Game |
Publisher |
System |
Dates |
Setting |
Notes |
13th Age |
Pelgrane Press |
D20 |
2013 |
Fantasy |
By Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo |
2300 AD |
Game Designers' Workshop |
|
1989 - |
Future of the Twilight 2000 universe |
Originally called Traveller 2300AD |
3D&T |
Editora Talismã (formerly Trama Editorial) |
|
1994 |
|
A Brazilian generic system, turned to anime-style campaigns |
7th Sea |
Alderac Entertainment Group / John Wick Presents |
|
1999, 2016 |
Pirates / Swashbuckling |
Designed by John Wick (game designer) |
Aberrant |
White Wolf Publishing |
Modified Storyteller |
1999 |
Superhero characters in the near future |
Part of the Trinity series |
D20 |
Active Exploits |
Precis Intermedia Gaming |
|
2002 |
|
|
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1977-2000 |
|
(See also Dungeons & Dragons) |
Advanced Fighting Fantasy |
Cubicle 7 |
|
1989 |
|
|
Adventure! |
Tori Bergquist |
|
1985 |
|
|
Adventure! |
White Wolf Publishing |
Modified Storyteller |
2001 |
A pulp adventure |
Part of the Trinity series |
Adventurers Guild |
Adventurers Guild |
|
1987 |
Line of "generic fantasy" supplements |
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 |
|
1979 |
|
|
The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1984 |
|
|
Adventures in Middle-earth |
Cubicle 7 |
D20 |
2016 |
Fantasy |
Based upon The One Ring RPG |
After The Bomb |
Palladium Books |
|
1986, 2001 |
|
|
Aftermath! |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
1981 |
|
|
Age of the Tempest |
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 |
Based on the furry comic book series Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci |
|
Alice is Missing |
Hunters Entertainment |
|
2020 |
|
Designed by Spenser Starke |
ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game |
Free League |
|
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 |
|
All-Star Wrestling |
Afterthought Images |
|
1991 |
|
|
Alma Mater |
Oracle Games |
|
1982 |
Comic high school |
|
Alshard (Japanese) |
Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain |
|
2002, 2005 |
Fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy[citation needed] |
|
Alshard Gaia (Japanese) |
|
Alshard system |
2006 |
Contemporary fantasy |
|
Alternity |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1998 |
Sci-fi |
|
Amazing Engine |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1993 |
|
|
Amber Diceless Roleplaying |
Phage Press |
Diceless |
1991 |
Based on the works of Roger Zelazny |
|
Anima: Beyond Fantasy |
Edge Entertainment |
|
2005, 2010 |
|
Spanish RPG, a collaboration of Eastern and Western developers RPG with anime-style artworks |
Angel |
Eden Studios, Inc. |
Cinematic Unisystem |
2003 |
Urban fantasy |
A spin-off of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer game |
Apocalypse Keys |
Evil Hat Productions |
|
2023 |
|
|
Apocalypse World |
Lumpley Games |
PbtA |
2010 |
A post-apocalyptic RPG of politics and survival |
Created by D. Vincent Baker. First RPG using the Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) system |
Arcana Unearthed |
Malhavoc Press |
D20 OGL |
2003 |
Fantasy |
Developed by Monte Cook |
Archaeron |
Archaeron Games |
|
1980 |
|
|
Arduin |
Grimoire Games, Emperors Choice Games |
|
1977-1980, 1992 |
The first cross-genre RPG[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 |
|
Ars Magica |
Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2) |
|
1987,
1989,
1992, 1996, 2004 |
Fantasy |
|
White Wolf Publishing (edition 3) |
Atlas Games (editions 4 & 5) |
Artesia: Adventures in the Known World |
Archaia Studios Press |
|
2005 |
|
Based on the Comic/Graphic Novels by Mark Smylie |
Ashen Stars |
Pelgrane Press |
GUMSHOE System |
2011 |
Gritty investigative Space Opera |
