ce ...

'' * '' Wild Talents'' * '' The Zantabulous Zorcerer of Zo''

2007

* '' Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier'' * ''

Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game The ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game'' is a role-playing game published by Margaret Weis Productions in 2007, based on the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. History Margaret Weis announced in 2007 that the license to ''Dragonlance'' wa ...

'' * '' Changeling: The Lost'' * '' The Esoterrorists'' * '' Fear Itself'' * '' Grey Ranks'' * ''

Labyrinth Lord ''Labyrinth Lord'' (''LL'') is a fantasy role-playing game written and edited by Daniel Proctor and published by Goblinoid Games. It emulates the rules and feel of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') using the Open Game License (OGL) from Wizards o ...

'' * '' Monte Cook's World of Darkness'' * ''

Reign A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, List of Belgian monarchs, Belgium, Co-prince of Andorra, Andorra), of a people (e.g., List of Frankish kings, the Franks, List of ...

'' * ''

Scion Scion may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities *Scion, a playable class in the game '' Path of Exile'' (2013) *Atlantean Scion, a device in the ''Tomb Raider'' video game series *Scions, an alien race in the video game ''B ...

'' * '' Star Wars Saga Edition'' * ''

Tenra War is a Japanese mixed-genre tabletop role-playing game designed by Jun'ichi Inoue and FarEast Amusement Research. It was released in April 2007. It is a triple crossover product, based on an oriental science fantasy RPG '' Tenra Bansho'', steampunk ...

'' * '' Witch Hunter: The Invisible World''

2008

* ''

CthulhuTech ''CthulhuTech'' is a science-fiction and Horror fiction, horror roleplaying game created by Wildfire LLC and published by Sandstorm that combines elements of the Cthulhu Mythos with anime-style mecha, horror, magic and futuristic action. The set ...

'' * '' Dark Heresy'' * '' Dead Reign'' * ''

Demon Hunters Role Playing Game The ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' is a role-playing game published by Margaret Weis Productions in 2008. History Three new Cortex System media games were published by Margaret Weis Productions, one each year between 2007 and 2009, including ...

'' * '' Ghosts of Albion by

Eden Studios, Inc. Eden Studios, Inc. is an American role-playing game publisher founded in 1996 by George Vasilakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, and Ed Healy. Currently run by Mr. Vasilakos, Eden Studios is best known for ''Conspiracy X'', the '' Buffyverse role-playi ...

'' * '' Houses of the Blooded'' * '' Hunter: The Vigil'' * '' Innocents'' * ''

Hot War Hot War is a 1998 Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special adminis ...

'' * ''

Legend of the Burning Sands ''Legend of the Burning Sands'' (''LBS'') is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) published by Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG, then a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast) in July 1998. It was a spin-off from the earlier CCG ''Legend of ...

'' * ''

Monsters and Other Childish Things ''Monsters and Other Childish Things'' is a comedy horror role-playing game about small children with horrible pet monsters. It is published by Arc Dream Publishing and written by Benjamin Baugh, with illustrations by Rebecca Ivey and Rob M ...

'' * '' Mouse Guard'' * '' Mutant Future'' * '' Starblazer Adventures'' * ''

Swords & Wizardry ''Dungeons & Dragons'' retro-clones are fantasy role-playing games that emulate earlier editions of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') no longer supported by Wizards of the Coast. They are made possible by the release of later editions' rules in a ...

'' * '' Trail of Cthulhu''

2009

* ''

A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying ''A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying'' is a role-playing game published by Green Ronin Publishing in 2009. Description ''A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying'' is an adaptation of the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' novel series. The game uses Green ...

'' * '' Diaspora'' * '' Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space'' * ''

Eclipse Phase ''Eclipse Phase'' is a science fiction horror role-playing game with transhumanist themes. Originally published by Catalyst Game Labs, ''Eclipse Phase'' is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios, and is released under a Crea ...

'' * ''

Fantasy Craft Spycraft is a d20 and OGL-based role-playing game dealing with superspies and modern action. Originally published by the Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), it is currently published under licence by Crafty Games. History Originally envisio ...

'' * '' Fiasco'' * '' Geist: The Sin-Eaters'' * ''

Mutant City Blues ''Mutant City Blues'' is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2009. Description ''Mutant City Blues'' is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. In a world where 1% of the population has gained mutant powers, police procedure h ...

'' * ''

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game The ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was published in 2009 by Paizo Publishing. The first edition extends and modifies the System Reference Document (SRD) based on the revised 3rd edition ''Dungeon ...

'' * ''

Rogue Trader A rogue trader is person who makes financial trades in an unauthorised manner. Rogue trader may also refer to: * ''Rogue Trader'' (book), the autobiography of (and later a movie about) Nick Leeson, the man who caused the collapse of Barings Bank * ...

