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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13th Age | Pelgrane Press | Modified d20 OGL ("The Archmage Engine")  | 2013  | High fantasy | Designed by Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo
The 23rd Letter | Crucible Design  |  | 1996  |  |
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
ACE Agents! | Stellar Games  |  | 1992  |  |
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, Adventure Games |  | 1979, 1981  | Fantasy | Designed by Dave Arneson and Richard Snider
The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game | TSR, Inc. |  | 1984  | Pulp action, fictionalized history | Designed by John Byrne and David "Zeb" Cook
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 | Designed by Erick Wujcik
Aftermath! | Fantasy Games Unlimited |  | 1981  | Post-apocalypse | Designed by Paul Hume and Robert N. Charrette
Afterwars |  |  | 1991  |  |
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  | Year Zero Engine  | 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)  | Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain | 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, written by Brian Clevinger.
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
Badlands | Cutting Edge Games  |  | 1991  |  |
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
BIND (BIND Is Not D&D)[2] | PiY (Print it Yourself)[3] | 2D6+[4] | 2019+  | Fenestra  | Free and open-source TTRPG[5]
Black Crusade | Fantasy Flight Games | Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay | 2011  |  |
The Black Hack | Gold Piece Publications  | Modern rules based on original edition of Dungeons & Dragons | 2016  | High fantasy
The Black Sword Hack | Livres de l'Ours (1st ed) / The Merry Mushmen (2nd ed)  | Modification of The Black Hack  | 2020–present  | Dark fantasy / Sword and sorcery | Developed by Alexandre "Kobayashi" Jeanette, also available in French
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  |
Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game | Free League Publishing | Year Zero Engine  | 2023  |  |
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  | Designed by Brian Blume, Gary Gygax, and Don Kaye.
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  | Science fiction | Written by Flint Dille
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 | TSR, Inc. |  | 1988  |  | Designed by David Cook and Warren Spector, based on characters and settings from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
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 | Luke Crane |  | 2006  | Science fiction | Based on Christopher Moeller's Iron Empires graphic novels
The Burning Wheel | Luke Crane |  | 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  |  |
Companions' Tale |  |  | 2019  |  |
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  |  |
Coyote & Crow |  |  | 2021  |  |
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[6] | d20 System | 2004  | Generic futuristic  |
d20 Modern | Wizards of the Coast[7] | d20 System  | 2002  | Generic modern  |
d20 Past | Wizards of the Coast[8] | d20 System  | 2005  | Generic historical  |
d20 System | Wizards of the Coast[9] | 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 [10]
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 emulating the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia
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,[11] 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 Friend: A Game of Necromancy | Hit Point Press  |  | 2018  |  | Designed by Lucian Kahn
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 | Guardians of Order | Tri-Stat System | 1999  | Anime-inspired supernatural horror | Based on the novel and anime series of the same name
Demon Hunters Role Playing Game | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex System | 2008  |  | Based on the films Demon Hunters and Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake by Dead Gentlemen Productions
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  |  |
Dialect | Thorny Games  |  | 2019  |  |
Diana: Warrior Princess | Steve Jackson Games |  | 2003  |  | By Marcus Rowland
Diaspora | VSCA Publishing  | FATE | 2009  | Hard science fiction  |
Die |  |  | 2022  |  | Designed by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
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
Dog Eat Dog |  |  | 2012  |  |
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 | Anvilwerks  |  | 2002  | Fantasy | Designed by Zak Arntson and Clinton R. Nixon
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 Askew, Dream Apart |  |  | 2018  |  | Designed by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum
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 | Dying Earth (genre) | 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  |
Eat the Reich | Rowan, Rook and Decard  |  | 2023  | World War II, horror | A one-shot game of heroic vampires sucking the blood of Nazis, designed by Grant Howitt
Eclipse Phase | Posthuman Studios | d100  | 2009  | Sci-fi  |
Ehdrigohr | Council of Fools  | FATE 3.0 | 2013  | Post-apocalyptic Indigenous | Nine indigenous tribes survive on world without colonizers
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[12]
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 | 2005  |  |
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.[13] 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  |  |
Field Guide to Memory |  |  | 2021  |  | Designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor
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  |  |
For the Queen (game) | Darrington Press, Evil Hat Productions |  | 2019  |  |
Forbidden Kingdoms | OtherWorld Creations  | d20 System | 2001,

