List of tabletop role-playing games
This is a list of notable tabletop role-playing games. It does not include computer role-playing games, MMORPGs, play-by-mail/email games, or any other video games with RPG elements.
Most of these games are tabletop role-playing games; other types of games are noted as such where appropriate.
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| 13th Age | Pelgrane Press | d20 | 2013 | Fantasy | By Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo |
| 2300 AD | Game Designers' Workshop | 1989 - | Future of the Twilight 2000 universe | Originally called Traveller 2300AD | |
| 3D&T | Editora Talismã (formerly Trama Editorial) | 1994 | A Brazilian generic system, turned to anime-style campaigns | ||
| 7th Sea | Alderac Entertainment Group / John Wick Presents | 1999, 2016 | Pirates / Swashbuckling | Designed by John Wick (game designer) | |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| EABA | Blacksburg Tactical Research Center | 2003 | A generic RPG system | aka 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 | Based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini | |||
| Elfs | Adept Press | ||||
| Elric! | Chaosium | Based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories | |||
| Empire of the Petal Throne | TSR, Inc | Set in M. A. R. Barker's world of Tékumel | |||
| En Garde! | Game Designers' Workshop and SFC Press | Duelists from 17th century France | |||
| The End | Scapegoat Games | 1995 | Banned from Gen Con by TSR | ||
| Enforcers | 21st Century Games | 1987 | |||
| Engel | Feder & Schwert | ||||
| Eon | Neogames | Swedish fantasy game | |||
| The Esoterrorists | Pelgrane Press | GUMSHOE System | 2006 | Horror | |
| Espionage! | Hero Games | Based on Second Edition Champions | |||
| Eternal Soldier | Tai-Gear Simulations | 1985 | Free Universal Role-Playing system | ||
| Etherscope | Goodman Games | ||||
| The Everlasting | Visionary Entertainment Studios Inc | ||||
| EverQuest Role-Playing Game | White Wolf Publishing | Pencil & paper version of the popular MMORPG | |||
| Everway | |||||
| Ex Machina | Guardians of Order | Scifi, Cyberpunk | |||
| Exalted | White Wolf Publishing | Epic fantasy; potential pre-history of World of Darkness | |||
| Exodus: Post Apocalyptic RPG | Glutton Creeper Games | ||||
| Expendables | Stellar Games | 1987 | |||
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Ediciones Sombra | A storytelling RPG based on the stories about Baron Munchausen | By James Wallis |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Fading Suns | Holistic Design | ||||
| Fanhunter | Farsa's Wagon | Spanish game based on the series of comics of the same name | |||
| Fantasy Craft | Crafty Games | Mastercraft | |||
| Fantasy Earth | Zody Games | 1994 | Includes Fantasy Earth: Basic Rules, Fantasy Earth: The Book of Magic, and The Essential Fantasy Earth | ||
| Fantasy Hero | Hero Games | ||||
| The Fantasy Trip | Steve Jackson, published by Metagaming Concepts | The precursor to GURPS | |||
| Fantasy Wargaming | Patrick Stephens Limited | 1981 | |||
| Farscape Roleplaying Game | Alderac Entertainment Group | ||||
| F.A.T.A.L. | Byron Hall | Custom | 2001-2004 | Fantasy | Adult-oriented role-playing. "Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery" |
| Fate Core | Evil Hat | Fate System | Generic | Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine. No longer an acronym.[6] There are other games that use the FATE engine. | |
| Fate of the Norns | Andrew Valkauskas | Runic Game System (RGS) - Previous editions used a 2D10 based system | Viking Historical/Fantasy | ||
| Fates Worse than Death | Vajra Enterprises | Cyberpunk-influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080 | |||
| Fear Itself | Pelgrane Press | ||||
| Feng Shui | Daedalus Entertainment, Atlas Games | Hong Kong martial arts movies | |||
| Fiasco | Bully Pulpit Games | Custom | 2009 | Various | |
| Field Guide to Encounters | Judges Guild | ||||
| Fifth Cycle | Shield Games | ||||
| Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game | Puffin Books | 1982 | Based on the Fighting Fantasy book series. | ||
| Fireborn | Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
| Firefly | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex+ | 2014-2015 | Based on the television series Firefly. | A separate game from Serenity due to licensing issues, despite the same company producing both at different times. |
| Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
| Flashing Blades | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
