Game Publisher System Dates Setting Notes 13th Age Pelgrane Press Modified d20 OGL ("The Archmage Engine") 2013 High fantasy Designed by Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo 2300 AD Game Designers' Workshop 1989 Hard science fiction future of the Twilight 2000 universe Designed by Frank Chadwick , Timothy B. Brown , Lester W. Smith , Marc W. Miller , 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 Roll-and-Keep system, d20 System 1999, 2016 Pirates , swashbuckling Designed by John Wick (game designer) Aberrant White Wolf Publishing Modified Storyteller 1999 Superhero characters in the near future Part of the Trinity series d20 ACE Agents! Stellar Games 1992 Active Exploits Precis Intermedia Gaming 2002 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons TSR, Inc. 1977-2000 (See also Dungeons & Dragons ) Advanced Fighting Fantasy Cubicle 7 1989 Based on the Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! gamebooks Adventure! Tori Bergquist 1985 Adventure! White Wolf Publishing Modified Storyteller 2001 Pulp adventure Part of the Trinity series Adventurers Guild Adventurers Guild 1987 Line of "generic fantasy" supplements Consists of The Adventurers' Guild Bestiary , Adventurers' Guild Bounty Hunters' Handbook , Adventurers' Guild Sage's Tome , The Adventurers' Guild Tome Adventures in Fantasy Excalibre Games, Adventure Games 1979, 1981 Fantasy Designed by Dave Arneson and Richard Snider The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game TSR, Inc. 1984 Pulp action , fictionalized history Designed by John Byrne and David "Zeb" Cook Adventures in Middle-earth Cubicle 7 d20 2016 Epic high fantasy Designed by Dominic McDowall-Thomas et al., based on The One Ring RPG After The Bomb Palladium Books 1986, 2001 Post-apocalyptic science fiction Designed by Erick Wujcik Aftermath! Fantasy Games Unlimited 1981 Post-apocalypse Designed by Paul Hume and Robert N. Charrette Afterwars 1991 Age of the Tempest Tactic 2013 Age of Ruin Cutting Edge Games 1990 Agone (French )Multisim Editions 1999 Edited in French by Multisim Editions and translated in English by Multisim Editions Albedo Thoughts & Images, Chessex 1988, 1993 Furry , science fiction Designed by Craig Hilton and Paul Kidd , based on the comic book series Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci Alice is Missing Hunters Entertainment 2020 Designed by Spenser Starke ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game Free League Year Zero Engine 2019 Science fiction, survival horror Aliens Adventure Game Leading Edge Games 1990 Science Fiction All Flesh Must Be Eaten Eden Studios, Inc. Unisystem 1999, 2003 Zombie survival horror game Designed by George Vasilakos All-Star Wrestling Afterthought Images 1991 Alma Mater Oracle Games 1982 Comic high school Alshard (Japanese )Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain Standard RPG System 2002, 2005 Fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy [ citation needed ] Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain Alshard Gaia (Japanese )Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain Standard RPG System 2006 Contemporary fantasy Alternity TSR, Inc. 1998 Science fiction Designed by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker Amazing Engine TSR, Inc. 1993 Amber Diceless Roleplaying Phage Press Custom diceless 1991 Based on The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny Created and written by Erick Wujcik Anima: Beyond Fantasy Edge Entertainment 2005, 2010 Spanish RPG, a collaboration of Eastern and Western developers RPG with anime-style artworks Angel Eden Studios, Inc. Cinematic Unisystem 2003 Urban fantasy A spin-off of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer game Apocalypse Keys Evil Hat Productions PbtA 2023 Apocalypse World Lumpley Games PbtA 2010 A post-apocalyptic RPG of politics and survival Created by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker . First RPG using the Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) system Arcana Unearthed Malhavoc Press d20 OGL 2003 Fantasy Developed by Monte Cook Archaeron Archaeron Games 1980 Arduin Grimoire Games, Emperors Choice Games 1977-1980, 1992 The first cross-genre RPG[ citation needed ] Designed by David A. Hargrave Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth Last Unicorn Games 1994 Arianrhod RPG (Japanese ) Fujimi Shobo 2004 Japanese MMORPG -like Armageddon: 2089 Mongoose Publishing 2003 Armageddon: The End Times Myrmidon Press (first edition); Eden Studios, Inc. (second edition) d20 OGL 2003 Mek-based warfare Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Roleplaying Game R. Talsorian Games Fuzion 1997 SciFi game based on the Armored Trooper Votoms anime Army of Darkness Roleplaying Game Eden Studios, Inc. Cinematic Unisystem 2005 Zombie horror Designed by Shane Lacy Hensley , based on the film of the same name. Ars Magica Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2) 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2004
Medieval fantasy Originally developed by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen , who originated the term "troupe-style play " for it. [1] White Wolf Publishing (edition 3) Atlas Games (editions 4 & 5) Artesia: Adventures in the Known World Archaia Studios Press Modified Fuzion system 2005 Written and illustrated by Mark Smylie , based on his comic book series of the same name. Ashen Stars Pelgrane Press GUMSHOE System 2011 Gritty investigative Space Opera Designed by Robin D. Laws Atlantis Bard Games 1984, 1985, 1996, 2014, 2019
Historical fantasy , sword and sorcery Designed by Stephan Michael Sechi , Vernie Taylor, Steven Cordovano , J. Andrew Keith Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game Evil Hat Productions Fate system 2014 Sci-fi pulp Based on the comic book of the same name, written by Brian Clevinger . Attack of the Humans Rapport Games 1990 The Authority Role-Playing Game Guardians of Order 2004 Avatar Legends: the Roleplaying Game Magpie Games Powered by the Apocalypse 2022 Based on Avatar: The Last Airbender Babylon 5 Mongoose Publishing d20 (2nd ed.) 2003, 2006 (2nd ed.) Based on the Babylon 5 TV franchise Badlands Cutting Edge Games 1991 BASH! Basic Action Games 2005 Barony Better Games 1990 Basic Fantasy RPG Chris Gonnerman 2006 One of the first Old School Revival retro-clones Basic Role-Playing Chaosium 1980, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2008
Generic role-playing game system designed by Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis Batman Role-Playing Game Mayfair Games 1989 BattleDragons Spartacus Publishing 2002 Play as dragons in a fantasy world Battlelords of the 23rd Century SSDC, Inc. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2019
Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game Margaret Weis Productions Cortex System 2007 Based on the SciFi TV series Behind Enemy Lines FASA 1982 The first tabletop RPG set during World War II Beyond the Supernatural Palladium Books 1987, 2005
Modern Day Horrors Bifrost Skytrex Ltd. 1982 Big Bang Comics RPG Pisces All Media 2006 Big Eyes, Small Mouth Guardians of Order 1997, 2001, 2007, 2020
Anime-based RPG Black Crusade Fantasy Flight Games Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay 2011 The Black Hack Gold Piece Publications Modern rules based on original edition of Dungeons & Dragons 2016 High fantasy The Black Sword Hack Livres de l'Ours (1st ed) / The Merry Mushmen (2nd ed) Modification of The Black Hack 2020–present Dark fantasy / Sword and sorcery Developed by Alexandre "Kobayashi" Jeanette, also available in French Blade of Arcana Enterbrain , Game Field 1999, 2001, 2006
