List of role-playing games
This is a list of notable role-playing games. It does not include computer role-playing games, MMORPGs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 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) | |
| 77 Worlds | Fireside Creations | Ward Card System | Post apocalyptic Earth | Designed by Stephen A Lee & James M. Ward | |
| 9th Generation |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberrant | White Wolf Publishing | Modified Storyteller | 1999 | Super-hero characters in the near future | Part of the Trinity series |
| d20 | |||||
| Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier | Kenzer and Company | 2007 | A Western role-playing game. | ||
| Active Exploits | Precis Intermedia Gaming | 2002 | |||
| Advanced Dungeons & Dragons | TSR, Inc. | (See also Dungeons & Dragons) | |||
| Advanced Fighting Fantasy | Cubicle 7 | ||||
| Adventure! | 1985 | ||||
| Adventure! | White Wolf Publishing | Modified Storyteller | 2001 | A pulp adventure | Part of the Trinity series |
| Adventurers' Guild | Adventurers' Guild | 1987 | Line of "generic fantasy" supplements | The Adventurers' Guild Bestiary, Adventurers' Guild Bounty Hunters' Handbook, Adventurers' Guild Sage's Tome, The Adventurers' Guild Tome | |
| Adventures in Fantasy | |||||
| The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game | TSR, Inc. | 1984 | |||
| Adventures in Middle-earth | Cubicle 7 | d20 | 2016 | fantasy | Based upon The One Ring RPG |
| After The Bomb | Palladium Books | 1986, 2001 | |||
| Aftermath! | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1981 | |||
| Age of the Tempest | |||||
| Agone (French) | Multisim Editions | 1999 | Edited in French by Multisim Editions and translated in English by Multisim Editions | ||
| Albedo | Thoughts & Images, Chessex | 1988, 1993 | Based on the furry comic book series, Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci | ||
| Aliens Adventure Game | Leading Edge Games | 1990 | Science Fiction | ||
| All Flesh Must Be Eaten | Eden Studios, Inc. | Unisystem | 1999, 2003 | Zombie survival horror game | |
| Alma Mater | Oracle Games | 1982 | Comic high school | ||
| Alshard (Japanese) | Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain | 2002, 2005 | Fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy | ||
| Alshard Gaia (Japanese) | Alshard system | 2006 | A contemporary fantasy | ||
| Alternity | TSR, Inc. | 1998 | SciFi | ||
| Amazing Engine | TSR, Inc. | 1993 | |||
| Amber Diceless Roleplaying | Phage Press | Diceless | 1991 | Based on the works of Roger Zelazny | |
| 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 World | Lumpley Games | PbtA | 2010 | A post-apocalyptic RPG of politics and survival | Created by D. Vincent 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 | Designed by David A. Hargrave | |
| Aria | |||||
| Arianrhod RPG (Japanese) | 2004 | Japanese MMORPG-like | |||
| Armageddon: 2089 | |||||
| Armageddon: The End Times | Mongoose Publishing | 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 | |
| Ars Magica | Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2) | Fantasy | |||
| White Wolf Publishing (edition 3) | |||||
| Atlas Games (editions 4 & 5) | |||||
| Artesia: Adventures in the Known World | Based on the Comic/Graphic Novels by Mark Smylie | ||||
| Ashen Stars | Pelgrane Press | GUMSHOE System | 2011 | Gritty investigative Space Opera | |
| Atlantis | |||||
| Attack of the Humans | |||||
| The Authority Role-Playing Game | |||||
| Ave Molech | Morbidgames Publishing | modified d20 modern with 3.5 edition races | Fantasy setting with Steampunk technology |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillacs and Dinosaurs | Game Designer's Workshop | ||||
| Cadwallon | Rackham | ||||
| Call of Cthulhu | Chaosium | Based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft | |||
| Capes | |||||
| Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul | |||||
| Cartoon Action Hour | Spectrum Games | ||||
| Cassiopean Empire | |||||
| Castles & Crusades | Troll Lord Games | OGL System | Fantasy RPG | ||
| Castle Falkenstein | Steampunk fantasy | ||||
| The Castle Perilous | |||||
| Challengers | |||||
| The Challenges Game System | |||||
| Champions | Hero Games | ||||
| Changeling: The Dreaming | White Wolf (1st and 2nd editions)
Onyx Path Publishing ( 20th anniversary edition) |
Storytelling System | 1995
1997 2017 |
(Original World of Darkness) | |
