Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to role-playing games. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or look at the goals section on this page to see what the focus is at the moment.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.
Title
WikiProject on Role-playing games
Scope
This project aims to improve the coverage and quality of articles on role-playing games (RPGs). The main areas of interest are Games, Terms, Systems, Designers and Publishers.
The project covers traditional, live action and computer-assisted RPGs. A more specific project, WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons, exists for articles related only to Dungeons & Dragons.
Role-playing video games are outside the scope of this project; they belong at WikiProject VG.
Roleplay simulations (and similar "gamed simulations") are also outwith the scope of this project.
Related WikiProjects
For projects with a more general scope, see WikiProject Board and table games, or the WikiProject Games. For more specific projects, see WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons, or its sub-projects WikiProject Dragonlance, WikiProject Forgotten Realms, and WikiProject Greyhawk.
Goals
Discussions on goals can be held on the Goals subpage.
Short-term goals
Short-term goals are measurable and achievable in a reasonably short time. Move a goal to reached when it's finished. (discussion)
- Get some RPG articles to Good article status
Long-term goals
Long-term goals are what the project is working towards. Move a goal to short-term to focus on it for a period of time.
- Add an infobox with an appropriate image to all RPGs.
- Catalogue all the notable publishers.
- Consistent naming: rename all "Foo (RPG)" and "Foo (Role-playing game)" pages to "Foo (role-playing game)". Note: This assumes 1) that just "Foo", without the parenthetical qualifier, is already used for another article (if it isn't, just use that), and 2) that Foo is a specific role-playing game, not an article about multiple role-playing games, or RPGs in general. The plural, "Foo (role-playing games)", is preferred for those. Category: Role-playing game terms has many examples.
- Organize and categorize all known RPG systems (eg. D20, interlock and others), and write decent articles on them.
- Catalogue notable RPG games.
- Add other essential RPG-related knowledge to Wikipedia.
- Flesh out the stubs at Category:Role-playing game stubs to full articles.
- Get Role-playing game to FA status.
- Describe terminology that is common to most RPGs.
- Create an RPG WikiPortal at Portal:Role-playing games.
- Play some RPG.
Reached goals
Move achieved goals from the other lists here, so we can see if we're making any progress.
- Find a good mini-image for {{rpg-stub}} and {{userbox RPG}}.
- Decide on a Userbox-look.
- Move published RPGs from Category:Role-playing games to the subcategory Category:Published role-playing games. (discussion)
- Make a Category: Live-action role-playing games to reduce and organize Category: Role-playing games a bit (see above).
- Clean up/reduce and organize the Category: Role-playing games, "spiritual home" of this project. Was a major Project effort, discussion archived on the Talk page.
- Write structure guidelines for articles on the project page.
- An RPG infobox has been added to articles in the following categories: Indie, GURPS, Horror, World of Darkness, Comedy, Espionage, Superhero, Historical, Science fiction and Fantasy.
- An image has been added to articles in the following categories: World of Darkness, GURPS, Horror, Comedy, and Espionage, Superhero.
Style
Discussions on style and structure of role-playing game and RPG-related articles can be held on the Style subpage.
Articles should follow, as closely as is possible, the guidance at the Manual of Style.
Role-playing games
For articles on role-playing games, we recommend the following layout:
Title is a genre [[role-playing game]], designed by designer and published by current publisher. Brief explanation what is notable about the game.
- ==Setting==
- full description of the game setting if the game uses a custom setting, or:
- Main article: [[game setting]]
brief description of setting; full description of anything added or fleshed out for the game if the system is shared between games, or if it is taken from another work of fiction.
- ==System==
- full description of the game system if the game uses a custom system, or:
- Main article: [[game system]]
brief description of game system; full description of what's different in this game if it's shared across many games
- ==History==
- full history of different editions of and supplements to the game, if any, and any awards won by the game.
- If there is only one thing to mention, put the game's publication date in the lead sentence and omit this section.
- It is intended that this section should give a narrative history of the game. Long lists of all books published for a given game or system are not recommended for inclusion in articles (see "indiscriminate collections of information"); however, an external link pointing to such a list is strongly recommended.
- ==See also==
- brief list of very similar RPGs, or other games in the same product line - but not just a list of games in the same genre (that's why we have the categories)
- ==References==
- A section for references at the bottom, using the footnote system.
References should be added using <ref> tags throughout the body of the article, next to the facts that they are included to support. Where possible, they should use the available standard reference templates.
Books, modules, supplements, boxed sets, etc: {{cite book}} Articles in periodicals, or works within an anthology: {{cite journal}} Online sources: {{cite web}}
If an article uses several different pages within the same source as a reference for different parts of the article, it is recommended that the work be added to a bibliography section, and the various references use the {{harvnb}} tag to refer to it there.