| Forbidden Kingdoms | OtherWorld Creations | ||||
| Forgotten Futures | Marcus L. Rowland | ||||
| Freedom Fighters | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
| Fringeworthy | Tri Tac Games | ||||
| FTL:2448 | Tri Tac Games | ||||
| FUDGE | Steffan O'Sullivan | FUDGE | "Free, Universal, Do-it-Yourself Gaming Engine" | ||
| Furry Pirates | Atlas Games | ||||
| Future Worlds | Stellar Gaming Workshop | ||||
| Fuzion | R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games | Modified from R. Talsorian's Interlock System and Hero Games' Hero System | A simple and customizable generic open gaming system |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Immortal: The Invisible War | Ran Valerhon | 1993 | |||
| In Dark Alleys | Vajra Enterprises | ||||
| In Nomine | Steve Jackson Games | based on In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas | |||
| In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas | Croc (Siroz) | satiric gang/spy wars involving angels and demons in the contemporary world | (French) | ||
| Incursion | Tri Tac Games | ||||
| Infernum | Mongoose Publishing | ||||
| Infinity | The Infinity Company | 1979 | |||
| Inner City | Inner City Games | 1982 | |||
| Inou Tsukai | Enterbrain | ||||
| InSpectres | Memento Mori Theatricks | ||||
| 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 | based on making D&D playable without magic | ||
| Ironsworn | Shawn Tomkin | Powered by the Apocalypse | 2018 | ||
| It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show | Stellar Games | 1989 | |||
| It Was a Mutual Decision | |||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Jadeclaw | Sanguine Productions Ltd | 2002 | |||
| James Bond 007: Role-Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service | Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill | 1983 | |||
| Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing | Based on the TV series | |||
| John Carter, Warlord of Mars | Heritage Models | 1978 | |||
| Jorune (or Skyrealms of Jorune) | SkyRealms Publishing | 1984 | |||
| Jovian Chronicles | Dream Pod 9 | ||||
| Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game | Games Workshop | 1985-1989 | |||
| The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing | d20 System | 2002 | ||
| The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing | Traveller | 2009 | ||
| Justice, Inc. | Hero Games[7] | 1930s Pulp fiction oriented adventure | |||
| Justifiers | StarChilde Publications | Play as human/animal hybrids (Betas) that are owned by the Corporation; locate new resources, eliminate threats, and buy your freedom. |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| KABAL | Kabal Gaming Systems | 1982 | |||
| kill puppies for satan (sic) | Lumpley Games | 2001 | |||
| Killer | Steve Jackson Games | Live action | |||
| Kindred of the East | White Wolf | Storytelling System | Old World of Darkness | Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade | |
| Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom | White Wolf | Storytelling System | Old World of Darkness | Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade | |
| Knights and Magick | Heritage USA | 1980 | |||
| Knights of the Round Table | Little Soldier Games | 1976 | |||
| Kobolds Ate My Baby! | 9th Level Games | ||||
| Krysztaly Czasu | MAG | Polish, Crystals of Time | |||
| Kult | Äventyrsspel | 1991 | Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones | ||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Neighborhood | Wheaton Publications | 1982 | |||
| Nephilim | Chaosium | 1992 | modern occult | ||
| Neuroshima | Portal | 2003 | Polish | ||
| Nexus: The Infinite City | Daedalus Games | 1994 | |||
| Nicotine Girls | by Paul Czege | ||||
| Nightbane | Palladium Books | 1995 | Dark fantasy | ||
| Nightlife | Stellar Games | 1990 | Horror | ||
| Night of the Ninja | IIE Games Corporation | 1986 | |||
| Night's Black Agents | Pelgrane Press | 2012 | |||
| Night Wizard! | Enterbrain | wizards in contemporary | Japanese | ||
| Ninja Burger | Steve Jackson Games | ||||
| Ninjas and Superspies | Palladium Books | martial arts and espionage adventure | |||
| Nobilis | by R. Sean Borgstrom | ||||
| Noctum | |||||
| Northern Crown | Atlas Games | d20 System | 2005 | ||
| Numenera | Monte Cook Games | Cypher System | 2013 | ||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Odysseus | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1980 | |||
| The Official Superhero Adventure Game | Brian Phillips | 1981 | |||
| Omnigon | Omnigon Games | 1989 | |||
| The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild | |||||