| Changeling: The Lost | (New World of Darkness) | ||||
| Children of the Sun | Misguided Games | ||||
| Chill | |||||
| Chivalry & Sorcery | |||||
| Chronicles of Ramlar | White Silver | ||||
| Les Chroniques d'Erdor | French RPG of oneiric fantasy using a 54 card deck | Edited by Boite a Polpette | |||
| City of Heroes | Eden Studios, Inc. | The tabletop companion to the City of Heroes MMORPG | |||
| City of Mist | Son of Oak Game Studio | A noir (detective) RPG set in a modern-day city where once-ordinary people hold the power ancient myths and legends. | |||
| Commando | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Conspiracy X | Eden Studios, Inc. | extraterrestrials, UFOs, and government coverups | |||
| C°ntinuum | Time travel adventure | ||||
| Core Command | Dream Pod 9 | ||||
| Corporation the Roleplaying Game | Core Games Publishing | Scifi, Cyberpunk | |||
| CORPS | Blacksburg Tactical Research Center | ||||
| Corum | An addendum to the Stormbringer RPG (aka Elric!) | ||||
| Creeks and Crawdads | |||||
| Crime Fighter | |||||
| Crimefighters | TSR | 1981 | |||
| Crystalicum (Polish) | |||||
| CthulhuTech | Wildfire | H.P. Lovecraft's horror with Mecha and Anime influences | |||
| Cursed Empire | Chris Loizou | Dark fantasy | Formerly known as Crimson Empire | ||
| Cutthroat: The Shadow Wars | |||||
| Cybergeneration | R. Talsorian Games | Alternate setting for Cyberpunk 2020 | |||
| Cyberpunk 2013 | R. Talsorian Games | Out-of-print and superseded by Cyberpunk 2020 | |||
| Cyberpunk 2020 | R. Talsorian Games | ||||
| Cyberspace | Iron Crown Enterprises | ||||
| Cyborg Commando | New Infinities, Inc. |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EABA | Blacksburg Tactical Research Center | A generic RPG system | aka End All Be All | ||
| 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 | |
| Eden: the Deceit | |||||
| El-Hazard Role-Playing Game | |||||
| Eldritch Role-Playing System | |||||
| Element Masters | |||||
| Elemental Axes | Crosstime Games | ||||
| Elfquest | Chaosium | Based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini | |||
| Elfs | |||||
| Elven Fire | By George F. Rice[7] | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Endyval | Sivosten | Bulgarian | |||
| Enforcers | 21st Century Games | 1987 | |||
| Engel | |||||
| Enhanced: Humans and Heroes | Impact Engine | A superhero RPG | |||
| Eon | NeoGames | Swedish fantasy game | |||
| Epic Role Playing | Dark Matter Studios | ||||
| ERA | Clinica TBF | ||||
| Erdor | |||||
| E-RPG System | Ironwood Omnimedia | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Evolve Gaming System | Inkwell Gaming | Plug-and-Play System with multiple complexity tiers for all skill levels. | |||
| EW-System | Extraordinary Worlds Studio | Open game system | |||
| Ex Machina | Scifi, Cyberpunk | ||||
| Exalted | White Wolf Publishing | Epic fantasy; potential pre-history of World of Darkness | |||
| Exodus: Post Apocalyptic RPG | Glutton Creeper Games | ||||
| EXO | Ediciones Sombra | Spanish | |||
| Expendables | |||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fading Suns | Holistic Design | ||||
| Faery's Tale | Firefly Games | An interactive storytelling game of fairy folklore suitable for younger players | |||
| Faith: the Sci-Fi RPG | Burning Games LTD | RPC54 | 2015 | Hard science fiction | |
| Faldon | Illusory Studios | ||||
| Fanhunter | 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 Heartbreaker Roleplaying Game | SubCellar Games | D20 | |||
| Fantasy Hero | |||||
| Fantasy Imperium | Shadowstar Games, Inc. | An interactive storytelling game of historical fantasy | |||
| The Fantasy Trip | Steve Jackson, published by Metagaming Concepts | The precursor to GURPS | |||
| The Fantasy Sagas | E-RPG System | A Player's Guidebook for Ironwood Omnimedia | |||
| Fantasy Wargaming | A project by dissatisfied British Dungeons & Dragons players, it was considered incomplete and insufficient yet featured noteworthy elements and qualities that are still yet unseen in most role-playing games | ||||
| Farscape Roleplaying Game | Alderac Entertainment Group | ||||
| Fastlane | Twisted Confessions (Alexander Cherry) |
Roulette | 2004+ | Generic Dissipation | The first role-playing game designed around the roulette wheel. |
| 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.[8] 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 | |||||
| Feng Shui | Hong Kong martial arts movies | ||||
| Fiasco | Bully Pulpit Games | Custom | 2009 | Various | |