|
Atlantis |
Bard Games |
|
1984,
1985,
1996,
2014,
2019 |
|
|
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 |
BASH! |
Basic Action Games |
|
2005 |
|
|
Barony |
Better Games |
|
1990 |
|
|
Basic Fantasy RPG |
Chris Gonnerman |
|
2006 |
|
|
Basic Role-Playing |
Chaosium |
|
1980,
1982,
2002,
2004,
2008 |
|
Role-playing game system |
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 |
|
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 |
Black Crusade |
Fantasy Flight Games |
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay |
2011 |
|
|
Blade of Arcana |
Enterbrain, Game Field |
|
1999,
2001,
2006 |
|
Japanese-language RPG |
Blades in the Dark |
Evil Hat Productions |
Powered by the Apocalypse |
2017 |
Urban fantasy |
|
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 |
|
2017 |
Designed by Whitney "Strix" Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson |
|
Boot Hill |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1975 |
Wild West adventure |
|
Brave New World |
Pinnacle Entertainment, Alderac Entertainment Group |
|
1999 |
|
|
Breaking the Ice |
Black & Green Games |
|
2005 |
|
|
Brindlewood Bay |
Gauntlet Publishing |
|
2022 |
|
|
Bubblegum Crisis |
R. Talsorian Games |
Fuzion |
1996 |
Scifi, Cyberpunk |
|
Buccaneer |
Adversary Games |
|
1979 |
Pirate-themed RPG |
|
Buck Rogers XXVC |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1990-1992 |
|
|
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Eden Studios, Inc. |
Unisystem |
2002 |
|
Based on the TV show of the same name |
Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game |
|
|
1988 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
The Burning Wheel |
|
|
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 |
|
Based on the comic Xenozoic Tales |
Cadwallon |
Rackham |
|
2006 |
|
|
Call of Cthulhu |
Chaosium |
Basic Role-Playing |
1981 |
|
Based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft |
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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[1] |
D20 System |
2004 |
Generic futuristic |
|
d20 Modern |
Wizards of the Coast[2] |
D20 System |
2002 |
Generic modern |
|
d20 Past |
Wizards of the Coast[3] |
D20 System |
2005 |
Generic historical |
|
d20 System |
Wizards of the Coast[4] |
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 by E. Gary Gygax |
Game Designers' Workshop |
|
1992 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Dark Conspiracy |
Game Designers' Workshop |
|
1991 |
|
|
Dark Dungeons |
|
|
2010 |
|
Retroclone |
The Dark Eye |
|
|
1984,
1988,
1993,
2001,
2006,
2015 |
|
Most popular German RPG,[5] 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 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! |
|
|
1986 |
|
|
Degenesis: Rebirth |
SIXMOREVODKA |
KatharSys |
2014 |
Primal Punk |
|
Demon City Shinjuku Role-Playing Game |
|
|
1999 |
|
Based on the novel and anime series of the same name |
Demon Hunters Role Playing Game |
|
Cortex System |
2008 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Diana: Warrior Princess |
Steve Jackson Games |
|
2003 |
|
By Marcus Rowland |
Diaspora |
VSCA Publishing |
FATE |
2009 |
Hard science fiction |
|
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 |
Dogs in the Vineyard |
Lumpley Games |
|
2004,
2005 |
Loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah |
|
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 |
Clinton R. Nixon, Donjon Anvilwerks |
|
2002 |
|
|
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. |
Dragon Ball Z - Anime Adventure Game |
|
|
|
|
|
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 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 |
|
2001 |
|
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 |