High fantasy Japanese-language RPG Blades in the Dark Evil Hat Productions Powered by the Apocalypse 2017 Urban fantasy Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game Free League Publishing 2023 Blood Dawn SSDC, Inc. 1996 Blood of Heroes Pulsar Games 1998, 2000
Blue Planet Biohazard Games 1997, 2000, 2012
2nd Edition by Fantasy Flight Proposed 3rd Edition by Biohazard Games
Blue Rose Green Ronin 2005, 2017
Bluebeard's Bride Magpie Games PbtA 2017 Gothic horror based on the Bluebeard folktale Designed by Whitney "Strix" Beltrán , Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson Boot Hill TSR, Inc. 1975 Wild West adventure Brave New World Pinnacle Entertainment , Alderac Entertainment Group 1999 Breaking the Ice Black & Green Games 2005 Brindlewood Bay Gauntlet Publishing 2022 Murder mystery about elderly women amateur detectives Inspired by Murder, She Wrote and H. P. Lovecraft Bubblegum Crisis R. Talsorian Games Fuzion 1996 Scifi, Cyberpunk Buccaneer Adversary Games 1979 Pirate-themed RPG Buck Rogers XXVC TSR, Inc. 1990-1992 Science fiction Written by Flint Dille Buffy the Vampire Slayer Eden Studios, Inc. Unisystem 2002 Designed by C. J. Carella , based on the TV show of the same name Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game TSR, Inc. 1988 Designed by David Cook and Warren Spector , based on characters and settings from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show Bunnies and Burrows Fantasy Games Unlimited 1976 Player characters are rabbits The first game to encourage players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems. Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic Tri Tac Games 1992 Burn Bryte Roll20 2020 Science fantasy Design tailored to be played on a virtual tabletop platform Burning Empires Luke Crane 2006 Science fiction Based on Christopher Moeller 's Iron Empires graphic novels The Burning Wheel Luke Crane 2002 High fantasy Bushido Fantasy Games Unlimited 1979, 1980, 1981
Samurai RPG set in Feudal Japan By the Gods Ragnarok Enterprises 1986 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Game Designer's Workshop 1990 Designed by Frank Chadwick , based on the comic Xenozoic Tales Cadwallon Rackham 2006 Call of Cthulhu Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1981 Designed by Sandy Petersen , based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft Capes Muse of Fire Games 2005 Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul Spectrum Games 2010 Cartoon Action Hour Spectrum Games 2002 Car Wars Steve Jackson Games 1980 Cassiopean Empire Norton Games 1982 Castles & Crusades Troll Lord Games OGL System 2004 Fantasy RPG Castle Falkenstein R. Talsorian Games 1994 Steampunk fantasy The Castle Perilous West Wind Simulations 1980 Challengers Ragnarok Enterprises 1985 Champions Hero Games Hero System 1981 Changeling: The Dreaming White Wolf (1st and 2nd editions) Onyx Path Publishing ( 20th anniversary edition)
Storyteller System 1995 1997
2017
Original World of Darkness Changeling: The Lost White Wolf Publishing ; Onyx Path Publishing Storytelling System 2007 New World of Darkness Children of the Sun Misguided Games Token System 2002 Dieselpunk fantasy Chill Pacesetter Ltd ; Mayfair Games ; Growling Door Games 1984 Horror Chivalry & Sorcery Fantasy Games Unlimited 1977 Chronicles of Ramlar Whitesilver Publishing The A/B System 2006 City of Mist Son of Oak Game Studio, Modiphius Entertainment Powered by the Apocalypse 2017 Urban fantasy , neo-noir A noir (detective) RPG set in a modern-day city where once-ordinary people hold the power of ancient myths and legends Commando Simulations Publications, Inc. 1979 Companions' Tale 2019 Conan Role-Playing Game TSR "ZeFRS" (Zeb 's Fantasy Roleplaying System) 1985 Hyborian Age The official TSR Conan role-playing game, finally published in 1985 Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of Modiphius Entertainment 2d20 system 2017 Hyborian Age Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of was developed by a team of game designers, writers and artists, all led by Chris Birch of Modiphius Entertainment . The rights to publish this derivative work were licensed from Conan Properties International GURPS Conan Steve Jackson Games GURPS 1989 Hyborian Age A year before the release of the core rulebook, in 1988, Steve Jackson Games published a solo adventure titled GURPS Conan: Beyond Thunder River Conan: The Roleplaying Game Mongoose Publishing d20 System 2004-2010 Hyborian Age One of the role-playing games in the Mongoose Publishing OGL System series The Confederate Rangers SoLar-Way Games 1989 Conspiracy X Eden Studios, Inc. 1996 Extraterrestrials , UFOs , and government coverups Continuum Aetherco; Dreamcatcher 1999 Time travel adventure Core Command Dream Pod 9 Silhouette game engine 2003 Science fiction, space opera Corporation the Roleplaying Game Core Games Publishing Brutal Engine 2006 Scifi, Cyberpunk CORPS Blacksburg Tactical Research Center 1990 Coyote & Crow 2021 Creeks and Crawdads Crustacium Games 1986 Crime Fighter Task Force Games 1988 Crimefighters TSR 1981 Crystalicum (Polish)2006 CthulhuTech Wildfire Framewerk 2007 Horror in the style of H.P. Lovecraft but with mecha and anime influences Cutthroat: The Shadow Wars StormWorld Games d20; D12 1988 Cybergeneration R. Talsorian Games 1993 Alternate setting for Cyberpunk 2020 Cyberpunk 2013 R. Talsorian Games 1988 An alternate cyberpunk version of the USA, specifically in 2013 Out of print and superseded by Cyberpunk 2020 Cyberpunk 2020 R. Talsorian Games 1990 An alternate cyberpunk version of the USA, specifically in 2020 Cyberpunk RED R. Talsorian Games 2020 A sequel to Cyberpunk 2020 and prequel to Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberspace Iron Crown Enterprises Spacemaster system 1989 Cyborg Commando New Infinities , Inc. 1987 D6 Adventure West End Games 2004 D6 Fantasy West End Games 2004 D6 Space West End Games 2004 D6 System West End Games In-house system, based on the Star Wars RPG 1996 d20 Future Wizards of the Coast [2] d20 System 2004 Generic futuristic d20 Modern Wizards of the Coast [3] d20 System 2002 Generic modern d20 Past Wizards of the Coast [4] d20 System 2005 Generic historical d20 System Wizards of the Coast [5] Based on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules 2000 Dallas Simulations Publications, Inc. 1980 Based on the popular television soap opera Dallas . Danger International Hero Games 1985 Espionage adventure Dangerous Journeys Game Designers' Workshop 1992 Fantasy Designed by E. Gary Gygax , eventually discontinued because of lawsuits by TSR [6] Daredevils Fantasy Games Unlimited 1982 Pulp-era mystery Dark Ages White Wolf Publishing 1996, 2002, 2003
Series of RPGs, including Vampire: The Dark Ages , Dark Ages: Werewolf , Dark Ages: Mage , Dark Ages: Fae , and Dark Ages: Inquisitor Dark Champions Hero Games Hero System 1993, 2004
Designed by Steven S. Long Dark Conspiracy Game Designers' Workshop 1991 Cyberpunk, near-future dystopia, horror, urban fantasy Designed by Lester W. Smith Dark Dungeons 2010 Retroclone emulating the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia The Dark Eye Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag , Fantasy Productions , Ulisses Spiele GmbH 1984, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2006, 2015
High fantasy Created by Ulrich Kiesow , the most popular German RPG, [7] known in Germany as Das Schwarze Auge Dark Heresy , the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Game Originally by Black Industries , now developed by Fantasy Flight Games 2008 Dark Streets Cakebread & Walton 2012 Darwin's World RPGObjects 2001, 2003, 2005
