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 |
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 | | 1979 | | |
The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game | TSR, Inc. | | 1984 | | |
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 | |
Aftermath! | Fantasy Games Unlimited | | 1981 | Post-apocalypse | Designed by Paul Hume and Robert N. Charrette |
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 | | 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) | | 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. |
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 |
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 | | |
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 | |
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 | | |
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 | | | 1988 | | |
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 | | | 2006 | | |
The Burning Wheel | | | 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 | | |
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 | | |
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 |
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 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 | | | 1999 | | Based on the novel and anime series of the same name |
Demon Hunters Role Playing Game | | Cortex System | 2008 | | |
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 | | |
Diana: Warrior Princess | Steve Jackson Games | | 2003 | | By Marcus Rowland |
Diaspora | VSCA Publishing | FATE | 2009 | Hard science fiction | |
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 |
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 | Clinton R. Nixon, Donjon Anvilwerks | | 2002 | | |
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 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 | | 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 | |
Eclipse Phase | Posthuman Studios | d100 | 2009 | Sci-fi | |
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 | | |
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 | | |
Forbidden Kingdoms | OtherWorld Creations | d20 System | 2001, 2006 | | |
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 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | | |
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 |
Halcyon | Neuwerld Studios | Prodigy System | 2008 | | |
Happy Birthday, Robot! | Evil Hat Productions | | 2010 | | |
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 | | |
Hidden Kingdom | New Rules Inc. | | 1985 | | |
High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game | TSR, Inc. | | 1993 | | |
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 horror | Designed 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 horror | Designed 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 |
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 | | |
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 | | |
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 |
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 | | |
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 |
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 | | |
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) | Storytelling System | 1993 1995 2000 2015 | 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 | | |
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 | | 1997 | | |
MERC | Fantasy Games Unlimited | | 1981 | | A Modern Role Playing Game of Counter Insurgency |
Merc 2000 | | | | 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 | | | 1976 | Set on a generation spaceship, the starship Warden, long after an unknown cataclysmic event | |
Michtim: Fluffy Adventures | | | 2012 | | |
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 | Dungeons & Dragons | 2003 | A fantasy world wereinwhich 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 | | |
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 | | 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 | | |
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 | | |
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 | | |
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 | | 1985, 1993 | | 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 | FFG[13] | Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay | 2009 | | |
RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) | Iron Crown Enterprises | Fully expandable and customizable rules system | 1980, 1982, 1984, 1999 | | |
Rune | Atlas Games | | 2001 | Norse mythology-inspired fantasy | Written by Robin D. Laws, based on the computer game of the same name |
RuneQuest[14] | 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 | | |
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 | | | | | |
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 | | | | | |
Shadowrun | | | | Cyberpunk fantasy | |
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[15] | | | | |
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 | | | | | |
The Slayers d20 | | d20 System | | | |
Smallville | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex Classic | | Based on the Smallville television series | |
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 | 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 | | | | | |
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 | | | | | |
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 | | | | | |
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 | | | | | |
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 | | | | |
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies | | | | | |
Swordbearer | Heritage Games and Fantasy Games Unlimited | | | | |
Swords & Wizardry | Mythmere Games | | | | A free "clone" of the original version of Dungeons & Dragons |
Sword World RPG | Group SNE | 2d6 System | 1989, 1996, 2008, 2018 | Fantasy, set in the same universe as Record of Lodoss War | Designed by Ryo Mizuno and Miyuki Kiyomatsu, the Japanese answer to Dungeons & Dragons |
Synnibarr (a.k.a. The World of Synnibarr) | Craig McCracken | | | | Notorious for a nonsensical, poorly explained game-world and huge power-levels granted to beginning player characters |
Systems Failure | Palladium Books | | | | |
Tales from the Floating Vagabond | Avalon Hill | | 1991 | Comedy-fantasy | |
Tales from the Loop | Free League Publishing | | 2017 | Alternative history science fiction | |
Talislanta | Bard Games | Omni System | 1987 | | |
Taste My Steel! | 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 | | |
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. | | | | |
Theatrix | Backstage Press | | 1993 | | |
Thieves' Guild | Gamelords | | 1980 | | |
Thieves' World | Chaosium | | 1981 | | |
Thousand Year Old Vampire | | | 2020 | | |
Tibet: The Roleplaying Game | Vajra Enterprises | | 2004 | Historical fantasy set in Tibet | |
Time & Time Again | Timeline Ltd. | | 1984 | | |
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 | | | | |
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 | | | | | |
Tribe 8 | Dream Pod 9 | | | | |
Thrilling Tales | | | | Pulp Amazing Stories | |
Trinity | White Wolf Publishing | | | | |
Trollbabe | Adept Press | | 2002 | | |
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 | | |
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! | Blackhawk Games | | 1976 | Prehistoric setting with cavemen | |
Vaesen | Free League Publishing | | 2020 | Horror mystery monster-hunting in 19th-century Europe | Based on Vaesen: Spirits and Monsters of Scandinavian Folklore by Johan Egerkrans |
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 | 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[16] | | | | |
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 |
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 | | | | | |
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 |
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"[17] |