Aka End All Be All |
Earth 2020 |
Self-published |
|
1983 |
Role-playing game |
By Stephen Kyffin |
Earthdawn |
FASA |
|
1993-2015 |
Fantasy post-apocalypse; ambiguously a predecessor in the timeline of the Shadowrun setting |
|
Eclipse Phase |
Posthuman Studios |
d100 |
2009 |
Sci-fi |
|
El-Hazard Role-Playing Game |
Guardians of Order |
|
2001 |
|
|
Eldritch Role-Playing System |
Goodman Games |
|
2008 |
|
|
Element Masters |
Escape Ventures |
|
1983 |
|
|
Elfquest |
Chaosium |
Basic Role-Playing |
1984 |
Based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini |
|
Elfs |
Adept Press |
|
2001 |
|
|
Elric! |
Chaosium |
|
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 |
Enforcers |
21st Century Games |
|
1987 |
|
|
Engel |
Feder & Schwert |
d20 System |
2002 |
|
|
Eon |
Neogames |
|
1996 |
Swedish fantasy game |
|
The Esoterrorists |
Pelgrane Press |
GUMSHOE System |
2006 |
Horror |
|
Espionage! |
Hero Games |
|
1983 |
|
Based on Second Edition Champions |
Eternal Soldier |
Tai-Gear Simulations |
|
1985 |
Free Universal Role-Playing system |
|
Etherscope |
Goodman Games |
d20 Modern |
|
|
|
The Everlasting |
Visionary Entertainment Studios Inc |
|
1997 |
|
|
EverQuest Role-Playing Game |
White Wolf Publishing |
d20 System |
2002 |
Pencil & paper version of the popular MMORPG |
|
Everway |
|
|
1995 |
|
|
Ex Machina |
Guardians of Order |
|
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 |
By James Wallis |
Fading Suns |
Holistic Design |
d20 System |
1996,
1999,
2001,
2007,
2012 |
|
|
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.[6] There are other games that use the FATE engine |
Fate of the Norns |
Andrew Valkauskas |
Runic Game System (RGS) - Previous editions used a 2D10 based system |
1993,
2002,
2006,
2012 |
|
Viking Historical/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 |
|
|
Feng Shui |
Daedalus Entertainment, Atlas Games |
|
1996,
1999,
2015 |
Hong Kong martial arts movies |
|
Fiasco |
Bully Pulpit Games |
Custom |
2009 |
Various |
|
Field Guide to Encounters |
Judges Guild |
|
1982 |
|
|
Fifth Cycle |
Shield Games |
|
1990 |
|
|
Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game |
Puffin Books |
|
1982 |
|
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 |
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 |
|
|
Forbidden Kingdoms |
OtherWorld Creations |
d20 System |
2001,
2006 |
|
|
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. |
Custom (1st–4th edition)
Alternity (5th edition)
d20 System (6th–7th edition) |
1978,
1983,
1986,
1992,
2000,
2003,
2010 |
|
Different versions are based on different versions of D&D |
Gangbusters |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1982,
1990,
2019 |
1930s urban crime adventure |
|
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 |
|
1986,
1989 |
Based on the Ghostbusters film series |
First RPG to use a dice pool system[citation needed] |
Ghosts of Albion |
Eden Studios, Inc. |
Unisystem |
2008,
2011 |
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 |
|
|
Good Society |
Storybrewers |
|
2018 |
|
|
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 |
Halcyon |
Neuwerld Studios |
Prodigy System |
2008 |
|
|
Happy Birthday, Robot! |
Evil Hat Productions |
|
2010 |
|
|
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 (aka Elric!) |
By Kerie Campbell-Robson |
Heart: The City Beneath |
Rowan, Rook & Decard |
|
2020 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Hidden Kingdom |
New Rules Inc. |
|
1985 |
|
|
High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game |
TSR, Inc. |
|
1993 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Hunter: The Vigil |
White Wolf Publishing |
Storytelling System |
2008,
2022 |
Chronicles of Darkness |
|
Hyborian War |
Reality Simulations Inc. |