2006

|  |
Forbidden Lands | Free League Publishing | Year Zero Engine  | 2018  | Medieval fantasy post-apocalypse |
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  | Designed by Rick Krebs and Mark Acres
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

| Supernatural comedy | Created by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Greg Stafford, based on the Ghostbusters film series. First RPG to use a dice pool system[14]
Ghosts of Albion | Eden Studios, Inc. | Unisystem | 2008,

2011

| Horror, drama, Victoriana  | 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  | Superheroes |
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
Hahlmabrea | Sutton Hoo Games  |  | 1991  |  |
Halcyon | Neuwerld Studios  | Prodigy System | 2008  |  |
Happy Birthday, Robot! | Evil Hat Productions |  | 2010  |  | A storytelling game specifically aimed at children
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

| Superhero | Written by Kevin Siembieda
Hidden Kingdom | New Rules Inc.  |  | 1985  |  |
High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game | TSR, Inc. |  | 1993  | Science fiction | Based on the novel Armageddon 2419 A.D. and subsequent Buck Rogers comic strips
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
Hyperborea RPG | North Wind Adventures  | Largely AD&D-based  | 2012–present  | Sword and sorcery and "weird science"  | Setting builds on Conan and other sword and sorcery stories as well as works of Lovecraft
If I Were a Lich, Man | Hit Point Press  |  | 2023  |  | Designed by Lucian Kahn
I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic |  |  | 2019  |  |
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 |  | 2001  |  |
InSpectres | Memento Mori Theatricks |  | 2002  |  |
Interstellar Elite Combat | Game Masters Associated |  | 1991  |  |
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[15] | 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

|  |
Koriko: A Magical Year |  |  | 2023  |  |
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
Lady Blackbird |  |  | 2009  |  |
Lancer | Massif Press, Dark Horse Comics |  | 2019  |  |
Land of the Rising Sun | Fantasy Games Unlimited | Chivalry & Sorcery | 1980  |  | Samurai and Ninjas
Lands of Adventure | Fantasy Games Unlimited |  | 1983  |  |
The Last Exodus | Synister Creative Systems  |  | 2000  |  |
The Laundry | Cubicle 7 | Basic Role-Playing | 2010  | Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, workplace humour | Based on Charles Stross's The Laundry Files series
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
Leystorm: The Dominion | RoleFile Games  |  | 1996  |  |
Liminal Horror |  |  | 2023  |  |
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  |  |
Ma Nishtana |  |  | 2023  |  |
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  |  |
Masks: A New Generation | Magpie Games | Powered by the Apocalypse | 2017  |  |
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 |  | 1981  |  |
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 | D6 System | 1997  | Science fiction comedy | Based on the first Men in Black film
MERC | Fantasy Games Unlimited |  | 1981  |  | A Modern Role Playing Game of Counter Insurgency
Merc 2000 | GDW |  | 1990  | post-apocalyptic military  | 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 | TSR, Inc. (1st and 2nd editions)  | Custom (1st edition), Amazing Engine (2nd edition)  | 1976  | Set on a generation spaceship, the starship Warden, long after an unknown cataclysmic event  | 3rd edition published by Fast Forward Entertainment, 4th by Mudpuppy Games
Metascape | The Game Lords  |  | 1993  |  |
Michtim: Fluffy Adventures |  |  | 2012  |  |
Microscope |  |  | 2011  |  |
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, Edge Studios  | Dungeons & Dragons | 2003  | A dark fantasy world where 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  | Space horror | Designed by Sean McCoy.
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  |  |
Necronautilus | World Champ Games Co.  |  | 2020  |  | Designed by Adam Vass
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."[16] | 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

|  |
Noir: the Film Noir Role-Playing Game | Archon Gaming  |  | 1996  |  |
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  |  |
Old-School Essentials | Necrotic Gnome  | Restatement of the Basic and Expert Sets of Dungeons & Dragons.  | 2019  | Fantasy | Designed by Gavin Norman.
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 / Black Industries |  | 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  |  |
Outgunned |  |  | 2024  |  |
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  |  |
Periphery | Epitaph Studios  |  | 1993  |  |
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 |
Proteus | Bruce Gomes Industries  |  | 1992  |  |
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  |  | Translated from the French publisher Le Septième Cercle's 2005 game
Queerz! TTRPG | Son of Oak  |  | 2024  |  |
Quest | The Adventure Guild  |  | 2019  |  |
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
Raven Star | Raven Star Game Designs  |  | 1994  |  |
The Realm of Yolmi | West Coast Games |  | 1977  |  |
Realms of the Unknown[17][18] | The Walnut Group |  | 1991  |  | Contained in Realms of the Unknown Player's Manual and Realm Controller's Manual
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 | Fantasy Flight Games | Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay | 2009  |  |
RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) | Iron Crown Enterprises | Fully expandable and customizable rules system  | 1980,