Post-apocalyptic RPG Dawning Star d20 System 2005 DC Adventures Green Ronin Mutants & Masterminds 2010 DC Heroes Mayfair Games Mayfair Exponential Game System 1985, 1989, 1993
DC Universe Roleplaying Game West End Games D6 System 1999 De Profundis Michał Oracz 2001 Dead Friend: A Game of Necromancy Hit Point Press 2018 Designed by Lucian Kahn Dead Inside Atomic Sock Monkey Press PDQ 2003 A small-press RPG where the characters attempt to rebuild their lost souls through selfless and noble actions (and get superhuman powers along the way) Dead Reign Palladium Books Megaversal 2008 Deadlands: Hell on Earth Pinnacle Entertainment Group 1998 Deadlands: Lost Colony Pinnacle Entertainment Group 2002 Deadlands : The Weird West Pinnacle Entertainment Group 1996, 1999, 2006
GURPS version by SJGames Deathwatch Fantasy Flight Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay 2010 Deliria: Faerie Tales for the New Millennium by Phil Brucato Laughing Pan Productions 2003 Delta Force: America Strikes Back! Task Force Games 1986 Modern military, espionage Designed by William H. Keith Jr. Delta Green Arc Dream Publishing Call of Cthulhu , d100 "Misery Engine", GUMSHOE 1996, 2016 Modern Lovecraftian horror and conspiracy Degenesis: Rebirth SIXMOREVODKA KatharSys 2014 Primal Punk Demon City Shinjuku Role-Playing Game Guardians of Order Tri-Stat System 1999 Anime -inspired supernatural horror Based on the novel and anime series of the same name Demon Hunters Role Playing Game Margaret Weis Productions Cortex System 2008 Based on the films Demon Hunters and Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake by Dead Gentlemen Productions Demon: The Fallen White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 2002 Original World of Darkness Demon's Lair Lasalion Games 1997 Deryni Adventure Game Grey Ghost Games Fudge RPG 2005 Dialect Thorny Games 2019 Diana: Warrior Princess Steve Jackson Games 2003 By Marcus Rowland Diaspora VSCA Publishing FATE 2009 Hard science fiction Die 2022 Designed by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans Dinky Dungeons Doc's Games 1985 Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex Goodman Games d20 System 2001 Diomin OtherWorld Creations d20 System 2000 Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple Evil Hat Productions 2011 The Doctor Who Role Playing Game FASA 1985 Based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series Doctor Who – Adventures In Time And Space: The Roleplaying Game Cubicle 7 Entertainment Vortex 2009 Based on the 2005–present run of the BBC television series Doctor Who – Time Lord (role-playing game) Virgin Publishing 1991 Based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series Dog Eat Dog 2012 Dogs in the Vineyard Lumpley Games 2004, 2005
Loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah Designed by D. Vincent Baker Domination StarChilde Publications 1989 Dominion Rules An open-source fantasy twelve-sided-die-based RPG encouraging innovative combat system 1999 The Dominion Tank Police Role-Playing Game Guardians of Order Tri-Stat System 1999 Donjon Anvilwerks 2002 Fantasy Designed by Zak Arntson and Clinton R. Nixon Don't Look Back Mind Ventures 1994 Don't Rest Your Head Evil Hat Productions 2006 Drací doupe ALTAR Loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons 1990, 2004, 2011
The most popular Czech fantasy RPG system[ citation needed ] Dragon Age Green Ronin 2010 Based on the Dragon Age video game series by BioWare . Dragonlance: Fifth Age TSR SAGA System 1996 Dragonlance Dragon Lords of Melniboné Chaosium d20 System 2001 DragonMech Goodman Games A cross between fantasy and mecha 2004 DragonQuest Simulations Publications 1980, 1982, 1989
A now out-of-print RPG, suppressed by TSR [ clarification needed ] DragonRaid Dick Wulf 1984 A Christian RPG Dragonroar Standard Games 1985 Dragonstar Fantasy Flight Games d20 2001 "Where science fiction and fantasy blend" Dragon Storm Black Dragon Press 1996 Dragon Warriors Corgi Books An easy-to-use RPG system published in paperback format 1985 Drakar och Demoner ( Dragons and Demons ) Target Games 1982 Swedish fantasy RPG Dread RPG The Impossible Dream 2005 Uses a Jenga tower for action resolution Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium Rafael Chandler 2002, 2007
Dream Askew, Dream Apart 2018 Designed by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum Dream Park: The Roleplaying Game R. Talsorian Games 1992 Based on the 1981 novel Dream Park , which is itself about a live-action role-playing game amusement park. The Dresden Files Evil Hat Productions A variant of the FATE game 2010 Urban fantasy Based on the books by Jim Butcher Droids Integral Games 1983 Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium Last Unicorn Games 2000 Supposedly limited to 3000 copies[ citation needed ] Dungeons & Dragons Created by Dave Arneson and E. Gary Gygax , further editions by TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast 1974–present Dungeon Crawl Classics Goodman Games Based on System Reference Document 2012 Old school fantasy An OGL system that cross-breeds Appendix N with a streamlined version of 3E[ clarification needed ] Dungeon Squad Jason Morningstar 2005 Dungeon World Sage Kobold Productions Powered by the Apocalypse 2012 Dungeon fantasy Durance Bully Pulpit Games 2012 Dust Devils Chimera Creative 2002, 2007
Dying Earth Pelgrane Press Dying Earth (genre) 2001 Designed by Robin D. Laws , based on the stories of Jack Vance Dzikie Pola (Wild Fields ) Wydawnictwo MAG 1997, 2005
Set in 17th century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth EABA Blacksburg Tactical Research Center 2003 A generic RPG system a.k.a. End All Be All Earth 2020 Self-published 1983 Role-playing game By Stephen Kyffin Earthdawn FASA 1993-2015 Fantasy post-apocalypse; ambiguously a predecessor in the timeline of the Shadowrun setting Eat the Reich Rowan, Rook and Decard 2023 World War II , horror A one-shot game of heroic vampires sucking the blood of Nazis, designed by Grant Howitt Eclipse Phase Posthuman Studios d100 2009 Sci-fi Ehdrigohr Council of Fools FATE 3.0 2013 Post-apocalyptic Indigineous Nine indiginous tribes survive on world without colonizers El-Hazard Role-Playing Game Guardians of Order 2001 Eldritch Role-Playing System Goodman Games 2008 Element Masters Escape Ventures 1983 Elfquest Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1984 Based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini Elfs Adept Press 2001 Elric! Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1993 Based on Michael Moorcock 's Elric of Melniboné stories Empire of the Petal Throne TSR, Inc 1974, 1987, 2005
Set in M. A. R. Barker 's world of Tékumel En Garde! Game Designers' Workshop and SFC Press 1975, 1977, 1988, 2005
Duelists from 17th century France The End Scapegoat Games 1995 Banned from Gen Con by TSR [8] Enforcers 21st Century Games 1987 Engel Feder & Schwert d20 System 2002 Eon Neogames 1996 Swedish fantasy game The Esoterrorists Pelgrane Press GUMSHOE System 2006 Occult , investigative horror Designed by Robin D. Laws Espionage! Hero Games 1983 Designed by George MacDonald and Steve Peterson , based on Second Edition Champions Eternal Soldier Tai-Gear Simulations 1985 Free Universal Role-Playing system Etherscope Goodman Games d20 Modern The Everlasting Visionary Entertainment Studios Inc 1997 EverQuest Role-Playing Game White Wolf Publishing d20 System 2002 Fantasy Pencil & paper version of the popular MMORPG series of the same name, designed by Owen K.C. Stephens et al. Everway 1995 Ex Machina Guardians of Order Tri-Stat d8 , d20 System 2004 Scifi, Cyberpunk Exalted White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 2001, 2006, 2016