| Field Guide to Encounters | |||||
| Fifth Cycle | |||||
| Fight the Evil Power | A role-playing game designed for people who haven't played before | ||||
| Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game | Based on the Fighting Fantasy book series. | ||||
| Fireborn | Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
| Firefly | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex+ | 2014-2015 | Firefly | A separate game from Serenity due to licensing issues despite the same company producing both at different times. |
| Firelight | HobbyHorse Games, LLC | 2017 | World of 'Firelight' | A card-based role-playing game due for launch on Kickstarter in July 2017 and wide release in 2018. Attempts to simplify traditional RPG mechanics in order to make the genre more accessible. | |
| Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo | |||||
| Flashing Blades | |||||
| Forbidden Kingdoms | |||||
| Forgotten Futures | Marcus L Rowland | ||||
| Freedom Fighters | |||||
| Fragged Empire | Design Ministries | 2015 | Post-Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi. | ||
| Friendly Wars | Undecided Studios | ||||
| Fringeworthy | Tri Tac Games | ||||
| FTL:2448 | Tri Tac Games | ||||
| FUBAR | Vulpinoid Studio | ||||
| FUDGE | Steffan O'Sullivan | FUDGE | "Free, Universal, Do-it-Yourself Gaming Engine" | ||
| Furry Outlaws | |||||
| Furry Pirates | |||||
| Fusion | Høst og Søn | Near Future | A Danish RPG | ||
| Future Worlds | |||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Game of Thrones | A Game of Thrones | ||||
| Gamma World | TSR, Inc. | Modified D&D | Different versions are based on different versions of D&D | ||
| Gangbusters | TSR, Inc. | 1930s urban crime adventure | |||
| Ganghedge | Empire Wargames | ||||
| Gangster! | |||||
| Gatecrasher | A tongue-in-cheek science-fiction & fantasy setting | ||||
| Gaterunner | Based on the novel Gatecrash | ||||
| Gear Antique | |||||
| Gear Krieg | |||||
| Geist: The Sin-Eaters | White Wolf | Storytelling | New World of Darkness | ||
| Genesis - The Role Playing Game | Inkeptum Ultra Visio | 1986, 1990 | Future, 2193 ce | Small-press former makers of the science fiction RPG Genesis. The First version was produced in 1986 and sold only 200 copies mostly around Calgary. The Second version was mass-produced in 1990 and sold all 2000 copies. The Third unreleased version has sat on shelves / in boxes / in a garage for the past 13 years. It is now being published at medium.com | |
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | |||||
| Ghostbusters | West End Games | Ghostbusters film series | First RPG to use a dice pool system. | ||
| Ghosts of Albion | Eden Studios | Based on the Ghosts of Albion animations and novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden. | |||
| Godbound | |||||
| Ghoulash: The Last Game on Earth | |||||
| Godlike | Hawthorn Hobgoblynn Press | ||||
| Golden Heroes | Games Workshop | ||||
| Gossip Beverly Hills | Based on the Gossip Girl TV series | ||||
| The Great Commission | d20 | A Christian RPG | |||
| Grey Ranks | Jason Morningstar | ||||
| Grimm | |||||
| Guardians | StarChilde Publications | ||||
| GUMSHOE System | |||||
| Gunslingers and Gamblers | The American Wild West of 1876 | ||||
| Guns Of Santa Torina | Wild West theme set in an alternate historical timeline | Guns of Santa Torina | |||
| GURPS | Steve Jackson Games | GURPS | Generic | Gurps is an acronym for"Generic Universal Role Playing System" |
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icar by Rob Lang | a free science-fiction game | ||||
| Imagine Role Playing | |||||
| Immortal: The Invisible War | Ran Valerhon | ||||
| Ironhedge | Empire Wargames | ||||
| In Dark Alleys | Vajra Enterprises | ||||
| In Nomine | 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 | |||||
| Infinity | |||||
| Inner City | Inner City Games | ||||
| Inou Tsukai | |||||
| InSaNiTy the role-playing game | Haphazard Projects | uses the in-house DPS System | |||
| Insight RPG System | Even V. Røssland / NEVR | ||||
| InSpectres | Memento Mori Theatricks | ||||
| Ironclaw | Sanguine Productions Ltd | ||||
| Iron Kingdoms | Privateer Press | ||||
| Iron Gauntlets: Heroic Fantasy Roleplaying | |||||
| Ironhedge | |||||
| Iron Heroes | d20 system | based on making D&D playable without magic | |||
| It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show | Stellar Games | ||||