1982, 1984, 1999

|  |
Rosenstrasse |  |  | 2022  |  |
Rune | Atlas Games |  | 2001  | Norse mythology-inspired fantasy  | Written by Robin D. Laws, based on the computer game of the same name
RuneQuest[19] | 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  |  |
Rüs |  |  | 1990  |  |
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 | Bully Pulpit Games |  | 2005  | 1920s academic black comedy horror | GM-less single-session game designed by Jason Morningstar
Shades of Fantasy | IDD  |  | 1992  |  |
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 |  |  |  |  |
Shadowdark | Arcane Library  | d20  | 2023  | Dark fantasy | An Old School Renaissance treatment of 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Kelsey Dionne
Shadowrun | FASA/Fantasy Productions/Catalyst Game Labs |  | 1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019  | Cyberpunk Fantasy | Set in the same world as Earthdawn; designed by Robert N. Charrette, Paul Hume, Tom Dowd, L. Ross Babcock III, Sam Lewis, et al.
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[20] |  |  |  |
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 |  |  |  |  |
Slayers |  |  | 2020  |  |
The Slayers d20 | Guardians of Order | d20 System | 2003  | Fantasy comedy, sword and sorcery | Based on the Slayers anime and light novel series
Sleepaway |  |  | 2019  |  |
Smallville | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex Plus | 2010  | Superhero drama | Based on the Smallville television series, designed by Cam Banks
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 | Adept Press  |  | 1998, 2001  | Horror, Fantasy  | Written by 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 | Ron Edwards |  | 2007  |  |
Spire: The City Must Fall | Rowan, Rook and Decard  |  | 2018  |  | Designed by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor
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 | Cubicle 7 | FATE | 2008  | Science fiction | Based on the Starblazer comics anthology
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 |  |  |  |  |
Stars Without Number |  |  | 2010  |  |
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 |  |  | 2008  |  | Perrin's successor and alternate to his RuneQuest 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  |  |
Sun & Storm | Storm Publications  |  | 1992  |  | Core books are The Enchiridion and The Codex
Super Squadron |  |  |  | Super-Hero game  | Australian
Supergame |  |  |  |  |
Superhero 2044 |  |  | 1977  |  |
Supernatural | Margaret Weis Productions | Cortex Classic | 2009-2010  | Based on The CW's Supernatural television series |
Supervillains | Task Force Games |  | 1982  |  |
Superworld | Chaosium | Basic Role-Playing | 1983  |  |
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies |  |  | 2009  |  |
Swordbearer | Heritage Games and Fantasy Games Unlimited  |  | 1982  |  |
Swords & Wizardry | Matthew J. Finch / Mythmere Games |  | 2008–present  | Fantasy  | A "clone" of the original version of Dungeons & Dragons (distinct versions ranging from White Box covering the 1974 original to Complete covering all pre-AD&D supplements)
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 |  | 1999  |  |
Tales from the Floating Vagabond | Avalon Hill |  | 1991  | Comedy-fantasy  |
Tales from the Loop | Free League Publishing | Year Zero Engine  | 2017  | Alternative history science fiction  |
Talislanta | Bard Games | Omni System  | 1987  |  |
TAQ | Peter's Press |  | 1991  |  |
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  |  |
Ten Candles |  |  | 2015  |  |
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. | Unisystem | 2002  | Sci-fi, Fantasy |
Theatrix | Backstage Press  |  | 1993  |  |
Thieves' Guild | Gamelords |  | 1980  |  |
Thieves' World | Chaosium | multiple  | 1981  | Sword and sorcery | Based on the Thieves' World series of novels, included statistics and gaming notes for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Adventures in Fantasy, Chivalry & Sorcery, DragonQuest, Dungeons & Dragons, The Fantasy Trip, RuneQuest, Traveller, and Tunnels & Trolls