|
1984 |
Hyborian Age |
Based on the world of Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard |
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 |
|
|
|
|
InSpectres |
Memento Mori Theatricks |
|
2002 |
|
|
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[7] |
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
Land of the Rising Sun |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
Chivalry & Sorcery |
1980 |
|
Samurai and Ninjas |
Lands of Adventure |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
1983 |
|
|
The Laundry |
Cubicle 7 |
Basic Role-Playing |
2010 |
|
|
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 |
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
1997 |
|
|
MERC |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
1981 |
|
A Modern Role Playing Game of Counter Insurgency |
Merc 2000 |
|
|
|
Twilight 2000 updated for the post-Cold War '90s |
|
Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes |
Flying Buffalo |
Custom Tunnels and Trolls derivative |
1983,
1986,
2019 |
|
|
The Metabarons Roleplaying Game |
West End Games |
|
|
|
|
Metamorphosis Alpha |
|
|
1976 |
Set on a generation spaceship, the starship Warden, long after an unknown cataclysmic event |
|
Michtim: Fluffy Adventures |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
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 |
Dungeons & Dragons |
2003 |
A fantasy world wereinwhich 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 |
|
A game about the messy lives of teenage monsters by Joe Mcdaldno |
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
Mouse Guard |
Archaia Entertainment |
A version of the Burning Wheel engine |
2008 |
|
By Luke Crane |
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 |
|
|
Myrskyn aika |
Johnny Kniga Kustannus |
|
2003 |
|
By Mike Pohjola |
Mythworld |
Hippogriff Publications |
|
1986 |
|
|
Neighborhood |
Wheaton Publications |
|
1982 |
|
|
Nephilim |
Chaosium |
|
1992 |
Modern occult |
|
Neuroshima |
Portal |
|
2003 |
|
Polish |
Nexus: The Infinite City |
Daedalus Games |
|
1994 |
|
|
Nicotine Girls |
Paul Czege |
|
|
|
By Paul Czege |
Nightbane |
Palladium Books |
|
1995 |
Dark fantasy |
|
Nightlife |
Stellar Games |
|
1990 |
Horror |
|
Night of the Ninja |
IIE Games Corporation |
|
1986 |
|
|
Night's Black Agents |
Pelgrane Press |
|
2012 |
|
|
Night Wizard! |
Enterbrain |
|
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 |
|
1999,
2002,
2011 |
|
By R. Sean Borgstrom |
Noctum |
Mongoose Publishing |
|
2005,
2007,
2009,
2015 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Odysseus |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
1980 |
|
|
The Official Superhero Adventure Game |
Brian Phillips |
|
1981 |
|
|
Omnigon |
Omnigon Games |
|
1989 |
|
|
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild |
Free League Publishing |
|
2011 |
|
Set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, set at the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. |
Only War |
Fantasy Flight Games |
|
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 |
|
|
Over the Edge |
Atlas Games |
|
1992,
1997,
2019 |
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
A Penny for My Thoughts |
Evil Hat Productions |
|
2009 |
|
|
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, D20M, Traveller |
1993,
2002,
2005,
2008 |
|
|
Primetime Adventures |
Dog Eared Designs |
|
2004 |
|
|
Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game |
Chaosium |
|
1989 |
|
|
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 |
|
Psiworld |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
1984 |
SF adventures with a focus on psi abilities |
|
Puppetland |
Arcane Magazine, Hogshead Publishing |
|
1997 |
|
|
QAGS |