| It Was a Mutual Decision | |||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jadeclaw | Sanguine Productions Ltd | ||||
| Jags | |||||
| JailLords - Are You a Jail Lord or a Jail Fish? | |||||
| James Bond 007: Role-Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service | Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill | 1983 | |||
| Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game | based on the TV series | ||||
| John Carter, Warlord of Mars | |||||
| Jorune (or Skyrealms of Jorune) | |||||
| 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[9] | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KABAL | |||||
| Khymir | Daes Irae Press | (set in Mark E. Rogers fictional world for his Zorachus series of books) | |||
| kill puppies for satan (sic) | Lumpley Games | ||||
| 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) | |
| Kingdom of Nothing | Galileo Games | ||||
| Knights and Magick | |||||
| Knights of the Round Table | |||||
| Kobolds Ate My Baby! | 9th Level Games | ||||
| Krysztaly Czasu | MAG | (Polish, Crystals of Time) | |||
| Kult | Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones | ||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labyrinth Lord | |||||
| Lace and Steel | published originally by TAGG and re-released by Pharos Press | an Australian RPG set in a world of civilised Centaurs and Harpies with a musketeers/swashbuckling feel | |||
| Lamentations of the Flame Princess | |||||
| Land of the Rising Sun | Fantasy Games Unlimited | Chivalry & Sorcery | Samurai and Ninjas | ||
| Lands of Adventure | |||||
| The Laundry | |||||
| Legacy | |||||
| Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game | Alderac Entertainment Group | Asian-themed RPG | |||
| Légendes Celtiques | French | ||||
| Légendes de la Vallée des rois | set in Ancient Egypt | French RPG | |||
| Legendy Armandie | fantasy RPG | Skaven | |||
| Legends and Loot | Wintertree | fantasy, based around plastic dice device | |||
| Legends of Anglerre | |||||
| Legionnaire | FASA | standalone role-playing game for the Renegade Legion universe | |||
| Lejendary Adventure | Hekaforge Productions | created by Gary Gygax | |||
| Leverage | Cortex+ System | based on the Leverage TV series | game written by Cam Banks and Rob Donahuge | ||
| Lightspeed | Instant Fuzion | an overtly generic space opera RPG | by Christian Conkle | ||
| Little Fears - The Role-playing Game of Childhood Terror | Key 20 Publishing | ||||
| Live Free or Die, the Game of Suburban Insurgency | a post UN invasion RPG written by an Army officer and Iraq veteran | ||||
| Living Steel | Leading Edge Games | futuristic game on the world of Rhand | |||
| Lone Wolf | Mongoose Publishing | d20 | 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 | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game | Decipher, Inc. | based on the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien | |||
| Lords of Creation | Avalon Hill | ||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mach: The First Colony | |||||
| Macho Women with Guns | Blacksburg Tactical Research Center | ||||
| Macross II: The Role-Playing Game | Palladium | ||||
| Malls and Morons | indie publication | "Silly modern role-playing in the malls of America" | by Orion Cooper | ||
| Maelstrom | Puffin Books | ||||
| 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 | set in the new World of Darkness 2.0 | |||
| Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade | |||||
| M.A.G.U.S. | Hungarian | ||||
| Maji | Wasteland Games | modern-day alien conspiracy game | |||
| Malefices | French | ||||
| Man, Myth & Magic | Yaquinto | RPG drawing on 4000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Earth legends | |||
| Manhunter | |||||
| Marvel Heroic Roleplaying | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex+ system | |||
| Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game | TSR | ||||
| Marvel Super Heroes Role-Playing Game | TSR, Inc. | ||||
| Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game | Marvel Publishing Group | ||||
| Masterbook | |||||
| The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game | |||||
| Mashou Denki La Valeur | |||||
| Mecha | a game based on Anime Mecha science fiction | ||||
| Mechamorphosis | Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
| Mechanical Dream | |||||
| The Mechanoid Invasion | Palladium | ||||
| MechWarrior | |||||
| Mega - les Messagers Galactiques | parallel universe | French | |||
| MEGA Role-Playing System | |||||