| Only War | |||||
| Ork! The Roleplaying Game | Green Ronin Publishing | 2000 | |||
| Orkworld | Wicked Press | 2000 | |||
| Orpheus | White Wolf Publishing | (original World of Darkness) | 2003 | Contemporary, Horror | Wraith: The Oblivion spinoff. Stand-alone setting, divorced from the generic World of Darkness, with a finished metaplot, published across six books. |
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| Other Suns | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1983 | |||
| Outime | Valhalla Simulation Games | 1983 | |||
| Over the Edge | Atlas Games | ||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| QAGS | Hex Entertainment | 2003 | |||
| Qin: The Warring States | Cubicle 7 | 2007 | |||
| Quest of the Ancients | Unicorn Game Publications | ||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Rapture: The Second Coming | by William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy | ||||
| The Realm of Yolmi | |||||
| Recon | Palladium Books | Vietnam War adventure | |||
| Red Dragon | Japanese | ||||
| Reich Star | Creative Encounters | 1991 | fight Nazis in space | by Simon Bell and Ken Richardson | |
| Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros | by Denis Gerfaud (French, Rêve de Dragon) | ||||
| The Riddle of Steel | Driftwood Publishing | ||||
| Rifts | Palladium Games | crossover system | |||
| Rifts Chaos Earth | Palladium Games | ||||
| Ringworld | Chaosium | ||||
| Risus | |||||
| Robot Warriors | |||||
| Robotech | Palladium Games | based on the Robotech anime television series | |||
| Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Role-Playing Game | Palladium Games | ||||
| Rogue Trader | FFG[8] | ||||
| RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) | Iron Crown Enterprises | fully expandable and customizable rules system | |||
| Rune | |||||
| RuneQuest[9] | Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing | ||||
| RuneSlayers | |||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Underground | Mayfair Games | 1993 | |||
| Unisystem | Eden Studios, Inc. | 2003 | |||
| Universalis | Ramshead Publishing | 2002 | |||
| Universe | SPI | 1981-1983 | subtitle The Role-Playing Game of the Future | ||
| Unknown Armies | Atlas Games | 1998 | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo | Sanguine Productions | based on the comic book series, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai | |||
| Uuhraah! | Blackhawk Games | 1976 | |||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Valley of the Pharaohs | Palladium Books | 1983-1985 | |||
| Vampire: The Dark Ages | White Wolf Publishing | Storyteller System | 1996 | ||
| Vampire: The Masquerade | White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions)
Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition) Modiphius Entertainment(5th edition) |
Storyteller System | 1991
1992 1998 2011 2018 |
World of Darkness | |
| Vampire: The Requiem | Storytelling System | 2004 | |||
| Victorian Adventure | SKS Distribution | 1983 | |||
| Victorian Age: Vampire | White Wolf | Storyteller System | 2002 | ||
| Victoriana - 2nd edition | Cubicle 7 Entertainment | ||||
| Victorian Gothic | Arcanus Press | Epic Dice System | 2020 | Gothic Horror | A dark world of the penny dreadful. |
| Villains and Vigilantes | Fantasy Games Unlimited, Monkey House Games | 1979 | |||
| Violence | Hogshead Publishing | 1999 | |||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| Year of the Phoenix | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1986 | |||
| Ysgarth | Ragnarok Games | 1979 | Written by Timothy Willard | ||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
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| The Zorcerer of Zo | Atomic Sock Monkey Press | 2006 | Fairy tales | ||
| Zweihänder | Grim & Perilous Studios | 2017 | Written by Daniel Fox. Deliberately similar in tone and rules mechanics to Warhammer FRP | ||
See also
- List of play-by-mail games
- List of role-playing game designers, annotated with a few significant games to which each designer has contributed.
- Timeline of tabletop role-playing games
- List of role-playing game publishers
- List of game manufacturers
References
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- "Fate not FATE". 25 August 2013.
- "Justice, Inc". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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- Maranci, Peter. "The History of RuneQuest". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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