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This is a list of role-playing games , subdivided by genre (although many games do not fit clearly into one genre or another). It does not include role-playing video 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.
Fantasy
Agone French ) - based on novels by award-winning fantasy writer Mathieu Gaborit.Alshard Japanese ) - fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy Alshard Gaia Japanese ) - a contemporary fantasy with Alshard systemAmber Diceless Roleplaying Roger Zelazny Anima: Beyond Fantasy Arduin David A. Hargrave Aria Arianrhod RPG Japanese ) - MMORPG -likeArs Magica Basic Fantasy RPG BattleDragons The Black Company The Black Company book series by Glen Cook , using the d20 system .Blue Rose Green Ronin Publishing The Burning Wheel Castles and Crusades OGL System fantasy RPG published by Troll Lord Games Castle Falkenstein Chivalry & Sorcery Les Chroniques d'Erdor Conan GURPS version by SJGames , and an OGL System version by Mongoose Publishing )Cursed Empire Crimson Empire , changed its name for trademark reasons)Dangerous Journeys E. Gary Gygax The Dark Eye Germany 's most popular RPG, known in Germany as Das Schwarze Auge Deliria: Faerie Tales for the New Millennium Phil Brucato . Published by Laughing Pan ProductionsDemon's Lair Donjon Dragon Age DragonQuest DragonRaid Dick Wulf in 1984Dragon Warriors Drakar och Demoner Dragons and Demons Target Games , later versions by Riotminds Dungeons & Dragons Dave Arneson and E. Gary Gygax , further editions by TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast Earthdawn Elemental Axes Elfquest Richard Pini and Wendy Pini Elric! ,Chaosium , based on Michael Moorcock 's Elric of Melniboné storiesEmpire of the Petal Throne M. A. R. Barker 's world of Tekumel Eon Everquest MMORPG , published by White Wolf Publishing Everway Exalted Fantasy Craft Crafty Games Fantasy Hero Hero Games Fantasy Imperium The Fantasy Trip Fireborn Fantasy Flight Games Furry Pirates Fate of the Norns A Game of Thrones eponymous fantasy novelGrimm Fantasy Flight Games .HackMaster HârnMaster /Hârn High Adventure Role Playing Iron Crown Enterprises Hawkmoon Stormbringer Elric! )HeroQuest /Hero Wars In Nomine In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas roleplaying game Ironclaw Sanguine Productions Ltd Iron Kingdoms Warmachine Hordes Privateer Press Jorune Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game Alderac Entertainment Group Lejendary Adventure Gary Gygax and published by Hekaforge Productions Lone Wolf Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game J. R. R. Tolkien Maelstrom Man, Myth & Magic Yaquinto - RPG drawing on 4000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Earth legends.Mechanical Dream SteamLogic Meikyu kingdom Japanese ) - members of tiny kingdom's court explore dungeonsMiddle Earth Role Play J. R. R. Tolkien Midgard German fantasy RPGMonastyr Polish ), Monastery by Portal Mouse Guard David Petersen where all characters are mice and "monsters" are other animals.Multiverser E.R. Jones and M. Joseph Young Night Wizard! Japanese ) - wizards in contemporaryNobilis R. Sean Borgstrom OSRIC Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game Kevin Siembieda , published by Palladium BooksPathfinder Roleplaying Game Paizo Publishing Powers and Perils Avalon Hill Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros Denis Gerfaud (french , Rêve de Dragon )RMFRP (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) Iron Crown Enterprises - fully expandable and customizable rules systemRuneQuest Chaosium , later by Avalon Hill and currently by Mongoose Publishing Scion Sengoku: Chanbara Roleplaying in Feudal Japan Seventh Sea Alderac Entertainment Company Shard RPG anthropomorphic heroic-fantasy ) by Shard Studios Stormbringer Chaosium , based on Michael Moorcock 's Elric of Melniboné storiesSwordbearer Sword World RPG Japanese )Talislanta Bard Games The Riddle of Steel Driftwood Publishing The Shadow of Yesterday Clinton R. Nixon Tormenta Marcelo Cassaro , J.M. Trevisan, SaladinoThe Slayers d20 Guardians of Order Tribe 8 Dream Pod 9 Tunnels and Trolls Flying Buffalo Trollbabe Ron Edwards (game designer) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Games Workshop Weapons of the Gods Eos Press - a wuxia -style game based on the manhua comic of the same name.The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game The Wheel of Time novel series by author Robert Jordan Wiedźmin Polish ) by MAG (game) World Of Warcraft White Wolf Publishing -- a roleplaying game book based on the popular computer game by Blizzard World Tree