| Megaverse | Palladium Books | ||||
| Meikyu kingdom | members of tiny kingdom's court explore dungeons | Japanese | |||
| Mekton | R. Talsorian Games | based on Anime Mecha science fiction | |||
| Melanda: Land of Mystery | |||||
| Men In Black: The Roleplaying Game | |||||
| MERC | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 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 | ||||
| The Metabarons Roleplaying Game | West End Games | ||||
| Metal Magic and Lore | 5th Epoch Publishing | ||||
| Metamorphosis Alpha | 1976 | ||||
| Michtim: Fluffy Adventures | 2012 | ||||
| Microscope | Lame Mage Productions | 2011 | Cooperative world-building | ||
| Middle Earth Role Play | Iron Crown Enterprises | based on the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien | |||
| Midgard | the oldest German fantasy RPG | ||||
| Midnight | A fantasy world were the bad guys have won | ||||
| Midnight at the Well of Souls Role-Playing System | |||||
| Miles Christi | Crusades and knights Templar | French | |||
| Millennium's End | Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment | ||||
| Mind Games RPG | |||||
| M.I.S.S.I.O.N. | by Deiron e Yangsmoth | ||||
| Mistborn Adventure Game | |||||
| The Modern Sagas | Ironwood Omnimedia Company | E-RPG System | A Player's Guidebook | ||
| Mojo | Polymancer Studios, Inc. | ||||
| Monastyr | Portal | Polish, Monastery | |||
| The Monster Horror Show | a very tongue in cheek basic fantasy role play system | by James Herbert Brennan | |||
| Monsterhearts | Powered by the Apocalypse system | a game about the messy lives of teenage monsters by Joe Mcdaldno | |||
| Monsters! Monsters! | |||||
| Monsters and Other Childish Things | |||||
| Mordheim | Games Workshop | ||||
| Morpheus | |||||
| The Morrow Project | Timeline Ltd | Post apocalypse USA 150 years after WW III. | |||
| Morton's List | |||||
| The Mountain Witch | |||||
| Mouse Guard | a version of the Burning Wheel engine | by Luke Crane | |||
| Multiverser | Valdron, Inc. | by E.R. Jones and M. Joseph Young | |||
| Mummy: The Resurrection | original World of Darkness | ||||
| Murphy's World | Peregrine Creative Services | ||||
| Mutant | Target Games | ||||
| Mutant Chronicles | Modiphius | ||||
| Mutant City Blues | Pelgrane Press | Robin Laws GUMSHOE System | superhero detectives | ||
| Mutant Future | |||||
| Mutant RYMD | |||||
| Mutant: Undergångens Arvtagare | by Järnringen Förlag AB | ||||
| Mutants & Masterminds | Green Ronin Publishing | ||||
| Mutazoids | |||||
| My Life with Master | Half Meme Press | ||||
| MYFAROG - Mythic Fantasy Role-playing Game | by Varg Vikernes | ||||
| Myrskyn aika | by Mike Pohjola | ||||
| Mystic Realms | |||||
| Mystic Quests | |||||
| _The Role Playing Game | |||||
| Mythworld | |||||
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nearside Project | Greymalkin Designs | previously released in 1996, new edition in 2011 | adventure between 13 alternate Earths while avoiding insanity | ||
| Necroscope | |||||
| Neighborhood | |||||
| Neiyar: Land of Heaven and the Abyss | Bards and Sages | ||||
| NeoKosmos | Krypteia Estúdio Criativo | a setting of Greek Mythology | in Portuguese | ||
| Nephilim | Chaosium | modern occult | |||
| Neuroshima | Portal | Polish | |||
| Nexus: The Infinite City | |||||
| Nicotine Girls | by Paul Czege | ||||
| Nightbane | |||||
| Nightlife | Stellar Games | ||||
| Night of the Ninja | |||||
| Night's Black Agents | |||||
| Nights of the Crusades | Ætheric Dreams | ||||
| Night Wizard! | wizards in contemporary | Japanese | |||
| Ninja Burger | Steve Jackson Games | ||||
| Ninjas and Superspies | Palladium Books | martial arts and espionage adventure | |||
| Nobilis | by R. Sean Borgstrom | ||||
| by Mischa L. Thomas | |||||
| Noir | Archon Gaming, Inc. | ||||
| Normality | a Dada/ergodic role-playing game | by Hugh Dingwall and Vishãla Jekic | |||
| Noctum | |||||
| Northern Crown | |||||
| Nova Praxis | Void Star Studios | FATE | 2013 | Scifi, Cyberpunk | |
| Novus | Firehawk Games | ||||
| Now Playing | Carnivore Games | ||||
| Numenera | Monte Cook Games | ||||
O
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian - The Age of Judgement | Apophis Consortium | 1999 | SciFi, Post-apocalypse, Horror | ||
| Odysseus | |||||
| The Official Superhero Adventure Game | |||||
| Old Dragon | Redbox Editora | the first old school RPG in Brazil | |||
| Omnigon | |||||
| The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild | |||||
