List of tabletop role-playing games
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This is a list of notable tabletop role-playing games. It does not include computer role-playing games, MMORPGs, play-by-mail/email games, or any other video games with RPG elements.
Most of these games are tabletop role-playing games; other types of games are noted as such where appropriate.
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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13th Age | Pelgrane Press | d20 | 2013 | Fantasy | By Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo |
2300 AD | Game Designers' Workshop | 1989 - | Future of the Twilight 2000 universe | Originally called Traveller 2300AD | |
3D&T | Editora Talismã (formerly Trama Editorial) | 1994 | A Brazilian generic system, turned to anime-style campaigns | ||
7th Sea | Alderac Entertainment Group / John Wick Presents | 1999, 2016 | Pirates / Swashbuckling | Designed by John Wick (game designer) |
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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Fading Suns | Holistic Design | ||||
Fanhunter | Farsa's Wagon | Spanish game based on the series of comics of the same name | |||
Fantasy Craft | Crafty Games | Mastercraft | |||
Fantasy Earth | Zody Games | 1994 | Includes Fantasy Earth: Basic Rules, Fantasy Earth: The Book of Magic, and The Essential Fantasy Earth | ||
Fantasy Hero | Hero Games | ||||
The Fantasy Trip | Steve Jackson, published by Metagaming Concepts | The precursor to GURPS | |||
Fantasy Wargaming | Patrick Stephens Limited | 1981 | |||
Farscape Roleplaying Game | Alderac Entertainment Group | ||||
F.A.T.A.L. | Byron Hall | Custom | 2001-2004 | Fantasy | Adult-oriented role-playing. "Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery" |
Fate Core | Evil Hat | Fate System | Generic | Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine. No longer an acronym.[6] There are other games that use the FATE engine. | |
Fate of the Norns | Andrew Valkauskas | Runic Game System (RGS) - Previous editions used a 2D10 based system | Viking Historical/Fantasy | ||
Fates Worse than Death | Vajra Enterprises | Cyberpunk-influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080 | |||
Fear Itself | Pelgrane Press | ||||
Feng Shui | Daedalus Entertainment, Atlas Games | Hong Kong martial arts movies | |||
Fiasco | Bully Pulpit Games | Custom | 2009 | Various | |
Field Guide to Encounters | Judges Guild | ||||
Fifth Cycle | Shield Games | ||||
Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game | Puffin Books | 1982 | Based on the Fighting Fantasy book series. | ||
Fireborn | Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
Firefly | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex+ | 2014-2015 | Based on the television series Firefly. | A separate game from Serenity due to licensing issues, despite the same company producing both at different times. |
Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
Flashing Blades | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
Forbidden Kingdoms | OtherWorld Creations | ||||
Forgotten Futures | Marcus L. Rowland | ||||
Freedom Fighters | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
Fringeworthy | Tri Tac Games | ||||
FTL:2448 | Tri Tac Games | ||||
FUDGE | Steffan O'Sullivan | FUDGE | "Free, Universal, Do-it-Yourself Gaming Engine" | ||
Furry Pirates | Atlas Games | ||||
Future Worlds | Stellar Gaming Workshop | ||||
Fuzion | R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games | Modified from R. Talsorian's Interlock System and Hero Games' Hero System | A simple and customizable generic open gaming system |
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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Jadeclaw | Sanguine Productions Ltd | 2002 | |||
James Bond 007: Role-Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service | Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill | 1983 | |||
Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing | Based on the TV series | |||
John Carter, Warlord of Mars | Heritage Models | 1978 | |||
Jorune (or Skyrealms of Jorune) | SkyRealms Publishing | 1984 | |||
Jovian Chronicles | Dream Pod 9 | ||||
Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game | Games Workshop | 1985-1989 | |||
The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing | d20 System | 2002 | ||
The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing | Traveller | 2009 | ||
Justice, Inc. | Hero Games[7] | 1930s Pulp fiction oriented adventure | |||
Justifiers | StarChilde Publications | Play as human/animal hybrids (Betas) that are owned by the Corporation; locate new resources, eliminate threats, and buy your freedom. |
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KABAL | Kabal Gaming Systems | 1982 | |||
kill puppies for satan (sic) | Lumpley Games | 2001 | |||
Killer | Steve Jackson Games | Live action | |||
Kindred of the East | White Wolf | Storytelling System | Old World of Darkness | Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade | |
Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom | White Wolf | Storytelling System | Old World of Darkness | Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade | |
Knights and Magick | Heritage USA | 1980 | |||
Knights of the Round Table | Little Soldier Games | 1976 | |||
Kobolds Ate My Baby! | 9th Level Games | ||||
Krysztaly Czasu | MAG | Polish, Crystals of Time | |||
Kult | Äventyrsspel | 1991 | Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones |
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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Neighborhood | Wheaton Publications | 1982 | |||
Nephilim | Chaosium | 1992 | modern occult | ||
Neuroshima | Portal | 2003 | Polish | ||
Nexus: The Infinite City | Daedalus Games | 1994 | |||
