following is a timeline of tabletop role-playing games. For computer role-playing games see here. The publication year listed here is the year of the first...

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...

A tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG or TRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a kind of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants...

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...

popularity of D&D led to the birth of the tabletop role-playing game industry, which publishes games with many different themes, rules, and styles of play. The...

Japanese-made tabletop role-playing games first emerged during the 1980s. Instead of "tabletop," they are referred to in Japanese as tabletalk RPGs (テーブルトークRPG...

parlour games combined with the rulesets of fantasy wargames in the 1970s to give rise to tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). Multiple TTRPGs were produced...

traditional tabletop role-playing games and strategy games in appearance, pacing, and rule structure. Likewise, early tabletop role-playing games are descended...

rules to be used and facilitate play. The first LARPs were run in the late 1970s, inspired by tabletop role-playing games and genre fiction. The activity...

An adventure is a playable scenario in a tabletop role-playing game. These can be constructed by gamemasters for their players, and are also released...

text-based role playing game is a role-playing game played online using a solely text-based interface. Online text-based role playing games date to 1978...

In some role-playing games (RPGs), alignment is a categorization of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters,...

publishers, in contrast to games published by large corporations. Indie tabletop role-playing game designers participate in various game distribution networks...

Exploration in Darkest Africa, a role-playing game published in 2000 by New Breed; see Timeline of tabletop role-playing games Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth...

Actual play (or live play): A genre of podcast or web show in which people play tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) for an audience. Actual play often...

tactical tabletop wargame created by Steven V. Cole and produced by Task Force Games in 1979. Like Zocchi's Star Fleet Battle Manual, it also made use of a license...

Conspiracy, and MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients. Traveller is a tabletop role-playing game. Characters journey between star systems, engaging in exploration...

relevant to many types of games, including video games, tabletop role-playing games, board games, and sports. The passage of time must be handled in...

statistic (or stat) in role-playing games is a piece of data that represents a particular aspect of a fictional character. That piece of data is usually a...

alternative history science fiction tabletop role-playing game published in 2017 by Free League Publishing, the international arm of Swedish game and book publisher...

Psionics, in tabletop role-playing games, is a broad category of fantastic abilities originating from the mind, similar to the psychic abilities that...

referred to as "gamemastering" or simply "GM-ing." The role of a GM in a traditional tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) is to weave together the other participants'...

horror/fantasy comic book about role-playing games, and an interconnected tabletop role-playing game system. The comic book and role-playing game were developed simultaneously...

Pendragon, is a Tabletop role-playing game (RPG) in which players take the role of knights performing chivalric deeds in the tradition of Arthurian legend...

theories about tabletop role-playing games include the Threefold model and GNS theory, which developed in conversation with the indie role-playing game forum...

Eye (German: Das Schwarze Auge, lit. "The Black Eye") is a German tabletop role-playing game with a high fantasy theme created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched...

pulp action role-playing game originally printed by White Wolf Game Studio, the third and last book in the Trinity Universe line of games. The game, printed...

Board games are tabletop games that typically use pieces. These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked game board (playing surface) and often include...

"Critical Role and Audience Impact on Tabletop Roleplay". Watch Us Roll: Essays on Actual Play and Performance in Tabletop Role-Playing Games. Jefferson...

an indie role-playing game in which players create a fictional historical timeline, then zoom in to role-play specific events on that timeline. It was...