| Only War | |||||
| Ops and Tactics | |||||
| Ork! The Roleplaying Game | |||||
| Orkworld | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Other Suns | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
| Outbreak: Undead | Hunters Books | ||||
| Outime | |||||
| Over the Edge' | Atlas Games | ||||
| Over Arms | Rookie Jet Studio | ||||
P
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | |||||
| Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game | Palladium Books | ||||
| Pandemonium! | MIB Productions | roleplaying in the world of tabloid news | |||
| Pantheon | |||||
| Path of the Oracle role playing game | |||||
| Paper Computer Games | a series of illustrated roleplaying games with simple rules and a complex universe. Any gaming session played by anyone at any time is added to the overall storyline and considered canon. | ||||
| Paranoia | originally by West End Games, later by Mongoose Publishing | a satire of dystopian futures | |||
| Pathfinder | Paizo Publishing | 2009 | fantasy role-playing game | ||
| Pax Draconis | Technicraft Design | a detailed rules heavy space opera with a percentile system | |||
| Passion Play | |||||
| Fading Suns | live action role-playing game | ||||
| Pendragon (or King Arthur Pendragon) | Arthurian legend | ||||
| A Penny for My Thoughts | |||||
| Phantasia | |||||
| Phantasy Conclave | |||||
| Phase VII | |||||
| Phoenix Command | Leading Edge Games | ||||
| Pirates! | |||||
| Plüsch, Power & Plunder (German) | |||||
| Pirates and Plunder | |||||
| Polaris (1997) | |||||
| Polaris | 2005 | ||||
| Point Blank | Wasteland Games | modern-day Action movie game | |||
| The Pokéthulhu Adventure Game | Cumberland Games and Diversions | ||||
| The Pool | |||||
| PowerGame | |||||
| Powers and Perils | Avalon Hill | ||||
| Praedor | based on the eponymous comics by Petri Hiltunen | ||||
| The Price of Freedom | West End Games | America loses the Cold War and is occupied, but resistance is in their blood | |||
| The Primal Order | |||||
| Prime Directive | Task Force Games | ||||
| Primetime Adventures | |||||
| Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game | Chaosium | ||||
| Privateers and Gentlemen | Fantasy Games Unlimited | naval adventure in the Napoleonic era | |||
| Project A-ko: The Roleplaying Game | |||||
| Project: Paradigm | Eschaton Media Inc | ||||
| Promethean: The Created | White Wolf Publishing | new World of Darkness | |||
| Psiworld | Fantasy Games Unlimited | SF adventures with a focus on psi abilities | |||
| Pulp Adventure | Planet Pulp Productions | High Adventure Gaming cinematic style | |||
| Puppetland | |||||
Q
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q10 | |||||
| QAGS | |||||
| Qin | |||||
| Quest of the Ancients | |||||
| Quill: Quill: A Letter-Writing Roleplaying Game for a Single Player | Trollish Delver Games | 2016 | A solo RPG, about writing letters. | Translated in 2016 in French by the editorial house 500NDG and in 2018 in Portuguese by a fan. | |
R
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangers of Taradoin | by Sean-Robert Shaw | ||||
| Raex: The roleplaying adventure experience | T. Julian Bell & Raex games publishing | ||||
| Rapture: The Second Coming | by William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy | ||||
| The Realm of Yolmi | |||||
| Recon | Palladium Books | Vietnam War adventure | |||
| Red Dragon | Japanese | ||||
| Red Dwarf: The Role Playing Game | deep 7 | based on BBC comedy Red Dwarf | |||
| Reich Star | Creative Encounters | 1991 | fight Nazis in space | by Simon Bell and Ken Richardson | |
| Reign | 2007 | by Greg Stolze | |||
| 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[10] | ||||
| RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) | Iron Crown Enterprises | fully expandable and customizable rules system | |||
| Rotted Capes | Paradigm Concepts | Post apocalyptic super hero zombies | |||
| Rules to Live By | Interactivities Ink | generic customizable live action rules system, with expansions for horror and fantasy | |||
| Rune | |||||
| Rune Striders | |||||
| Runebearer | "Magic and religion clash in a ruined world" | by Chris Magoun | |||
| RuneQuest[11] | Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing | ||||
| RuneSlayers | |||||
| Ryuutama | Kotodama Heavy Industries | 2015 | "Natural fantasy for stories of travel, exploration, and adventure." | by Atsuhiro Okada |
S
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saga | fantasy | Swedish | |||