Thirsty Sword Lesbians | Evil Hat Productions |  | 2021  |  |
Thousand Year Old Vampire |  | Tim Hutchings | 2020  |  |
Tibet: The Roleplaying Game | Vajra Enterprises |  | 2004  | Historical fantasy set in Tibet |
Time & Time Again | Timeline Ltd. |  | 1984  |  |
Time Drifters |  |  | 1990  |  |
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 |  | 1983  |  |
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 |  | 1990  | Cross-genre | Ceated by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek
Total Eclipse RPG | Shrapnel Games  |  | 2011  | 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 |  | 2002  |  |
Traveller | GDW, versions also by Imperium Games, Steve Jackson Games, Mongoose Publishing |  | 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 |  |  | 2003  |  |
Triangle Agency | Haunted Table Games  |  | 2024  |  |
Tribe 8 | Dream Pod 9 |  | 1998  |  |
Thrilling Tales |  |  | 2020  | Pulp Amazing Stories  |
Trinity | White Wolf Publishing | Storyteller System (1st edition), d20 System (d20 edition)  | 1997, 2004  | Futuristic, Superhero | Designed by Andrew Bates, Ken Cliffe, Richard Dansky, Robert Hatch, Stephan Wieck, et al.
Troika! |  |  | 2019  |  |
Trollbabe | Adept Press  |  | 2002  | Fantasy | Written by Ron Edwards
Trophy RPG | The Gauntlet |  | 2022  |  |
True20 | Green Ronin Publishing | True20  | 2005  |  |
Truth & Justice | Atomic Sock Monkey Press |  | 2005  |  |
Tunnels and Trolls | Flying Buffalo |  | 1975  | Fantasy | Designed by Ken St. Andre.
TWERPS | Lou Zocchi |  | 1987  |  |
Twilight 2000 | GDW |  | 1984  |  |
Twilight Imperium: The Role-Playing Game | Fantasy Flight Games |  | 1999  |  |
Ultraviolet Grasslands | Exalted Funeral Press  |  | 2020  |  |
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 | Year Zero Engine  | 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 |  | 2003  |  | Roleplaying game book based on the popular computer game by Blizzard
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay | Games Workshop |  | 2008  |  |
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay | Games Workshop[21] |  | 1986  | Warhammer Fantasy (setting) |
Warheads: Medieval Tales | Urban Mammoth |  | 2010  |  | A comically based tabletop roleplaying war game
WARS Roleplaying Game | Mongoose Publishing |  | 2005  |  |
Waste World: Roleplaying in a Savage Future | Manticore  |  | 1997  |  |
Wayfarers | Ye Olde Gaming Companye |  | 2008  |  |
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 | 2001  | 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
Whitehack | WhitehackRPG (Christian Mehrstam)  |  | 2013–present  | Mainly fantasy but flexible  | A "reimaging" of the D&D "White Box" game with modern streamlined rules, now in its 4th edition
Wild Talents | Arc Dream Publishing |  | 2006  |  |
Wild West | Fantasy Games Unlimited |  | 1981  |  |
Witchcraft | Eden Studios, Inc. |  | 1996  |  |
Witch Hunt | StatCom Simulations Inc.  |  | 1983  |  |
Witch Hunter: The Invisible World | Alligator Alley Entertainmenf  |  | 2007  |  |
With Great Power... | Incarnadine Press  |  |  |  |
Wizards' Realm |  |  | 1981  |  |
Wizards' World |  |  | 1983  |  |
Women are Werewolves |  |  | 2022  |  |
Woof meow (role-playing game) | Game Systems |  | 1988  |  |
World Action And Adventure |  |  | 1985  |  |
World of Darkness (original) and the World of Darkness (new) "2.0"  | White Wolf Publishing |  | 1991  |  | Product line
The World of Indiana Jones | West End Games |  | 1994  |  |
World of Synnibarr | WonderWorld Press  |  | 1993  |  |
World Tree | Padwolf Publishing  |  | 2001  |  | Roleplaying in a high-magic, highly civilized world populated by many sentient species, none of them human
World Wide Wrestling RPG |  |  | 2015  |  |
Worlds Beyond |  |  | 1990  |  |
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 |  |  | 1999  |  |
Wraith: The Oblivion |  | Original World of Darkness | 1994  |  |
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"[22]

## See also

[edit]

* Games portal

* 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

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