Horror
Humor and satire
Science fiction
2300 AD Game Designers' Workshop After the Bomb Aftermath! Fantasy Games Unlimited Albedo RPG furry comic book series, Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci Alternity TSR Battlelords of the 23rd Century SSDC, Inc. Blue Planet Biohazard Games Conspiracy X Eden Studios, Inc. - aliens , UFOs , and government coverupsC°ntinuum Cthulhutech Cthulhu Mythos with anime-style mecha, horror, magic and futuristic action.Cyberpunk 2020 Cybergeneration Cyberspace d20 Future Wizards of the Coast Darwin's World Doctor Who RPG BBC television seriesDeadlands: Hell on Earth Eclipse Phase Etherscope Ex Machina Fading Suns Fringeworthy Tri Tac Games FTL:2448 Tri Tac Games Gamma World TSR GURPS Cyberpunk Halcyon Heavy Gear Dream Pod 9 Incursion Tri Tac Games Jorune Skyrealms of Jorune Jovian Chronicles Dream Pod 9 Judge Dredd Games Workshop Judge Dredd Mongoose Publishing Justifiers StarChilde Publications - Play as human/animal hybrids (Betas) that are owned by the Corporation; locate new resources, eliminate threats, and buy your freedom.Legionnaire FASA (Standalone roleplaying game for the Renegade Legion universe)Living Steel Leading Edge Games - Futuristic game on the world of Rhand. Power armor galore.Macross II Dream Pod 9 under license from U.S. Renditions ; based on the original anime film and manga The Mechanoid Invasion MechWarrior FASA - set in the BattleTech universe, current edition is called Battletech: A Time of War and is published by Catalyst Game Lab.Mekton R. Talsorian Games (based on Anime Mecha science fiction )Metabarons Roleplaying Game by West End Games (based on Metabarons comic)Metamorphosis Alpha The Morrow Project Multiverser Mutant Target Games )Mutant Chronicles Neuroshima Polish ) by Portal Paranoia satire of dystopian futuresPax Draconis space opera with a percentile systemPhoenix Command Prime Directive Task Force Games Reich Star Rifts Chaos Earth Ringworld Chaosium - based on Larry Niven 's Ringworld novelsRobotech Harmony Gold USA ; based on the original Robotech Second Coming K. Gilbert (Futuristic fun with mutants, aliens, psi-corps and humans.)Serenity Sovereign Press , based on the television series Firefly Serenity Shatterzone Shock: Social Science Fiction Jorune /Skyrealms of Jorune SLA Industries Space 1889 Game Designers' Workshop - Victorian Era Sci-Fi (steampunk )Spacemaster Rolemaster Space Opera Splicers Star Frontiers TSR Stargate SG-1 (RPG) AEG Star Hero Hero Games ' Hero System Starship Troopers Starship Troopers (novel), the films Starship Troopers (film) (1997) and Starship Troopers 2 (2004), and TV series Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles . Created by Mongoose Publishing . Star Trek RPG [disambiguation needed Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game D6 System ancestor published by West End Games (1987-1999)Star Wars Roleplaying Game D20 System version published by Wizards of the Coast (2000-2010)Star Wreck Roleplaying Game Star Wreck fan film series.Systems Failure Bill Coffin , published by Palladium BooksTales from the Floating Vagabond Time Lord — Adventures through Time and Space ,Doctor Who RPGTokyo NOVA Japanese ) - cyberpunkTranshuman Space Traveller Game Designers' Workshop , Marc Miller Trinity White Wolf Publishing Twilight 2000 Game Designers' Workshop (1984)Underground Mayfair Games Universe Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI)Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Dark Heresy , Rogue Trader , Deathwatch , and Black Crusade ) by Fantasy Flight Games and Games Workshop Wraeththu World of Synnibarr
Superhero
Multi-genre and cross-genre
Other genres
Universal role-playing systems
See also
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