Epic fantasy; potential pre-history of World of Darkness Exodus: Post Apocalyptic RPG Glutton Creeper Games d20 2008 Expendables Stellar Games 1987 The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen Hogshead Publishing 1998 A storytelling RPG based on the stories about Baron Munchausen Created by James Wallis Fading Suns Holistic Design d20 System 1996, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2012
Fabula Ultima Need Games 2023 Inspired by Japanese role-playing video games such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series Fanhunter Gusa Comics/Farsa's Wagon 1992 Spanish game based on the series of comics of the same name Fantasy Craft Crafty Games Mastercraft 2009 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 Hero System 2003 The Fantasy Trip Steve Jackson , published by Metagaming Concepts 1977, 2019
The precursor to GURPS Fantasy Wargaming Patrick Stephens Limited 1981 Farscape Roleplaying Game Alderac Entertainment Group d20 System 2002 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 2003 , 2006 , 2013
Generic Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine. No longer an acronym. [9] 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 1993, 2002, 2006, 2012
Viking fantasy Fates Worse than Death Vajra Enterprises Cyberpunk -influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080 F'Dech Fo's Tomb Judges Guild 1981 Fear Itself Pelgrane Press Gumshoe System 2007 Horror Designed by Robin D. Laws Feng Shui Daedalus Entertainment , Atlas Games 1996, 1999, 2015
Hong Kong martial arts movies Designed by Robin D. Laws Fiasco Bully Pulpit Games Custom 2009 Various Designed by Jason Morningstar Field Guide to Encounters Judges Guild 1982 Field Guide to Memory 2021 Designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor Fifth Cycle Shield Games 1990 Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game Puffin Books 1982 Created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson , based on the Fighting Fantasy book series Fireborn Fantasy Flight Games 2004 Firefly Margaret Weis Productions Cortex+ 2014-2015 Based on the television series Firefly Designed by Monica Valentinelli and Cam Banks , 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 1977 The first role-playing game to be based on a pre-existing media property . Flashing Blades Fantasy Games Unlimited 1984 For the Queen (game) Darrington Press , Evil Hat Productions 2019 Forbidden Kingdoms OtherWorld Creations d20 System 2001, 2006
Forbidden Lands Free League Publishing Year Zero Engine 2018 Medieval fantasy post-apocalypse Forgotten Futures Marcus L. Rowland 1993, 1998, 2005
Freedom Fighters Fantasy Games Unlimited 1986 Fringeworthy Tri Tac Games 1982, 1984, 1992, 2009
FTL:2448 Tri Tac Games 1982, 1985, 1990
FUDGE Steffan O'Sullivan FUDGE 1992 "Free, Universal, Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine" Furry Pirates Atlas Games 1999 Future Worlds Stellar Gaming Workshop 1987 Fuzion R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games Modified from R. Talsorian's Interlock System and Hero Games' Hero System 1998 A simple and customizable generic open gaming system A Game of Thrones Guardians of Order d20 2005 A Game of Thrones Gamma World TSR, Inc. , Wizards of the Coast , Sword and Sorcery Studios Custom (1st –4th edition) Alternity (5th edition)
d20 System (6th –7th edition)
1978, 1983, 1986, 1992, 2000, 2003, 2010
Post-apocalypse science fantasy Originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, with different editions based on different versions of D&D Gangbusters TSR, Inc. 1982, 1990, 2019
1920s American Prohibition -era urban crime adventure Designed by Rick Krebs and Mark Acres Gangster! Fantasy Games Unlimited 1979 Gatecrasher Grey Ghost Press Fudge 1996 A tongue-in-cheek science-fiction & fantasy setting Gear Krieg Dream Pod 9 2001 Geist: The Sin-Eaters White Wolf Publishing Storytelling System 2009 New World of Darkness Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Guardians of Order Tri-Stat System 2000 Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game West End Games Precursor to D6 System 1986, 1989
Supernatural comedy Created by Sandy Petersen , Lynn Willis , and Greg Stafford , based on the Ghostbusters film series. First RPG to use a dice pool system [10] Ghosts of Albion Eden Studios, Inc. Unisystem 2008, 2011
Horror, drama, Victoriana Based on the Ghosts of Albion animations and novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden Ghoulash: The Last Game on Earth Mike Suchcicki 1982 Godlike Hawthorn Hobgoblynn Press One-Roll Engine 2001 Golden Heroes Games Workshop 1984 Superheroes Good Society Storybrewers 2018 Regency romance Based on the Regency era novels of Jane Austen Grey Ranks Bully Pulpit Games 2007 Grimm Fantasy Flight Games Linear D6 2004 GUMSHOE System Pelgrane Press Gumshoe System 2007 By Robin D. Laws Gunslingers and Gamblers FJGaming 2006 The American Wild West of 1876 GURPS Steve Jackson Games GURPS 1985, 1986, 1988, 2004
Generic Gurps is an acronym for "Generic Universal Role Playing System" HackMaster Kenzer & Company Custom, derived from AD&D system 2001, 2009, 2011
Based on the comic Knights of the Dinner Table Hahlmabrea Sutton Hoo Games 1991 Halcyon Neuwerld Studios Prodigy System 2008 Happy Birthday, Robot! Evil Hat Productions 2010 A storytelling game specifically aimed at children HârnMaster Columbia Games 1986, 1996, 2002
Hârn Haven: City of Violence Louis Porter Jr. Design d20 System 2003 Hawkmoon Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1986 An addendum to the Stormbringer RPG (a.k.a. Elric! ) By Kerie Campbell-Robson, based on Michael Moorcock 's The History of the Runestaff Heart: The City Beneath Rowan, Rook & Decard 2020 Dark fantasy Designed by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor Heaven & Earth Event Horizon Productions Tri-Stat System 1998 Heavy Gear Dream Pod 9 1994 Hercules & Xena Roleplaying Game West End Games D6 System 1998 Based on the syndicated action series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess Hero System Hero Games 1990, 2002, 2004, 2009
HeroQuest /Hero Wars Issaries, Inc. Narrative 2000, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2020
Heroes Tabletop Games (UK) 1979 Heroes of Olympus Task Force Games 1981 Heroes Unlimited Palladium Books Megaversal system 1984, 1987, 1993, 1998
Superhero Written by Kevin Siembieda Hidden Kingdom New Rules Inc. 1985 High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game TSR, Inc. 1993 Science fiction Based on the novel Armageddon 2419 A.D. and subsequent Buck Rogers comic strips High Adventure Role Playing (HARP ) Iron Crown Enterprises 2003 High Colonies Waterford Publishing House, Ltd. 1988 High Fantasy Fantasy Productions, Reston Publishing 1978, 1981
Hillfolk Pelgrane Press Dramasystem 2013 Designed by Robin D. Laws Hol Black Dog Game Factory 1994, 2002
Hollow Earth Expedition Exile Games Studio 2006 1930's style pulp adventure Hollyworld Blacksburg Tactical Research Center 2005 Honey Heist Rowan, Rook & Decard Modified Lasers & Feelings 2017 Comedy heist Designed by Grant Howitt Hong Kong Action Theater Event Horizon Productions 1996, 2001
Houses of the Blooded 2008 How We Came To Live Here Galileo Games 2010 Hunter Planet H-PAC 1986 Hunter: The Reckoning White Wolf Publishing Renegade Game Studios