| SAGA System | |||||
| Sanctum Polis - Rest Eternal Memory | indie anthropomorphic | ||||
| Sandman: Map of Halaal | |||||
| Satasupe | (Japanese) | ||||
| Savage Worlds | |||||
| The Sci-Fi Sagas | Ironwood Omnimedia Company | E-RPG System | A Player's Guidebook | ||
| Scion: Hero | White Wolf Publishing | Modern day children of the gods | |||
| Sea Dracula (The role-playing game of lawyers in animal city) | Nick Smith and Jake Richmond | ||||
| Second Dawn | |||||
| Sengoku | Gold Rush Games | Historical fantasy set in feudal Japan | |||
| SenZar | notorious for its blatant encouragement of munchkinism | ||||
| Serenity | Margaret Weis Productions | 2005-2009 | Serenity film | (The Firefly (television series) is getting its own RPG also from MWP due to licensing). | |
| Seventh Sea | Alderac Entertainment Company | ||||
| The Shab-al-Hiri Roach | |||||
| Shadowforce Archer | Alderac Entertainment Group | a setting for Spycraft | |||
| Shadow Lords | about epic Heroes, Immortals, Titans, Angels and Demons. | ||||
| Shadow Nations | Obsidian Europe | Horror, Scifi, Fantasy | |||
| Shadow of the Demon Lord | Schwalb Entertainment | 2015 | Fantasy, Dark fantasy, Horror | ||
| The Shadow of Yesterday | |||||
| Shadowrun | cyberpunk fantasy | ||||
| Shatterzone | |||||
| Shock: Social Science Fiction | |||||
| Silver Age Sentinels | Guardians of Order | ||||
| Simian Conquest | |||||
| Simply Roleplaying! | Microtactix | a simple and customizable generic open gaming system similar to Fuzion and the Action! System | |||
| Simple System | Dashing Inventor Games | ||||
| Sine Requie | horror | Italian role-playing game | |||
| Skulduggery | |||||
| Skull and Crossbones: Roleplay on the Spanish Main | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
| Skyrealms of Jorune | SkyRealms Publishing, later Chessex | ||||
| SLA Industries | Nightfall Games[12] | ||||
| Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes | Mongoose Publishing | ||||
| S/lay w/Me | |||||
| The Slayers d20 | d20 System | ||||
| Smallville | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex Classic | based on the Smallville television series | ||
| Sojourner's Quest: A Fantasy Role Playing Game | Randall C Ellis | ||||
| A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying | |||||
| Sorcerer | Ron Edwards | ||||
| Sovereign Stone | |||||
| Space 1889 | GDW | Victorian Era Sci-Fi (steampunk) | |||
| Space Dragon | Redbox Editora | pulp sci fi | |||
| Space Gothic | German crossover between military science fiction, space opera and horror | ||||
| Space Infantry | |||||
| Space Opera | Fantasy Games Unlimited | ||||
| Spacemaster | SF adaptation of Rolemaster | ||||
| SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO | Crucible Design | a tongue-in-cheek anime game | |||
| Space Quest | |||||
| Spaceship Zero | Green Ronin Publishing | ||||
| SpaceTime | |||||
| The Spawn of Fashan | |||||
| Sphinx | Sphinx is a historical/fantasy system set in ancient Egypt. The rules cover character professions (over 50), individual and mass combat, magic, reincarnation, dreaming, insanity, and dealing with the gods. Sphinx was published by Seventh Scarab in 1984 as a 100-page book.[13] | ||||
| Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin | |||||
| Spirit of the Century | Evil Hat Productions | FATE system | a pulp game | ||
| Splicers | |||||
| Splittermond | Uhrwerk-Verlag | Lorakis | German Fantasy RPG | ||
| Spycraft | Alderac Entertainment Group | espionage adventure | |||
| The Squared Circle | Day Dreamer Interactive | ||||
| Squawk | Game Arts Guild | intelligent archosaurs in another star system | |||
| Stalking the Night Fantastic | |||||
| Standard RPG System | |||||
| Star Ace | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Starhedge | Empire Wargames | ||||
| Star Hero | Fantasy Hero | SF adaptation of Hero System | |||
| Star Legend | (Japanese) | ||||
| Star Patrol | |||||
| Star Riders | Ianus Games | parody of space opera | |||
| Star Rovers | |||||
| StarRun | QaEG | ||||
| Starship Troopers (RPG) | Mongoose Publishing | ||||
| Starships & Spacemen | |||||
| Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier | Heritage | 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 Next Generation Role-playing Game | Last Unicorn | 1998-1999 | |||
| Star Trek: The Role Playing Game | FASA | 1983-1988 | |||
| Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game | West End Games | D6 System | 1987-1999 | ||
