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Role-playing Game Software
Role-playing game software, as opposed to role-playing video games, is a software intended to assist in developing and running of role-playing games. It does not allow the game to be played entirely within the computer. Such software assist in the drawing of maps, player character and non-player character creation, generation of monsters, and provision of dice rolls and their results. The software may be specific to a single role playing game system, or flexible enough to be applied to multiple game models. Software References {{reflist Role-playing game software ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Video Games
Role-playing video games, also known as CRPG (computer/console role-playing games), comprise a broad video game genre generally defined by a detailed story and character advancement (often through increasing characters' levels or other skills). Role-playing games almost always feature combat as a defining feature and traditionally used Turn-based role-playing game, turn-based combat; however, modern role-playing games commonly feature real-time Action role-playing game, action combat or even non-violent forms of conflict resolution (with some eschewing combat altogether). Further, many games have incorporated role-playing elements such as character advancement and quests while remaining within other genres. Role-playing video games have their origins in tabletop role-playing games and use much of the same :Role-playing game terminology, terminology, Campaign setting, settings, and Game mechanics, game mechanics. Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strategic Simulations
Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) was a video game developer and publisher of over 100 games from its founding in 1979 to its dissolution in 1994 (though the brand was in use until around 2002). The company focused on computer wargames then later added role-playing video games. SSI published the '' Panzer General'' series and the official video game adaptations of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. History The company was founded by Joel Billings, a wargame enthusiast, who in the summer of 1979 saw the possibility of using the new home computers such as the TRS-80 for wargames. While unsuccessfully approaching Avalon Hill and Automated Simulations to publish wargames, he hired programmers John Lyons, who wrote '' Computer Bismarck''—later claimed to have been the first "serious wargame" published for a microcomputer"Titans of the Computer Gaming World"''Computer Gaming World'', March 1988 p.36.—and Ed Williger, who wrote '' Computer Ambush''. Both games were written in BASIC as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 successful Kickstarter campaign. The platform's goal is to provide an authentic tabletop experience that does not try to turn the game into a video game, but instead aids the game master in providing immersive tools online. The blank-slate nature of the platform makes integrating a multitude of tabletop role-playing games possible. During quarantine as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has allowed a variety of real-life games to transition online, facilitating RPGs in an online space. In July 2022, it was announced that Roll20 would merge with OneBookShelf to become a new company. In June 2024, Roll20 purchased the digital tabletop role-playing toolset company Demiplane. History 2012 – 2019 Roll20 was originally conceived as a person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizards Of The Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (WotC or Wizards) is an American game Publishing, publisher, most of which are based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science-fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail game stores. In 1999, toy manufacturer Hasbro acquired the company and currently operates it as a subsidiary. During a February 2021 reorganization of Hasbro, WotC became the lead part of a new division called "Wizards & Digital". WotC was originally a role-playing game (RPG) publisher that in the mid-1990s originated and popularized collectible card games with ''Magic: The Gathering''. It later acquired TSR (company), TSR, publisher of the RPG ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and published the licensed ''Pokémon Trading Card Game'' from 1999 to 2003. WotC's corporate headquarters is located in Renton, Washington, which is part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The company publishes RPGs, board games, and collectible card games. It has received numerous awards, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D&D Insider
''D&D'' Insider (DDI) was Wizards of the Coast's subscription method of digitally delivering periodic content, information, and online tools for the 4th Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' to the game's players from 2008 to 2014. The service officially shut down in 2020. History Origins and launch Shannon Appelcline, in the book ''Designers & Dragons'' (2014), stated that in 2005 Hasbro decided all of its core brands "needed to earn at least $50 million dollars a year" which would be a struggle for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' brand, as it "was probably grossing just $25 or $30 million at the time — in large part because" subsidiary Wizards of the Coast didn't have the computer game rights for the brand. Brands that didn't meet the minimum to be a core brand would not receive good support for expansion and development. This led Wizards of the Coast to launch a digital initiative, initially presented to Hasbro in 2006, where the next edition of the game would "be created with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Grounds
Fantasy Grounds is a virtual tabletop application, which contains a set of tools to assist players of tabletop role-playing games playing either in person or remotely. History Fantasy Grounds was first released in 2004 by SmiteWorks, originally based in Espoo, Finland. In 2009, the company was purchased by Doug Davison, after which it purchased licenses for content for several tabletop role-playing game systems. In April 2015, SmiteWorks acquired a license with Wizards of the Coast for official ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game content and began releasing products for the game's 5th edition on Fantasy Grounds; the same month, Fantasy Grounds became available to purchase through the Steam digital distribution platform. In December 2016, SmiteWorks obtained a license from Paizo Publishing for content from their ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'', which was released on Fantasy Grounds starting in May 2017. In May 2019, Fantasy Grounds ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund Fantasy G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AutoREALM