Storyteller System 1999, 2022
World of Darkness personal horrorDesigned by Andrew Bates , Phil Brucato , Ken Cliffe , Jess Heinig , Mike Tinney , Stewart Wieck , et al. Hunter: The Vigil White Wolf Publishing , Onyx Path Publishing Storytelling System 2008, 2022
Chronicles of Darkness personal horrorDesigned by Justin Achilli , Rich Thomas, and Chuck Wendig (1st ed.), and Monica Valentinelli (2nd ed.) Hyborian War Reality Simulations Inc. 1984 Hyborian Age Based on the world of Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard Hyperborea RPG North Wind Adventures Largely AD&D-based 2012–present Sword and sorcery and "weird science" Setting builds on Conan and other sword and sorcery stories as well as works of Lovecraft If I Were a Lich, Man Hit Point Press 2023 Designed by Lucian Kahn I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic 2019 Immortal: The Invisible War Ran Valerhon 1993 In Dark Alleys Vajra Enterprises 2007 In Nomine Steve Jackson Games Based on In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas 1997 In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas Croc (Siroz ) 1989, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2015
Satiric gang/spy wars involving angels and demons in the contemporary world French Incursion Tri Tac Games 1992 Infernum Mongoose Publishing Infinity The Infinity Company 1979 Inner City Inner City Games 1982 Inou Tsukai Enterbrain InSpectres Memento Mori Theatricks 2002 Interstellar Elite Combat Game Masters Associated 1991 Invisible Sun Monte Cook Games Related to Cypher System 2018-2020 The Actuality, comprising eight worlds arranged in the Path of Suns Surreal fantasy where the players take the roles of powerful magic-users Iron Kingdoms Privateer Press d20 System 2004 Ironhedge Empire Wargames 1979 Iron Heroes Fiery Dragon Productions d20 system 2005 Based on making D&D playable without magic[ clarification needed ] Ironsworn Shawn Tomkin Powered by the Apocalypse 2018 It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show Stellar Games 1989 It Was a Mutual Decision Ron Edwards 2006 Jadeclaw Sanguine Productions Ltd 2002 James Bond 007: Role-Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill 1983 The world of the James Bond franchise Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game Mongoose Publishing Based on the TV series Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall Wet Ink Games / Game and a Curry 2021 Designed by Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim John Carter, Warlord of Mars Heritage Models 1978 Jorune (or Skyrealms of Jorune )SkyRealms Publishing 1984 Jovian Chronicles Dream Pod 9 1997 Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game Games Workshop 1985-1989 Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game Mongoose Publishing d20 System 2002 Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game Mongoose Publishing Traveller 2009 Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD New edition of the previous 2002 game, with different rules. Justice, Inc. Hero Games [11] Hero System 1984 1930s Pulp fiction oriented adventure Justifiers StarChilde Publications 1988 Play as human/animal hybrids (Betas) that are owned by "the Corporation"; locate new resources, eliminate threats, and buy your freedom KABAL Kabal Gaming Systems 1982 Kids on Bikes Hunters Entertainment 2019 kill puppies for satan (sic) Lumpley Games 2001 Designed by D. Vincent Baker Killer Steve Jackson Games 1981 Live action role-playing game Kindred of the East White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 1998 Old World of Darkness Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 2003 Old World of Darkness Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade Knights and Magick Heritage USA 1980 Knights of the Round Table Little Soldier Games 1976 Set in Camelot Kobolds Ate My Baby! 9th Level Games 1999, 2001, 2005
Koriko: A Magical Year 2023 Krysztaly Czasu MAG 1993 Polish , Crystals of Time Kult Äventyrsspel 1991 Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones Labyrinth Lord Goblinoid Games D&D Basic Set 2007, 2009
Lace and Steel Published originally by TAGG and re-released by Pharos Press 1989 An Australian RPG set in a world of civilised Centaurs and Harpies with a musketeers/swashbuckling feel Lady Blackbird 2009 Lancer Massif Press, Dark Horse Comics 2019 Land of the Rising Sun Fantasy Games Unlimited Chivalry & Sorcery 1980 Samurai and Ninjas Lands of Adventure Fantasy Games Unlimited 1983 The Laundry Cubicle 7 Basic Role-Playing 2010 Lovecraftian horror , spy thriller , science fiction , workplace humour Based on Charles Stross 's The Laundry Files series Legacy Legacy Press 1978 Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game Alderac Entertainment Group Roll & Keep 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2018
The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, primarily the nation of Rokugan , which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures. Legends of Anglerre Cubicle 7 2010 Legionnaire FASA 1990 Standalone role-playing game for the Renegade Legion universe Lejendary Adventure Hekaforge Productions 1999 Created by Gary Gygax Leverage Margaret Weis Productions Cortex Plus 2010 Based on the Leverage TV series Game written by Cam Banks and Rob Donahuge Liminal Horror 2023 Little Fears – The Role-playing Game of Childhood Terror Key 20 Publishing 2001 Living Steel Leading Edge Games Phoenix Command 1987 Futuristic game on the world of Rhand Lone Wolf Mongoose Publishing d20 System 1984 A series of gamebooks and Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game ; also a second game by Mongoose, the Lone Wolf Multiplayer Game Book Lord of the Rings Adventure Game Iron Crown Enterprises 1991-1999 Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game Decipher, Inc. 2002-2006 Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien Lords of Creation Avalon Hill 1983 Ma Nishtana 2023 Mach: The First Colony Alliance Publications 1983 Macho Women with Guns Blacksburg Tactical Research Center 1988, 1994, 2003
Macross II: The Role-Playing Game Palladium Books Megaversal 1993 Maelstrom Puffin Books 1984 Mage: The Ascension White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions) Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition)
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Set in the original World of Darkness Mage: The Awakening White Wolf Publishing Storytelling System 2005, 2016
Chronicles of Darkness Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 1998 World of Darkness Malefices Jeux Descartes 1985 The first original French-language horror role-playing game. Man, Myth & Magic Yaquinto 1982 RPG drawing on myths and legends of cultures from 4000 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E. Manhunter Kingslayer Productions 1988 Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Margaret Weis Productions Cortex Plus 2012 Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game TSR SAGA System 1998 Marvel Super Heroes Role-Playing Game TSR, Inc. 1984, 1986
Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game Marvel Comics 2003 Masks: A New Generation Magpie Games Powered by the Apocalypse 2017 Masterbook West End Games 1994 The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game FASA 1985 Mechamorphosis Fantasy Flight Games d20 System 2004 Mechanical Dream SteamLogic 2002 The Mechanoid Invasion Palladium Books 1981 MechWarrior FASA Corporation , Fantasy Productions LLC 1986 MEGA Role-Playing System MEGA Games Ltd. 1987 Megaverse Palladium Books Mekton R. Talsorian Games Interlock System 1985, 1987, 1994