Hex Entertainment |
|
2003 |
|
|
Qin: The Warring States |
Cubicle 7 |
|
2007 |
|
|
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 |
The Realm of Yolmi |
West Coast Games |
|
1977 |
|
|
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 |
|
Based on Larry Niven's Ringworld novels |
Risus |
Cumberland Games and Diversions |
|
1993 |
|
|
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 |
FFG[8] |
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay |
2009 |
|
|
RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) |
Iron Crown Enterprises |
Fully expandable and customizable rules system |
1980,
1982,
1984,
1999 |
|
|
Rune |
Atlas Games |
|
2001 |
|
|
RuneQuest[9] |
Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing |
Basic Role-Playing |
1978,
1979,
1984,
2006,
2010,
2012,
2018 |
|
|
RuneSlayers |
|
|
1998 |
|
|
SAGA System |
|
|
|
|
|
Sandman: Map of Halaal |
|
|
|
|
|
Savage Worlds |
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shadow Lords |
|
|
|
A world of epic heroes, immortals, titans, angels and demons. |
|
Shadow of the Demon Lord |
Schwalb Entertainment |
|
2015 |
Fantasy, Dark fantasy, Horror |
|
The Shadow of Yesterday |
|
|
|
|
|
Shadowrun |
|
|
|
Cyberpunk fantasy |
|
Shard |
|
|
|
|
|
Shatterzone |
|
|
|
|
|
Shock: Social Science Fiction |
|
|
|
|
|
Silver Age Sentinels |
Guardians of Order |
|
|
|
|
Simian Conquest |
|
|
|
|
|
Sine Requie |
|
|
|
Horror |
Italian role-playing game |
Skulduggery |
|
|
|
|
|
Skull and Crossbones: Roleplay on the Spanish Main |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
|
|
|
Skyrealms of Jorune |
SkyRealms Publishing, later Chessex |
|
|
|
|
SLA Industries |
Nightfall Games[10] |
|
|
|
|
Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes |
Mongoose Publishing |
|
|
|
|
S/lay w/Me |
|
|
|
|
|
The Slayers d20 |
|
D20 System |
|
|
|
Smallville |
Margaret Weis Productions |
Cortex Classic |
|
Based on the Smallville television series |
|
A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying |
|
|
|
|
|
Sorcerer |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
Spirit of the Century |
Evil Hat Productions |
FATE system |
|
A pulp game |
|
Splicers |
|
|
|
|
|
Splittermond |
Uhrwerk-Verlag |
|
|
Lorakis |
German Fantasy RPG |
Spycraft |
Alderac Entertainment Group |
|
|
Espionage adventures |
|
Stalking the Night Fantastic |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard RPG System |
|
|
|
|
|
Star Ace |
|
|
|
|
|
Star Crossed |
Bully Pulpit Games |
|
2019 |
|
Designed by Alex Roberts |
Starblazer Adventures |
|
|
|
|
|
StarCraft Adventures |
TSR, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
Star*Drive |
TSR, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
Starfaring |
Flying Buffalo |
|
|
|
|
Starfinder Roleplaying Game |
Paizo Publishing |
D20 System |
|
|
|
Starfleet Voyages |
|
|
|
|
|
Star Frontiers |
TSR |
|
|
|
|
Stargate SG-1 |
AEG |
Spycraft/D20 System |
2003-2004 |
|
|
Star Hero |
Fantasy Hero |
SF adaptation of Hero System |
|
|
|
Star Patrol |
|
|
|
|
|
Star Riders |
Ianus Games |
|
|
Parody of space opera |
|
Star Rovers |
|
|
|
|
|
Starship Troopers (RPG) |
Mongoose Publishing |
|
|
|
|
Starships & Spacemen |
|
|
|
|
|
Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier |
Heritage |
|
1978 |
|
|
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Role Playing Game |
Last Unicorn |
|
1999-2000 |
|
|
Star Trek Role Playing Game |
Last Unicorn |
|
1999 |
|
|
Star Trek Roleplaying Game |
Decipher |
|
2002-2005 |
|
|
Star Trek: The Role Playing Game |
FASA |
|
1983-1988 |
|
|
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game |
West End Games |
D6 System |
1987-1999 |
|
|
Star Wars Roleplaying Game |
Fantasy Flight |
|
2012- |
|
|
Star Wars Roleplaying Game |
Wizards of the Coast |
