Role-playing games made in Japan made their first appearance during the 1980s. Today, there are hundreds of Japanese-designed games as well as several...
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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...
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Tactical role-playing games (abbreviated TRPGs), also known as strategy role-playing games and in Japan as simulation RPGs (both abbreviated SRPGs), are...
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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....
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massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). Role-playing games also include single-player role-playing video games in which players control a...
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in tabletop role-playing games and use much of the same terminology, settings, and game mechanics. Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include...
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A Survey and Analysis of PC Death in Tabletop Role-Playing Games". RPG学研究: Japanese Journal of Analog Role-Playing Game Studies (1): 20–27. ISSN 2434-9682...
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Best Contemporary Role Playing Game 1987, Games Day Award, Best Other Role Playing Game 1993, Leeds Wargame Club, Best Role Playing Game 1994, Gamer's...
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The history of role-playing games begins with an earlier tradition of role-playing, which combined with the rulesets of fantasy wargames in the 1970s to...
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Fabula Ultima (category Role-playing games introduced in 2023)
Fabula Ultima is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game inspired by Japanese role-playing video games such as the Final Fantasy series. It was designed by...
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multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in August 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. Rifts takes place in a post-apocalyptic...
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Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a 1984 tabletop role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit under license from...
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well as Uchusen. The company has also released a number of role-playing and tabletop games, action figures related to anime and manga franchises, as well...
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symbols. See Lists of video games for related lists. This is a comprehensive index of commercial tactical role-playing games for all platforms, sorted chronologically...
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Western role-playing video games are role-playing video games developed in the Western world, including The Americas and Europe. They originated on mainframe...
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environment. Indie role-playing game designers participate in several development communities and game distribution networks. Indie games also grant their...
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Shadowrun (redirect from Essence (Shadowrun role-playing game))
Shadowrun is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines...
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""Robotech: The Macross Saga" Just Got A Tabletop RPG" (Website). Website. Retrieved 2019-09-18. Robotech role-playing games official discussion board at Palladium...
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Dragon Quest (category Japanese role-playing video games)
previously published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii (Armor Project)...
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X-Card (category Indie role-playing games)
The X-Card is a technique for moderating content while playing tabletop role-playing games, also known as a safety tool. Gameplay pauses when a player...
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Anima is a tabletop role-playing franchise developed by Spain-based company Anima Game Studio. The fantasy setting of Anima is called Gaïa. It draws significant...
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Dungeon crawl (redirect from Dungeon (role-playing games))
A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) in which heroes navigate a labyrinth environment (a "dungeon"), battling various...
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Sword World RPG (category Japanese role-playing games)
Sword World RPG (ソード・ワールドRPG, Sōdo Wārudo Āru Pī Jī) is a Japanese tabletop role-playing game created by Group SNE. 10 million copies of the related books...
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Red Dragon (Japanese: レッド・ドラゴン) is a Japanese role-playing game, role-playing fiction and art phenomenon. A series of books based on TRPG replays of the...
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The Burning Wheel (category Role-playing games introduced in 2002)
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...
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amount of time devoted to them. In 1987, Nihon Falcom's Yoshio Kiya, creator of the Dragon Slayer action role-playing games, expressed his idea for an online...
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James Bond 007: Role-Playing In Her Majesty's Secret Service is a spy fiction tabletop role-playing game based on the James Bond books and films. It is...
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game-play. Role-playing games (RPGs) originated from tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) in the West such as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). In 1985, a Japanese-translated...
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Disco Elysium (category Role-playing video games)
Disco Elysium is a 2019 role-playing video game developed and published by ZA/UM. Inspired by Infinity Engine-era games, particularly Planescape: Torment...
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Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game (redirect from Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game)
based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures. Like most role-playing games, Legend of the Five Rings is played by one or more players...
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