Based on Anime Mecha science fiction Melanda: Land of Mystery Wilmark Dynasty 1980 Men in Black: The Roleplaying Game West End Games D6 System 1997 Science fiction comedy Based on the first Men in Black film MERC Fantasy Games Unlimited 1981 A Modern Role Playing Game of Counter Insurgency Merc 2000 GDW 1990 post-apocalyptic military Twilight 2000 updated for the post-Cold War '90s Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes Flying Buffalo Custom Tunnels and Trolls derivative 1983, 1986, 2019
The Metabarons Roleplaying Game West End Games Metamorphosis Alpha TSR, Inc. (1st and 2nd editions) Custom (1st edition), Amazing Engine (2nd edition) 1976 Set on a generation spaceship , the starship Warden , long after an unknown cataclysmic event 3rd edition published by Fast Forward Entertainment, 4th by Mudpuppy Games Michtim: Fluffy Adventures 2012 Microscope 2011 Middle Earth Role Play Iron Crown Enterprises Streamlined Rolemaster 1984, 1986, 1993
Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien Midgard Midgard Press 1981, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2013 The oldest German fantasy RPG[ citation needed ] Midnight Fantasy Flight Games , Edge Studios Dungeons & Dragons 2003 A dark fantasy world where the bad guys have won Midnight at the Well of Souls Role-Playing System TAG Industries 1985 Based on the "Well of Souls " novels by Jack L. Chalker . Millennium's End Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment 1991 M.I.S.S.I.O.N. Kabal Gaming Systems 1982 By Deiron e Yangsmoth Mistborn Adventure Game Crafty Games 2011 Based on American author Brandon Sanderson 's Mistborn novel series Mojo Polymancer Studios, Inc. 2004 Monastyr Wydawnictwo Portal 3d20 system 2004 Polish , Monastery Monsterhearts Buried Without Ceremony Powered by the Apocalypse 2012, 2017
Teen drama , paranormal romance , horror A game about the messy lives of teenage monsters by Joe Mcdaldno (1st ed.), designed by Avery Alder (2nd ed.) Monsters! Monsters! Metagaming Concepts 1976 Fantasy system where the player characters are monsters Monsters and Other Childish Things Arc Dream Publishing One-Roll Engine 2007 Mordheim Games Workshop 1999 A variant of the company's Warhammer Fantasy game set on a warband or "skirmish" scale. Mörk Borg Free League Publishing 2020 Heavy metal music -inspired fantasy Morpheus Rapport Games 1990 The Morrow Project Timeline Ltd. Timeline System 1980, 1983, 2013
Post apocalypse USA 150 years after WW III Morton's List Dark Carnival Games, LLC Mothership Tuesday Knight Games Old School Revival -style d100 rules 2018, 2024 Science fiction horror Mouse Guard Archaia Entertainment A version of the Burning Wheel engine 2008 By Luke Crane , based on David Petersen 's comics series of the same name. Multiverser Valdron, Inc. 1997 By E.R. Jones and M. Joseph Young Mummy: The Resurrection White Wolf Storyteller System 2001 World of Darkness Murphy's World Peregrine Creative Services Weapons & Wonder 1995 Mutant Target Games Basic Role-Playing 1984, 1989
Mutant Chronicles Target Games 1993 Mutant City Blues Pelgrane Press GUMSHOE System 2009 Superhero detectives Mutant Future Goblinoid Games 2008, 2010
Mutant RYMD Target Games 1992 Mutant: Undergångens Arvtagare Target Games 2002 By Järnringen Förlag AB Mutants & Masterminds Green Ronin Publishing d20 System 2002 Mutazoids Whit Productions Inc 1989 My Life with Master Half Meme Press 2003 Comic horror, Gothic horror Written by Paul Czege Myrskyn aika Johnny Kniga Kustannus 2003 By Mike Pohjola Mythworld Hippogriff Publications 1986 Necronautilus World Champ Games Co. 2020 Designed by Adam Vass Neighborhood Wheaton Publications 1982 Nephilim Chaosium 1992 Modern occult Neuroshima Portal 2003 Polish Nexus: The Infinite City Daedalus Games 1994 Nicotine Girls Half Meme Press 2002 "A roleplaying game of teenage, lower-income girls looking for happiness." [12] Designed 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 GUMSHOE System 2012 Horror-espionage vampire-hunting Created by Kenneth Hite Night Wizard! Enterbrain 2002, 2007
Wizards in contemporary times Japanese Ninja Burger Steve Jackson Games PDQ 2001 Ninjas and Superspies Palladium Books Megaversal 1987, 1990, 2000, 2001
Martial arts and espionage adventure. Nobilis Pharos Press , Hogshead Publishing , Eos Press Diceless resource-management, optional live action system 1999, 2002, 2011
Created by Jenna K. Moran , writing as R. Sean Borgstrom Noctum Mongoose Publishing 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015
Northern Crown Atlas Games d20 System 2005 No Thank You, Evil! Monte Cook Games Cypher System variant 2016 Numenera Monte Cook Games Cypher System 2013 Science fantasy Designed by Monte Cook Odysseus Fantasy Games Unlimited 1980 The Official Superhero Adventure Game Brian Phillips 1981 Omnigon Omnigon Games 1989 The One Ring Roleplaying Game Free League Publishing 2011, 2022 Epic high fantasy Set in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth , at the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . Originally published by Cubicle 7 as The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild Only War Fantasy Flight Games / Black Industries 2012 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. OSRIC Knights-n-Knaves, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2006, 2013
Other Suns Fantasy Games Unlimited 1983 Outime Valhalla Simulation Games 1983 Outgunned 2024 Over the Edge Atlas Games WaRP System (Wanton Role-Playing System) (custom dice pool -based) 1992, 1997, 2019
Surreal conspiracy set in the fictitious Mediterranean island of Al Amarja Created by Jonathan Tweet with Robin D. Laws Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game Palladium Books Megaversal 1983, 1984, 1996
Pandemonium! MIB Productions 1993 Roleplaying in the world of tabloid news Pantheon Hogshead Publishing 2000 Paranoia originally by West End Games , later by Mongoose Publishing 1984, 1987, 1995, 2004, 2009, 2017
A satire of dystopian futures Written by Greg Costikyan Pathfinder Paizo Publishing 2009 Fantasy role-playing game Pax Draconis Technicraft Design A detailed rules heavy space opera with a percentile system Passion Play Holistic Design, Inc. 1999 Fading Suns Holistic Design, Inc. 1996, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2012
Live action role-playing game Pendragon (or King Arthur Pendragon ) Chaosium Basic Role-Playing variant 1985, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2023
Arthurian legend Designed by Greg Stafford A Penny for My Thoughts Evil Hat Productions 2009 Phantasia Phantasy Conclave Phantasy Conclave 1984 Phase VII Cheshire Games 1982 Phoenix Command Leading Edge Games Phoenix Command 1986 Pirates and Plunder Yaquinto Publications 1982 Polaris (1997)Halloween Concepts 1997 Polaris These Are Our Games 2005 Powers and Perils Avalon Hill 1983 Praedor Burger Games 2000 Based on the eponymous comics by Petri Hiltunen The Price of Freedom West End Games 1986 America loses the Cold War and is occupied, but resistance is in their blood The Primal Order Wizards of the Coast Capsystem 1992, 1995
Prime Directive Task Force Games Custom, GURPS , d20 , d20 Modern , Traveller 1993, 2002, 2005, 2008
Primetime Adventures Dog Eared Designs 2004 Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game Chaosium 1989 Designed by Greg Stafford , based on Hal Foster 's comic strip of the same name Privateers and Gentlemen Fantasy Games Unlimited 1983 Naval adventure in the Napoleonic era Project A-ko: The Roleplaying Game Dream Pod 9 1995 Promethean: The Created White Wolf Publishing Storytelling System 2006, 2016