Nicotine Girls | by Paul Czege | ||||
Nightbane | Palladium Books | 1995 | Dark fantasy | ||
Nightlife | Stellar Games | 1990 | Horror | ||
Night of the Ninja | IIE Games Corporation | 1986 | |||
Night's Black Agents | Pelgrane Press | 2012 | |||
Night Wizard! | Enterbrain | wizards in contemporary | Japanese | ||
Ninja Burger | Steve Jackson Games | ||||
Ninjas and Superspies | Palladium Books | martial arts and espionage adventure | |||
Nobilis | by R. Sean Borgstrom | ||||
Noctum | |||||
Northern Crown | Atlas Games | d20 System | 2005 | ||
Numenera | Monte Cook Games | Cypher System | 2013 |
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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Odysseus | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1980 | |||
The Official Superhero Adventure Game | Brian Phillips | 1981 | |||
Omnigon | Omnigon Games | 1989 | |||
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild | |||||
Only War | |||||
Ork! The Roleplaying Game | Green Ronin Publishing | 2000 | |||
Orkworld | Wicked Press | 2000 | |||
Orpheus | White Wolf Publishing | (original World of Darkness) | 2003 | Contemporary, Horror | Wraith: The Oblivion spinoff. Stand-alone setting, divorced from the generic World of Darkness, with a finished metaplot, published across six books. |
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Other Suns | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1983 | |||
Outime | Valhalla Simulation Games | 1983 | |||
Over the Edge | Atlas Games |
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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QAGS | Hex Entertainment | 2003 | |||
Qin: The Warring States | Cubicle 7 | 2007 | |||
Quest of the Ancients | Unicorn Game Publications |
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Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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Rapture: The Second Coming | by William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy | ||||
The Realm of Yolmi | |||||
Recon | Palladium Books | Vietnam War adventure | |||
Red Dragon | Japanese | ||||
Reich Star | Creative Encounters | 1991 | fight Nazis in space | by Simon Bell and Ken Richardson | |
Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros | by Denis Gerfaud (French, Rêve de Dragon) | ||||
The Riddle of Steel | Driftwood Publishing | ||||
Rifts | Palladium Games | crossover system | |||
Rifts Chaos Earth | Palladium Games | ||||
Ringworld | Chaosium | ||||
Risus | |||||
Robot Warriors | |||||
Robotech | Palladium Games | based on the Robotech anime television series | |||
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Role-Playing Game | Palladium Games | ||||
Rogue Trader | FFG[8] | ||||
RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) | Iron Crown Enterprises | fully expandable and customizable rules system | |||
Rune | |||||
RuneQuest[9] | Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing | ||||
RuneSlayers |
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Underground | Mayfair Games | 1993 | |||
Unisystem | Eden Studios, Inc. | 2003 | |||
Universalis | Ramshead Publishing | 2002 | |||
Universe | SPI | 1981-1983 | subtitle The Role-Playing Game of the Future | ||
Unknown Armies | Atlas Games | 1998 | |||
Usagi Yojimbo | Sanguine Productions | based on the comic book series, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai | |||
Uuhraah! | Blackhawk Games | 1976 |
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Valley of the Pharaohs | Palladium Books | 1983-1985 | |||
Vampire: The Dark Ages | White Wolf Publishing | Storyteller System | 1996 | ||
Vampire: The Masquerade | White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions)
Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition) Modiphius Entertainment(5th edition) |
Storyteller System | 1991
1992 1998 2011 2018 |
World of Darkness | |
Vampire: The Requiem | Storytelling System | 2004 | |||
Victorian Adventure | SKS Distribution | 1983 | |||
Victorian Age: Vampire | White Wolf | Storyteller System | 2002 | ||
Victoriana - 2nd edition | Cubicle 7 Entertainment | ||||
Victorian Gothic | Arcanus Press | Epic Dice System | 2020 | Gothic Horror | A dark world of the penny dreadful. |
Villains and Vigilantes | Fantasy Games Unlimited, Monkey House Games | 1979 | |||
Violence | Hogshead Publishing | 1999 |
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Year of the Phoenix | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1986 | |||
Ysgarth | Ragnarok Games | 1979 | Written by Timothy Willard |
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The Zorcerer of Zo | Atomic Sock Monkey Press | 2006 | Fairy tales | ||
Zweihänder | Grim & Perilous Studios | 2017 | Written by Daniel Fox. Deliberately similar in tone and rules mechanics to Warhammer FRP |
See also
- List of play-by-mail games
- List of role-playing game designers, annotated with a few significant games to which each designer has contributed.
References
- ^ Ryan, Michael. "Author". Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "d20 Modern website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "d20 Past website". Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "d20 System website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Das Schwarze Auge". Ulisses Spiele. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Fate not FATE". 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Justice, Inc". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Rogue Traders website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Maranci, Peter. "The History of RuneQuest". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "SLA Industries website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Warhammer Website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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