- ==External links==
- any external resources not covered under references
[[Category:Appropriate genre of role-playing games]] - or more than one if appropriate
Setting, System and History could come in any order, depending on what's most important for the game in question.
Important terms should be in bold, so it's easy to see what the paragraph you're reading is about.
Example articles
List articles that are of a high enough standard to be used as good examples of their category.
Role-playing games
Templates
Project templates
| What to type | What is displayed | Where to use it | ||||||||||||||
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{{Infobox RPG}} (t/l), with parameters like this:{{Infobox RPG
|title= <title>
|image= <image>
|caption= <caption for image>
|designer= <designer(s)>
|publisher= <publisher(s)>
|date= <publication date>
|genre= <genre(s)>
|system= <system>
|footnotes= <footnotes>
}}
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On role-playing game articles | ||||||||||||||
{{Infobox LARP Group}} (t/l), with parameters like this:{{Infobox LARP Group
|title= <title>
|subtitle= <subtitle>
|image= <image>
|caption= <caption for image>
|parent_group= <parent organisation>
|founded= <founding year>
|location= <city country, or country>
|structure= <organisation structure>
|genre= <genre(s)>
|system= <published or main mechanic>
|event_style= <length, size>
|active= <still running events?>
|web= <website>
|footnotes= <footnotes>
}}
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On LARP group articles | ||||||||||||||
| {{rpg-stub}} (t/l) |
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Stub role-playing game articles, unless a more specific stub notice exists. See the list on Template:rpg-stub. | ||||||||||||||
| {{RPGproject}} (t/l) |
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This template should be added to the discussion page of articles maintained by this WikiProject. | ||||||||||||||
| {{userbox RPG}} (t/l) |
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Your user page - if you want. | ||||||||||||||
| {{RPG}} (t/l) |
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Only on articles listed on the template. | ||||||||||||||
Categories
Category:Role-playing games
Category:Role-playing game templates
Statistics
| Featured articles
Good articles |
Bot-generated statistics (for articles having the project banner on their talk pages).
| Role-playing game articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| FL
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2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
 GA
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2 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 39 | ||
| B | 2 | 17 | 17 | 39 | 75 | ||
| C | 3 | 98 | 85 | 324 | 5 | 515 | |
| Start | 1 | 69 | 184 | 1,653 | 11 | 1,918 | |
| Stub | 6 | 20 | 790 | 1 | 6 | 823 | |
| List | 8 | 160 | 168 | ||||
| Category | 506 | 506 | |||||
| Disambig | 6 | 6 | |||||
| File | 495 | 495 | |||||
| Project | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Redirect | 6 | 90 | 441 | 537 | |||
| Template | 22 | 22 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Other | 1 | 33 | 34 | ||||
| Assessed | 10 | 194 | 331 | 3,097 | 1,513 | 22 | 5,167 |
| Unassessed | 7 | 1 | 74 | 82 | |||
| Total | 10 | 194 | 331 | 3,104 | 1,514 | 96 | 5,249 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 16,880 | Ω = 5.00 | |||||
For more information see:
- Category:Role-playing game articles by quality
- Category:Role-playing game articles by importance
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Role-playing game articles by quality (links to detailed assessment lists)
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Role-playing game articles by quality log (bot's assessment statistics logs)
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Participants
To join the project, just add yourself to this list in an alphabetical order.
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- Hewinsj: Cleaning up some of the tradition information in Mage: The Acension.
- HRDingwall: Self-published indie-RPG author, interested in RPGs generaly, and game-design specifically. Added the article on F.A.T.A.L. - the worst game ever written.
- Iceberg3k: Mostly R. Talsorian Games titles, some Dungeons & Dragons and other games.
- InShaneee: HackMaster, primarily.
- Irthen Magor: RuneQuest, HeroQuest. I moderate the HeroQuest-Rules discussion on Y! I have collected a decent amount of Gloranthan material.
- Ishmayl: D&D, FATE, Deadlands, Agone, most d20 stuff.
- Jay
- J Milburn: Dungeons & Dragons, but have moderate experience elsewhere- Cyberpunk 2020, D20 Modern, D20 Star Wars, others.
- Jake23482:I play D&D, Tunnels and Trolls, BattleTech,Champions or Hero System,Shadow Run, and Car Wars.
I am interested in D20 Modern. I will help in any way I can.
- JCarstensen: Long time player and DM as well as non-published indie designer. Primarily tabletop, but also some live action, CRPG, and MMO. Most played and most run are Dungeons & Dragons (all version except chainmail) and Champions. Y! group creator on D&D rule discussion.
- Jclemens
- Jeff503 00:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC) I am currently involved in RPG Theory, observing and noting how RPG affects well, everything, and how it evolves.
- Jelloman: Dungeons & Dragons and Deadlands.