Chronicles of Darkness Psiworld Fantasy Games Unlimited 1984 SF adventures with a focus on psi abilities Puppetland Arcane Magazine, Hogshead Publishing 1997 Horror ("a grim world of make-believe") Written by John Scott Tynes QAGS Hex Entertainment 2003 Qin: The Warring States Cubicle 7 2007 Translated from the French publisher Le Septième Cercle's 2005 game Queerz! TTRPG Son of Oak 2024 Quest The Adventure Guild 2019 Quest of the Ancients Unicorn Game Publications 1982, 1988
The Quiet Year Buried Without Ceremony 2013, 2019 Designed by Avery Alder Rapture: The Second Coming Quintessential Mercy Studio 1995, 2002
By William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy The Realm of Yolmi West Coast Games 1977 Realms of the Unknown [13] [14] The Walnut Group 1991 Contained in Realms of the Unknown Player's Manual and Realm Controller's Manual Recon Palladium Books 1982 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 Nouvelles Éditions Fantastiques Malcontent Games
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By Denis Gerfaud (French , Rêve de Dragon ) The Riddle of Steel Driftwood Publishing 2002 Rifts Palladium Games Megaversal 1990, 2005
Rifts Chaos Earth Palladium Games Megaversal 2003 Ringworld Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1984 Hard science fiction Greg Stafford , Lynn Willis , Sandy Petersen , et al., based on Larry Niven 's Ringworld novels Risus Cumberland Games and Diversions 1993 Designed by S. John Ross Robot Warriors Hero Games Hero System 1986 Robotech Palladium Games Megaversal 1986, 2008
Based on the Robotech anime television series Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Role-Playing Game Palladium Games Megaversal 2008 Rogue Trader Fantasy Flight Games Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay 2009 RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) Iron Crown Enterprises Fully expandable and customizable rules system 1980, 1982, 1984, 1999
Rosenstrasse 2022 Rune Atlas Games 2001 Norse mythology -inspired fantasy Written by Robin D. Laws , based on the computer game of the same name RuneQuest [15] Chaosium , versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing Basic Role-Playing 1978, 1979, 1984, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018
Greg Stafford 's mythical world of Glorantha Originally designed by Steve Perrin , Ray Turney , Steve Henderson , and Warren James RuneSlayers 1998 Rüs 1990 Ryuutama Kotodama Heavy Industries 2016 Pastoral fantasy Influenced by the animation of Hayao Miyazaki SAGA System Sandman: Map of Halaal Savage Worlds Pinnacle Entertainment Group 2003 Generic rule system, with supplements for fantasy, horror, pulp, science fiction, etc. Written by Shane Lacy Hensley Scion: Hero White Wolf Publishing Modern day children of the gods Second Dawn Sengoku Gold Rush Games Historical fantasy set in feudal Japan The Shab-al-Hiri Roach Bully Pulpit Games 2005 1920s academic black comedy horror GM-less single-session game designed by Jason Morningstar Shades of Fantasy IDD 1992 Shadow Lords A world of epic heroes, immortals, titans, angels and demons. Shadow of the Demon Lord Schwalb Entertainment d20 2015 Dark fantasy , grimdark fantasy , sword and sorcery Written by Robert J. Schwalb The Shadow of Yesterday Shadowdark Arcane Library d20 2023 Dark fantasy An Old School Renaissance treatment of 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Kelsey Dionne Shadowrun FASA /Fantasy Productions /Catalyst Game Labs 1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019 Cyberpunk Fantasy Set in the same world as Earthdawn ; designed by Robert N. Charrette , Paul Hume , Tom Dowd , L. Ross Babcock III , Sam Lewis , et al. Shard Shatterzone Shock: Social Science Fiction Silver Age Sentinels Guardians of Order Simian Conquest Sine Requie Horror Italian role-playing game Skulduggery Pelgrane Press 2010 Designed by Robin D. Laws Skull and Crossbones: Roleplay on the Spanish Main Fantasy Games Unlimited Skyrealms of Jorune SkyRealms Publishing , later Chessex SLA Industries Nightfall Games [16] Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes Mongoose Publishing d20 System , Runequest 2002, 2007 Based on the 2000 AD (comics) comic book of the same name. S/lay w/Me Slayers 2020 The Slayers d20 Guardians of Order d20 System 2003 Fantasy comedy , sword and sorcery Based on the Slayers anime and light novel series Sleepaway 2019 Smallville Margaret Weis Productions Cortex Plus 2010 Superhero drama Based on the Smallville television series , designed by Cam Banks A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying Green Ronin Publishing Chronicle System 2009 High fantasy Written by Robert J. Schwalb , designed by Schwalb, Steve Kenson , Nicole Lindroos , Chris Pramas , based on the series of the same name by George R. R. Martin Sorcerer Adept Press 1998, 2001 Horror, Fantasy Written by Ron Edwards Sovereign Stone Space 1889 GDW Victorian Era Sci-Fi (steampunk ) Space Infantry Space Opera Fantasy Games Unlimited The game is based on, "the grand tradition of Space Opera, in the vein of E.E Doc Smith and ... Star Wars from George Lucas." Based on these sources the game includes: "psionic powers so prevalent in the Lensman series and in Star Wars with 'the force.'"[ citation needed ] Spacemaster SF adaptation of Rolemaster Space Quest Spaceship Zero Green Ronin Publishing SpaceTime Blacksburg Tactical Research Center The Spawn of Fashan Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin Ron Edwards 2007 Spire: The City Must Fall Rowan, Rook and Decard 2018 Designed by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor Spirit of the Century Evil Hat Productions FATE system 2006 A pulp game Designed by Fred Hicks , Rob Donoghue , and Leonard Balsera Splicers Splittermond Uhrwerk-Verlag Lorakis German Fantasy RPG Spycraft Alderac Entertainment Group Espionage adventures Stalking the Night Fantastic Standard RPG System Star Ace Star Crossed Bully Pulpit Games 2019 Romance Designed by Alex Roberts Starblazer Adventures Cubicle 7 FATE 2008 Science fiction Based on the Starblazer comics anthology StarCraft Adventures TSR, Inc. Star*Drive TSR, Inc. Starfaring Flying Buffalo Starfinder Roleplaying Game Paizo Publishing d20 System Starfleet Voyages Star Frontiers TSR Stargate SG-1 AEG Spycraft/d20 System 2003-2004 Star Hero Fantasy Hero SF adaptation of Hero System Star Patrol Star Riders Ianus Games Parody of space opera Star Rovers Stars Without Number 2010 Starship Troopers (RPG) Mongoose Publishing Starships & Spacemen Fantasy Games Unlimited 1978 Starstone Northern Sages Adaptation of D&D rules 1982 Feudal fantasy Thinly disguised effort to create unlicensed D&D adventures Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier Heritage Models 1978 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Role Playing Game Last Unicorn 1999-2000 Star Trek Role Playing Game Last Unicorn 1999 Star Trek Roleplaying Game Decipher 2002-2005 Star Trek: The Role Playing Game FASA 1983-1988 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game West End Games D6 System 1987-1999 Written by Greg Costikyan Star Wars Roleplaying Game Fantasy Flight 2012 Star Wars Roleplaying Game Wizards of the Coast d20 System 2000-2010 Star Wreck Role-playing game Mike Pohjola Parody game based on the Star Wreck movie franchise Steve Perrin's Quest Rules 2008 Perrin's successor and alternate to his RuneQuest rules Stormbringer Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1981 Based on Michael Moorcock 's Elric of Melniboné stories Storytelling System The Strange Monte Cook Games Cypher System Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game Strontium Dog Mongoose Publishing Traveller 2009 Super Squadron Super-Hero game Australian Supergame Superhero 2044 Supernatural Margaret Weis Productions Cortex Classic 2009-2010 Based on The CW's Supernatural television series Supervillains Superworld Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1983 Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies Swordbearer Heritage Games and Fantasy Games Unlimited Swords & Wizardry Matthew J. 