'' * '' Supernatural: The Role Playing Game''

2010s

2010

* '' Apocalypse World'' * '' Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul'' * '' Dark Dungeons'' * '' Dark Harvest - The Legacy of Frankenstein'' * ''

DC Adventures ''DC Adventures'' is a superhero role-playing game published by Green Ronin Publishing in 2010 that is set in the DC Comics superhero universe. It uses the same game system as Green Ronin's third edition of ''Mutants & Masterminds''. Descripti ...

'' * '' Deathwatch'' * ''

Dragon Age ''Dragon Age'' is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The fra ...

'' * '' Eden: l'Inganno'' (Italian RPG) * ''

Lamentations of the Flame Princess The Book of Lamentations ( he, אֵיכָה, , from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings") as one of the Five Megillot ...

'' * '' Legends of Anglerre'' * '' Leverage: The Roleplaying Game'' * ''

Smallville Roleplaying Game The ''Smallville Roleplaying Game'' is a superhero-themed role-playing game published in 2010 by Margaret Weis Productions, and is set in the universe of the television series '' Smallville''. The ''Smallville Roleplaying Game'' was the first ...

'' * ''

Stars Without Number A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...

'' * ''

The Dresden Files ''The Dresden Files'' is a series of contemporary fantasy/ mystery novels written by American author Jim Butcher. The first novel, '' Storm Front''—which was also Butcher's writing debut—was published in 2000 by Roc Books. The books are wr ...

'' * ''

The Laundry ''The Laundry'' is a tabletop role-playing game published by Cubicle 7 in 2010. The game is based on novelist Charles Stross's ''The Laundry Files'' series. Description ''The Laundry'' is a game where agents have to deal with Lovecraftian outer g ...

2011

* '' Abney Park's Airship Pirates'' * ''

Arcanis Arcanis was originally a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game, created by Henry Lopez and supported by Paradigm Concepts. It is also the name of the fictional world where the setting takes place. The setting was launched in 2001 ...

'' * '' Ashen Stars'' * '' Black Crusade'' * ''

Fabled Lands Fabled Lands is a series of fantasy gamebooks written by established gamebook authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson and published by Pan Books, a division of Macmillan in the mid 1990s. Cover art was by Kevin Jenkins with Russ Nicholson and Aru ...

'' * '' The Kerberos Club (Fate)'' * '' The One Ring Roleplaying Game''

2012

* ''

Dungeon Crawl Classics ''Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game'' (DCC RPG or simply DCC) is a role-playing game published by Goodman Games using the Open Game License (OGL) and System Reference Document (SRD) version 3.5 to provide legal compatibility with the revis ...

'' * ''

Dungeon World ''Dungeon World'' is a tabletop fantasy roleplaying game created by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. The game uses the Powered by the Apocalypse engine originally designed for '' Apocalypse World'' and used in '' Monsterhearts'' and other games. ...

'' * ''

Iron Kingdoms ''Iron Kingdoms'' is a fantasy role-playing game, originally published by Privateer Press on July 1, 2004, for the d20 System, with several supplemental books released in following years. In 2012, ''Iron Kingdoms'' was newly released under a ...

'' * ''

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying ''Marvel Heroic Roleplaying'' (abbreviated as ''MHR'' or ''MHRP'') is the fourth role-playing game set in the Marvel Universe published by Margaret Weis Productions under license from Marvel Comics (after '' Marvel Super Heroes RPG'', ''Marvel Supe ...

'' * '' Michtim: Fluffy Adventures'' * ''

Night's Black Agents ''Night's Black Agents'' is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Fritz Leiber. It was released in 1947 and was the author's first book. The book's title is taken from ''Macbeth'', Act III, scene ii. It was publish ...

'' * '' Space: 1889 (Ubiquity)'' * '' Tephra: The Steampunk RPG'' * '' Wolsung'' (Polish RPG)

2013

* '' 13th Age'' * '' Blueholme'' * '' Mummy: The Curse'' * ''

Numenera ''Numenera'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in the far distant future, written by Monte Cook, published in 2013. Game Setting Numenera is set on Earth approximately one billion years in the future. The setting is cal ...

2014

* '' Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' * ''

Atomic Robo ''Atomic Robo'' is an American comic book series created by ''8-Bit Theater'' writer Brian Clevinger and artist Scott Wegener, depicting the adventures of the eponymous character, a self-aware robot built by Nikola Tesla. The series is split i ...

'' * '' Demon: The Descent'' * ''

Demonworld ''Demonworld'' is a tabletop wargame originally created by Hobby Products, a German gaming company. The game went out of production for several years but has recently been purchased and re-released by Ral Partha Europe, as announced on 8 June 2011. ...