- Jonas Karlsson: My main interest is Forge-related indie games.
- Jonathan Walton: Small press creator-owned games, theory, aesthetics.
- Joshua BishopRoby: Dirty hippy games and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the OG dirty hippy game).
- KadeTallinue:Played d6,d10,d12,and d20 system both old and new.
- KalevTait: I am an RPG bibliophile. My Gurps collection is nearing 100 books, and its only about a third of my total collection. Most of the rest is rather eclectic.
- Kel-nage: I'm generally interested in Dungeons & Dragons, especially Ravenloft and Masque of the Red Death.
- Keeper6: I'm adding sources and to reliable references to List of role-playing games by name.
- Katastrofy I created, host and run an online text-based role-playing game based in both forum and chat.
- Kyle Maxwell: My primary interests are in the theory and underpinnings of RP and the application in MMORPGs. I was previously the Roleplay Senator (player representative) in Star Wars Galaxies.
- LARP-Man: Main interests in LARP (general, systems development, rules clarification), Dungeons & Dragons (esp. Forgotten Realms), old World of Darkness, and just about anything else.
- Lotus Watcher: I an interested in old and new World of Darkness, Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun, Gurps, Palladium Books, Mind's Eye Theatre, Dark Heresy.
- MMockus: RPGA and Living Greyhawk.
- Markspace: DnD, ADnD, Shadowrun, Twilight 2000, Dark Conspiracy, Hero System, GURPS, Paranoia, Nephilim, In Nomine, Chill.
- Marasmusine: In chronological order, I have played red box D&D, AD&D, AD&D 2e., Heroes Unlimited, Paranoia, Cyberpunk 2020, GURPS 3rd, D&D 3.5, GURPS 4e, D&D 4e. I have back issues of GM magazine (1988-1990).
- Master Forcide: Interested in many games. Currently favoring Warhammer and Call of Cthulhu.
- Matiastimm: Interested in expanding articles covering my favorite games; mainly White Wolf Publishing games, but also some others.
- MattDP: Mainly interested in improving existing articles and redlinks about the history of RPGs and games now out of print or popularity.
- Mike28968 (talk) 22:05, 12 June 2011 (UTC):love playing games
- Mister Andersen: SUtekh Great Old One / Dinosaur.
- mordicai: When out on the crawl, I like to fix what I find, & make what I can't, if I can.
- Morgrim: I'm working on writing up the missing Dungeons & Dragons prestige class articles, and general cleanup when I'm around.
- M.U.D.: Mainly working on organizing and writing missing Battletech articles and in developing guidelines for game setting articles.
- Narfanator: D&D, Continuum, 'Civ-RPGs', indie-games. I'm also looking for more info on the old Aria books, as well as information on more 'Civ-RPGs' (ala SEIV: Starscape), and home-brew systems, especially those with complete and fictional physics.
- Nezzadar: D&D, Shadowrun, nWoD
- NutiketAiel: Specializing in Old World of Darkness and, to a lesser extent, other White Wolf Publishing articles.
- Oaxaca_dan: I'm interested in creating and expanding the Shadow World page (Rolemaster). While I play Dungeons & Dragons, and can contribute to those pages, I think there's enough people around here to keep those in line. If anyone is familiar with the Shadow World setting, please feel free to lend a hand.
- OlderNick: Working on Gumshoe related games at the moment. Quite a few other games might get some attention.
- pdboddy: I'm a long time gamer, and will do what I can to lend a hand here.
- PaleZoe
- Pawsplay
- Percy Snoodle: Ars Magica, Amber DRPG, Call of Cthulhu, others.
- Plumcherry: Alshard, Arianrhod RPG, Double Cross, Tokyo NOVA, Terra the Gunslinger, other Japanese role-playing games. A Japanese RPG gamer.
- prezzey: I joined to add stuff on foreign RPGs.
- PsyWhisper: Translating, adding material. Dungeons & Dragons, In_Nomine_(role-playing_game) and some other system P&P and PbP DM and/or player.
- Pundit: to occasionally add info on a number of classical and modern systems
- Quode: I GM Dungeons & Dragons. Over the years have played Mutant Chronicles, Gurps, Tunnels and Trolls, In the Labyrinth , Shadowrun, Arduin Grimoire, and LARPS.
- Ravenhull: Played practically everything at one point or another, though looking more at Prime Directive and its related SFU related board games right now.
- Ravenshawprime: Currently playing WFRP, but also enjoy White Wolf, D&D and Call of Cthulhu.
- Redlock: Mainly interested in GURPS and conversion into GURPS.
- Rhuvein: Interested in contributing to Dungeons & Dragons, Castles & Crusades, TSR, Inc. and game designer entries.
- RobNoxious: Dungeons & Dragons Material, 3.0, 3.5, Miniatures, History.