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Phantasy Network 1982 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness Palladium Books Megaversal system 1985-2000 Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books Teenagers from Outer Space R. Talsorian Games 1987 Anime -based RPG Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne Guardians of Order 2005 Tenchi Muyo! Guardians of Order 2000 Ten Candles 2015 Tenra War Enterbrain 2007 Japanese Tephra: The Steampunk RPG Cracked Monocle D12-based "Clockwork System" 2012 Steampunk , Fantasy Terra Incognita Grey Ghost Press 2001 Terra Primate Eden Studios, Inc. Unisystem 2002 Sci-fi , Fantasy Theatrix Backstage Press 1993 Thieves' Guild Gamelords 1980 Thieves' World Chaosium multiple 1981 Sword and sorcery Based on the Thieves' World series of novels, included statistics and gaming notes for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons , Adventures in Fantasy , Chivalry & Sorcery , DragonQuest , Dungeons & Dragons , The Fantasy Trip , RuneQuest , Traveller , and Tunnels & Trolls Thirsty Sword Lesbians Evil Hat Productions 2021 Thousand Year Old Vampire Tim Hutchings 2020 Tibet: The Roleplaying Game Vajra Enterprises 2004 Historical fantasy set in Tibet Time & Time Again Timeline Ltd. 1984 Time Drifters 1990 Time Lord — Adventures through Time and Space Virgin Publishing 1991 A Doctor Who RPG based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series Timelords Blacksburg Tactical Research Center Timemaster Pacesetter Ltd; Goblinoid Games 1984; 2011 Timeship Yaquinto Publications To Challenge Tomorrow Ragnarok Enterprises 1983 Tokyo NOVA Enterbrain Playing card -based 1993 Cyberpunk Japanese Toon Steve Jackson Games 1984 Cartoon adventure inspired by the classic cartoon series from Warner Brothers and MGM Written by Greg Costikyan Top Secret TSR, Inc. 1980 Espionage adventures Written by Merle M. Rasmussen TORG West End Games 1990 Cross-genre Ceated by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek Total Eclipse RPG Shrapnel Games By Steve N. Jackson – Smart phone optimized role playing game Trail of Cthulhu Pelgrane Press GUMSHOE System 2008 Cthulhu Mythos horror Designed by Kenneth Hite , based on Call of Cthulhu by Sandy Petersen and Lynn Willis Transhuman Space Steve Jackson Games Traveller GDW 1977 Space Opera By Marc Miller , Frank Chadwick , John Harshman , and Loren K. Wiseman . Traveller: 2300 Game Designers Workshop 1986 Hard science fiction Designed by Frank Chadwick , Timothy B. Brown , Lester W. Smith , Marc W. Miller Tri-Stat dX Triangle Agency Haunted Table Games 2024 Tribe 8 Dream Pod 9 1998 Thrilling Tales Pulp Amazing Stories Trinity White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System (1st edition), d20 System (d20 edition) 1997, 2004 Futuristic , Superhero Designed by Andrew Bates , Ken Cliffe , Richard Dansky , Robert Hatch , Stephan Wieck , et al. Troika! 2019 Trollbabe Adept Press 2002 Fantasy Written by Ron Edwards Trophy RPG The Gauntlet (tabletop games producer) 2023 True20 Green Ronin Publishing True20 2005 Truth & Justice Atomic Sock Monkey Press 2005 Tunnels and Trolls Flying Buffalo TWERPS Lou Zocchi Twilight 2000 GDW 1984 Twilight Imperium: The Role-Playing Game Fantasy Flight Games 1999 Ultraviolet Grasslands Exalted Funeral Press 2020 Underground Mayfair Games 1993 Unisystem Eden Studios, Inc. 2003 Universalis Ramshead Publishing 2002 Universe SPI 1981-1983 Subtitled The Role-Playing Game of the Future Unknown Armies Atlas Games 1998 Postmodernist -occult horror Designed by John Scott Tynes , Greg Stolze Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game Gold Rush Games, Sanguine Productions 1998, 2005 Fantasy Edo-period Japan Designed by Greg Stolze (1st ed.), Jason Holmgren and Pieter van Hiel (2nd ed.), based on the comic book series of the same name by Stan Sakai Uuhraah! 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World of Darkness Created by Mark Rein-Hagen Vampire: The Requiem Storytelling System 2004 Victorian Adventure SKS Distribution 1983 Victorian Age: Vampire White Wolf Storyteller System 2002 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 Visigoths vs. Mall Goths Hit Point Press 2020, 2023 1996 Los Angeles Designed by Lucian Kahn Wanderhome Possum Creek Games 2021 Warcraft the Roleplaying Game White Wolf Publishing Roleplaying game book based on the popular computer game by Blizzard Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Games Workshop [17] Warheads: Medieval Tales Urban Mammoth A comically based tabletop roleplaying war game WARS Roleplaying Game Mongoose Publishing Waste World: Roleplaying in a Savage Future Manticore 1997 Wayfarers Ye Olde Gaming Companye Weapons of the Gods Eos Press 2005 A wuxia -style game based on the manhua comic of the same name Weird Wars Pinnacle Entertainment Group d20 System ; Savage Worlds 2001 Werewolf: The Apocalypse White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 1992 Werewolf: The Forsaken White Wolf Publishing ; Onyx Path Publishing Storytelling System 2005 Werewolf: The Wild West White Wolf Publishing Storyteller System 1997 What Price Glory?! 1978 The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game Last Unicorn Games d20 System Based on The Wheel of Time novel series by author Robert Jordan When Worlds Collide 2010 The Whispering Vault Pariah Press ; Ronin Publishing 1993 An RPG about god-hunting Whitehack WhitehackRPG (Christian Mehrstam) 2013–present Mainly fantasy but flexible A "reimaging" of the D&D "White Box" game with modern streamlined rules, now in its 4th edition Wild Talents Arc Dream Publishing Wild West Fantasy Games Unlimited 1981 Witchcraft Eden Studios, Inc. Witch Hunt StatCom Simulations Inc. 1983 Witch Hunter: The Invisible World Alligator Alley Entertainmenf 2007 With Great Power... Incarnadine Press Wizards' Realm Wizards' World Women are Werewolves 2022 Woof meow (role-playing game) Game Systems 1988 World Action And Adventure World of Darkness (original) and the World of Darkness (new) "2.0" White Wolf Publishing Product line The World of Indiana Jones West End Games World of Synnibarr WonderWorld Press World Tree Roleplaying in a high-magic, highly civilized world populated by many sentient species, none of them human World Wide Wrestling RPG 2015 Worlds Beyond Worlds of Wonder Chaosium Basic Role-Playing 1982 Fantasy, superhero, and science fiction settings Designed by Steve Perrin , Steve Henderson , Gordon Monson, Greg Stafford , Lynn Willis Wraith: The Great War Wraith: The Oblivion Original World of Darkness Year of the Phoenix Fantasy Games Unlimited 1986 Ysgarth Ragnarok Games 1979 Written by Timothy Willard The Zorcerer of Zo Atomic Sock Monkey Press 2006 Fairy tales Zweihänder Grim & Perilous Studios 2017 Written by Daniel Fox, who first described it as a "Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay retroclone" [18] 