'' * ''

Firefly Role-Playing Game The ''Firefly Role-Playing Game'' is a science fiction role-playing game released in 2014, written by Monica Valentinelli and set in the universe of the Joss Whedon television show '' Firefly''. It was produced by Margaret Weis Productions, ...

'' * '' Splittermond'' (German RPG) * '' The Strange''

2015

* ''

Cypher System Cypher is an alternative spelling for cipher. Cypher may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Cypher (French Group), a Goa trance music group * Cypher (band), an Australian instrumental band * ''Cypher'' (film), a 2002 film * ''Cypher'' ( ...

'' * ''

Catalyst Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

'' * ''

Night Witches "Night Witches" (german: die Nachthexen; russian: Ночные ведьмы, ) was a World War II German nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviat ...

'' * '' Shadow of the Demon Lord''

2016

* ''

Adventures in Middle-earth ''Adventures in Middle-Earth'' is a tabletop role-playing game originally published by Cubicle 7 in 2016 that uses the milieu of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings''. Description ''Adventures in Middle-Earth'' is set in th ...

'' * '' Beast: The Primordial'' * '' Bubblegumshoe'' * '' Degenesis'' * ''

Delta Green ''Delta Green'' is a contemporary era setting for the ''Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game created by Adam Scott Glancy, Dennis Detwiller, and John Scott Tynes, a.k.a. the Delta Green Partnership, of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishin ...

'' * '' No Thank You, Evil!''

2017

* ''

Blades in the Dark ''Blades in the Dark'' is a tabletop fantasy role-playing game by John Harper, set in a fictional city of Doskvol, inspired by Victorian London and Gothic fiction. The game was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2015, raising US$179,280 from 3,925 b ...

'' * '' City of Mist'' by Son of Oak Game Studio * '' Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of'' * '' Paranoia: Red Clearance Edition'' * '' Starfinder Roleplaying Game'' * '' Tales from the Loop'' by Free League Publishing * ''

Vurt ''Vurt'' is a 1993 science fiction novel written by British author Jeff Noon. The debut novel for both Noon and small publishing house Ringpull, it went on to win the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was later listed in ''The Best Novels of the ...

'' * ''

Zweihänder The ''Zweihänder'' () (German 'two-hander'), also ''Doppelhänder'' ('double-hander'), ''Beidhänder'' ('both-hander'), ''Bihänder'' or ''Bidenhänder'', is a large two-handed sword primarily in use during the 16th century. ''Zweihänder'' s ...

2018

* ''

John Carter of Mars John Carter of Mars is a fictional Virginian soldier who acts as the initial protagonist of the Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A veteran of the American Civil War, he is transported to the planet Mars, called Barsoom by its inhabita ...

'' by Modiphius * '' Tails of Equestria'' by River Horse *''

Suzerain Legends ''Suzerain Legends'' is the latest installment in the Suzerain universe, a tabletop RPG setting created by Savage Mojo (an official Savage Worlds licensee). The universe is a 2010 ENnie Award winner, and a 2007 Origins award nominee. Setting ...

'' by

Savage Mojo Savage Mojo is a publisher of role-playing games and supplier of game-development resources to other studios. History In 2007 Miles M Kantir joined Aaron Acevedo in creating Talisman Studios. In their first year, Talisman Studios published the ...

* ''

'' by R. Talsorian Games

2019

* ''Never Going Home'' by Wet Ink Games * '' Quest'' by The Adventure Guild * '' Pathfinder Second Edition'' by Paizo * ''

Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

'' by

Free League Publishing Free League Publishing (Swedish: Fria Ligan) is a Swedish publisher and game creator. History Founded in 2011, Free League's game portfolio includes: * ALIEN The Roleplaying Game based on the film series (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), * Blade ...

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2020s

2020

* '' Burn Bryte'' by

Roll20 Roll20 is a website consisting of a set of tools for playing tabletop role-playing games, also referred to as a virtual tabletop, which can be used as an aid to playing in person or remotely online. The site was launched in 2012 after a successf ...

* '' Cyberpunk RED'' by

R. Talsorian Games R. Talsorian Games (RTG) is a publisher of role-playing game books and accessories. Originally based in Berkeley, California, but moved to Renton, Washington in 1997. Their titles include the ''Cyberpunk 2020'' series and anime-related titles su ...

* '' SLA Industries: 2nd Edition'' by Nightfall Games * '' Vaesen'' by

* '' Depués d'Ochobre'' by Ediciones Radagast

2021

* '' Shadow of Mogg'' by

Manic Productions Manic usually refers to being in a state of mania. Manic may also refer to: Toponyms * Manić, a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia * The Manicouagan River in Quebec, Canada, often abbreviated to Manic ** Manic-1, a hydroelectric power station and dam ...

* '' Fallout: The Roleplaying Game'' by Modiphius

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RPGGeek, in English

Le Grog, in French

PSNROL, in Spanish
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