AutoREALM is an open source program designed to draw maps for role-playing games, mainly in fantasy settings. The program is similar to the commercial Campaign Cartographer. AutoREALM, in its 2.x series, is primarily written in Delphi and only works in Windows and Wine. Work is underway to recode the GUI to use wxWidgets and extending the support to Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. The program is a vector art program that supports various graphics layers. The program supports various kinds of grids and measurement methods. It supports drawing vector objects with both straight and fractal In mathematics, a fractal is a Shape, geometric shape containing detailed structure at arbitrarily small scales, usually having a fractal dimension strictly exceeding the topological dimension. Many fractals appear similar at various scale ... lines, and has various line styles. It also supports grouping of objects into map symbols that are arranged in a symbol library. The library shipping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ENnies
The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World in partnership with Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News. The ceremony has been hosted at Gen Con in Indianapolis since 2002. Since 2018, EN World is no longer associated with the awards. The ENNIES comprise two rounds. In the first round, publishers submit their products for nomination. Entries are judged by five democratically elected judges. The nominated products are voted on by the public in the second round. Winners of the annual awards are then announced at a ceremony at Gen Con. History The award ceremony initially focused on the ''d20 System'' products and publishers. It has come to include "all games, supplements, and peripheral enterprises". Since 2002, the awards have been announced at a live ceremony at Gen Con. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PCGen
PCGen is a character creation and role-playing game playing aid program for d20 System-based games, such as ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The software is written in Java and runs on any system that supports Java 10.0.2 or later as of v6.07.09. The program has won ENnies ( EN World awards) at Gen Con twice; a bronze in 2003 for Best Resource/Fan Site and a gold in 2005 for Best Electronic Product. Features The software allows players and DMs to create d20 System player characters, and subsequently maintain the character sheets in electronic format, tracking both the character statistics, their equipment and possessions, and other information related to the characters, making sure the characters are consistent with the d20 System rules. All of the data the program uses, and all of the character data, is stored in plain text data files. Custom rules can be specified by writing new data files. PCGen ships with a Data Set Converter that will assist in the conversion of user created dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TableMaster
''TableMaster'' is a computer program published by Wintertree Software in the US and FarPoint Technology in the UK as a play aid for role-playing games. Contents ''TableMaster'' is a program to help construct and use tables to generate random results for a wide variety of games. Reception James V. Trunzo reviewed ''TableMaster'' in '' White Wolf Inphobia'' #50 (Dec., 1994), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "I'm having a lot of fun with ''TableMaster''. Its uses as a table generator and game and are limited only by your imagination. I even dug up my ancient ''Boot Hill'' game and transferred tables into the computer. Some of Ms. McGuire's pregenerated tables are a kick.." Andy Butcher reviewed ''TableMaster'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. Butcher comments that "''TableMaster'' has its uses, but it doesn't do anything that you can't do yourself with a handful of dice, and entering new tables, while simple, can be time consuming. For a tables-heavy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons CD-ROM Core Rules
''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons CD-ROM Core Rules'' is computer program designed as an accessory for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, originally published in 1996 and updated in 1999. Publication history The ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons CD-ROM Core Rules'' was published by TSR. TSR funded a start-up, Evermore Entertainment, to produce the product, with Victor Penman as Project Manager. As the title suggests, it was released as a CD-ROM for PC only. In 1999, Wizards of the Coast released a new CD-ROM titled ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Core Rules 2.0''. Contents The ''AD&D CD-ROM Core Rules'' contains several rulebooks in both Rich Text Format and as Windows Help files, including the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', ''Player's Handbook'', '' Monstrous Manual'', ''Tome of Magic'', and '' Arms and Equipment Guide''. It also includes a book covering Key Topics with a summary of the main ''AD&D'' rules, as well as a booklet of Instructions which explains how to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaign Cartographer
Campaign Cartographer is a Windows map creation program created by ProFantasy Software originally in 1993. Description The program was designed to draw maps for role playing and miniature war games. The CAD engine is based on FastCAD, although most of the code was written by the publishers. It includes a variety of add-ons for different genres, including fantasy, modern and science fiction. Campaign Cartographer 3 was released on June 30th, 2006 and has since been updated 9 times. There are currently 9 add-ons for Campaign Cartographer; 6 drawing add-ons that add tools, templates, symbol catalogs and 3 symbol set add-ons consisting of thousands of symbols. Campaign Cartographer has been used to illustrate novels such as ''Shades of Gray'' by Lisanne Norman,'' Le Temple Des Eaux-Mortes'' by Eric Ferris and ''Johannes Cabal the Detective'' by Jonathan L. Howard. The Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, published by TSR, Inc. in 1999, was likewise constructed using Campaign Cartograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