- Roninbk: Specializing in Dungeons & Dragons, pretty familiar with the Open Gaming License --06:59, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- RSIferd: Interested in White Wolf Publishing and Laughing Pan Productions games.
- Ryan Paddy: Improving LARP articles.
- Sabiona: Deadlands, In Nomine, Toon, AD&D (Basic through 3.5) and whatever else catches my attention.
- SamBC: Broad interests, but not very active in article work. I can't stand D20, but I know that it should certainly be on wikipedia ;)
- San de Berg
- Sangrolu: D&D up through 3e, Pathfinder, Spycraft/Fantasy Craft, and other D20 variants, Traveller, FATE-based games, select "indie" games.
- Shadowmage36 Any sort of D&D/D20, White Wolf Publishing- especially for LARP versions, [Vampire: The Masquerade]], and Multiverser (I am a volunteer with Valdron, Inc., publishers of Multiverser)
- shimaspawn Interested in the old World of Darkness primarily, but with experience in a number of other games.
- Shurikenfreak Worked on and am going to increase the Starship Troopers (role-playing game) page as much as I can. Also interested in oWoD.
- Dj Sly Im a D.M. for Dungeons & Dragons and World of Darkness, mostly Vampire: The Masquerade but i have a wide gaming knowledge.
- SSJ 5 Mostly interested in all editions of Dungeons & Dragons, but I have experience in playing Pathfinder, Thieves' World, Dark Heresy, World of Darkness, Eclipse Phase, Cthulhutech, Mutants and Masterminds, Shadowrun, Anima: Beyond Fantasy, and quite a bit of settings and systems based on the d20 system (Especially Ravenloft).
- Staffwaterboy Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments 09:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
- Stronimo: A bit of everything
- SudoGhost - Mostly interested in Pathfinder, LARPing, and Warhammer 40,000. - SudoGhost 00:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
- Tajoman: A little bit of everything obscure and OOP.
- tanankyo: I'm a game designer and Wordsmith for an independent gaming company, House Woelf Productions, out of Seattle.
- The Bearded One: Main focus on GURPS, LARP, and rpg terminology.
- The Thadman (אמר Steve Caruso (poll))
- I've recently done research in roleplaying as a tool to better understand the motivations of religious terrorism; however, my current foci within roleplaying are understanding the idealization of a character, the Amalgam system (author), various facets of roleplaying theory, Boffer fighting (theory, weapons construction, and I boff with local groups twice weekly), and a bunch of other things RPG-related (random generators, character archetypes, etc.). :-) I also host a weekly game and have GMed at and Directed PrinceCon. Now that I think of it, I should think about adding this stuff to my User Page. אמר Steve Caruso (poll) 16:13, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thorhalland Academic interest in developing study of Roleplayiong games
- TowerDragon copyediting, adding small bits here and there (mainly GURPS (4e) and terminology)
- Tulpa
- Turlo Lomon I've been playing D&D since 1980, and continued through all editions. Also a big fan of several other games. My collection rivals stores.
- Uïfareth Cúthalion: Cross-fertilization with other related wiki's, such as D&D Wiki and WikiRPS.
- Urbandale: I'm working on old World of Darkness articles.
- Utopienne: I am primarily interested in linking RPGs into appropriate categories, and play fairly mainstream games like Vampire, Deadlands, and 7th Sea.
- Vampyrecat I am primarily interested in adding information about West Coast game conventions, indie publishers, RPG artists, and out of print RPGs.
- Vassyana
- VMAAXT I can try to help with the Star Wars RPG, even though it's no longer produced.
- Wangtopia: I can help with Nightbane a bit.
Webwarlock:Taking a break for now. Shold be back December 1st, 2007.- WBSparks: New to wikipedia, working on D6 System articles and in the process of adding articles for licencee games currently using the system.
- WildElf: Focuses on World of Darkness (mostly the new stuff), D&D 4th Edition, as well as a large variety of out of print and smaller press games such as TORG, Nobilis, and Burning Wheel.
- Wer2chosen: New to wikipedia, I collect classic role playign games. I plan to take public domain images for the numerous RPG's missing images of boxes, covers.
- Whoby: Happy to help with Dungeons & Dragons, Star Trek RPG (FASA) (just updated it again to make it look a little more like the template below) and happy to have a crack at Top Secret (role-playing game).
- Wohlerbear: I'd like to help with pages relating to Dungeons & Dragons. I'm kind of a random editor, I'll help with anything I can. I also spend a lot of time on D&D Wiki under the username Wyrm.
- Kthapelo:I prefer Free Form RPG's.
- Nightseeder (talk) Various interests (Read/Write/Translate:Hebrew/English), and avid HERO system player for many many years, as well as many other RPGs.
- shallowhai (talk) I like SRPG and Go.
Sympathizers
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