| Star Wars Roleplaying Game | Fantasy Flight | 2012- | |||
| Star Wars Roleplaying Game | Wizards of the Coast | D20 System | 2000-2010 | ||
| Star Wreck Roleplaying Game | Mike Pohjola | parody game based on the Star Wreck movie franchise | |||
| SteamCraft | Perilous Journeys Publishing | Steampunk, Neo-Victorian | |||
| Steve Perrin's Quest Rules | |||||
| STOCS | Wasteland Games | modern-day generic system | |||
| Stormbringer | Chaosium | based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories | |||
| Storytelling System | |||||
| St. Palmer's | Pirate/West Indies | ||||
| The Strange | Monte Cook Games | Cypher System | |||
| Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game | |||||
| Strike Legion | Legionnaire Games | Over-the-top science fiction | |||
| Strontium Dog | Mongoose Publishing | Traveller | 2009 | ||
| Sundered Epoch: Generations | Randal Snyder | multi-genre game system | |||
| Super Crusaders | Lee Walser | modern-day super hero system | |||
| Super Powers Unlimited | Super Powers Unlimited, LLC | ||||
| 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 | (Japanese) | ||||
| Synnibarr (aka 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 | ||||
T
U
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncharted Worlds | by Sean Gomes | ||||
| Underground | Mayfair Games | ||||
| Underworld | Synister Creative Systems | Urban fantasy set in modern day New York | |||
| The Unexplained | Carnivore Games | ||||
| Unhallowed Metropolis | Eos Press | ||||
| Unisystem | Eden Studios, Inc. | ||||
| Universalis | |||||
| Universe | SPI | subtitle The Role-Playing Game of the Future | |||
| Unknown Armies | |||||
| URPG | a free and universal RPG Rules System | ||||
| Usagi Yojimbo | based on the comic book series, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai | ||||
| USS Infinity | a new and different RPG | ||||
| Uuhraah! | |||||
V
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley of the Pharaohs | Palladium Books | ||||
| Vampire: The Dark Ages | White Wolf Publishing | ||||
| Vampire: The Masquerade | White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions)
Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition) Modiphius Entertainment(5th edition) |
Storytelling System | 1991
1992 1998 2011 2018 |
World of Darkness | |
| Vampire: The Requiem | (new World of Darkness) | ||||
| Vanishing Point (role-play game) | Sane Studios | ||||
| Victorian Adventure | SKS Distribution | ||||
| Victorian Age: Vampire | White Wolf | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Violence | Hogshead Publishing | ||||
W
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y-Modus | Dark Juju Games | written by Zach Owens and Jeremy Sanecki. This is a strategic role-playing game. | |||
| Year of the Phoenix | |||||
| Year of the Zombie | UKGames Publishing | D20 Modern | |||
| Ysgarth | written by Timothy Willard | ||||
Z
| Game | Publisher | System | Dates | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaibatsu | Traveller | Scifi, Cyberpunk | By Paul Elliot | ||
| Zen and the Art of Mayhem | |||||
| Zone | (French) by Siroz (satiric gang wars in the contemporary suburbs) | ||||
| The Zorcerer of Zo | |||||
| Zweihänder | Grim & Perilous Studios | (Written by Daniel Fox. Deliberately similar in tone and rules mechanics to Warhammer FRP) | |||
References
- Ryan, Michael. "Author". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "d20 Modern website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "d20 Past website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "d20 System website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "Das Schwarze Auge". Ulisses Spiele. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ISBN 1979905711
- Rice, George. "Author". Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- "Justice, Inc". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "Rogue Traders website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- Maranci, Peter. "The History of RuneQuest". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "SLA Industries website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 74. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- "Warhammer Website". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
External links
- A longer list can be found at http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/
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