D20 System |
2000-2010 |
|
|
Star Wreck Role-playing game |
Mike Pohjola |
|
|
Parody game based on the Star Wreck movie franchise |
|
Steve Perrin's Quest Rules |
|
|
|
|
|
Stormbringer |
Chaosium |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Super Squadron |
|
|
|
Super-Hero game |
Australian |
Supergame |
|
|
|
|
|
Superhero 2044 |
|
|
|
|
|
Supernatural |
Margaret Weis Productions |
Cortex Classic |
2009-2010 |
Based on The CW's Supernatural television series |
|
Supervillains |
|
|
|
|
|
Superworld |
Chaosium |
|
|
|
|
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies |
|
|
|
|
|
Swordbearer |
Heritage Games and Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
|
|
|
Swords & Wizardry |
Mythmere Games |
|
|
|
A free "clone" of the original version of Dungeons & Dragons |
Sword World RPG |
|
|
|
|
Japanese |
Synnibarr (aka The World Of Synnibarr) |
Craig McCracken |
|
|
|
Notorious for a nonsensical, poorly explained game-world and huge power-levels granted to beginning player characters |
Systems Failure |
Palladium Books |
|
|
|
|
Tales from the Floating Vagabond |
Avalon Hill |
|
1991 |
Comedy-fantasy |
|
Tales from the Loop |
Free League Publishing |
|
2017 |
Alternative history science fiction |
|
Talislanta |
Bard Games |
Omni System |
1987 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
|
Theatrix |
Backstage Press |
|
1993 |
|
|
Thieves' Guild |
Gamelords |
|
1980 |
|
|
Thieves' World |
Chaosium |
|
1981 |
|
|
Thousand Year Old Vampire |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
Tibet: The Roleplaying Game |
Vajra Enterprises |
|
2004 |
Historical fantasy set in Tibet |
|
Time & Time Again |
Timeline Ltd. |
|
1984 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
Timemaster |
Pacesetter Ltd; Goblinoid Games |
|
1984; 2011 |
|
|
Timeship |
Yaquinto Publications |
|
|
|
|
To Challenge Tomorrow |
Ragnarok Enterprises |
|
1983 |
|
|
Tokyo NOVA |
Enterbrain |
|
1993 |
Cyberpunk |
Japanese |
Toon |
Steve Jackson Games |
|
|
Cartoon adventure inspired by the classic cartoon series from Warner Brothers and MGM |
|
Top Secret |
TSR, Inc. |
|
|
Espionage adventures |
|
TORG |
West End Games |
|
|
|
|
Total Eclipse RPG |
Shrapnel Games |
|
|
By Steve N. Jackson - Smart phone optimized role playing game |
Trail of Cthulhu |
Pelgrane Press |
|
|
|
|
Transhuman Space |
Steve Jackson Games |
|
|
|
|
Traveller |
GDW |
|
1977 |
Space Opera |
By Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, and Loren K. Wiseman. |
Traveller: 2300 |
Game Designers Workshop |
|
1986 |
|
Tri-Stat dX |
|
|
|
|
|
Tribe 8 |
Dream Pod 9 |
|
|
|
|
Thrilling Tales |
|
|
|
Pulp Amazing Stories |
|
Trinity |
White Wolf Publishing |
|
|
|
|
Trollbabe |
Adept Press |
|
2002 |
|
|
True20 |
Green Ronin Publishing |
True20 |
2005 |
|
|
Truth & Justice |
Atomic Sock Monkey Press |
|
2005 |
|
|
Tunnels and Trolls |
Flying Buffalo |
|
|
|
|
TWERPS |
Lou Zocchi |
|
|
|
|
Twilight 2000 |
GDW |
|
1984 |
|
|
Twilight Imperium: The Role-Playing Game |
Fantasy Flight Games |
|
1999 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Usagi Yojimbo |
Sanguine Productions |
|
|
|
Based on the comic book series, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai |
Uuhraah! |
Blackhawk Games |
|
1976 |
Prehistoric setting with cavemen |
|
Vaesen |
Free League Publishing |
|
2020 |
|
Horror mystery monster-hunting |
Valley of the Pharaohs |
Palladium Books |
|
1983-1985 |
|
|
Vampire: The Dark Ages |
White Wolf Publishing |
Storyteller System |
1996 |
|
|
Vampire: The Masquerade |
White Wolf Publishing (1st, 2nd and revised editions)
Onyx Path Publishing (20th anniversary edition)
Modiphius Entertainment(5th edition) |
Storyteller System |
1991
1992
1998
2011
2018 |
World of Darkness |
|
Vampire: The Requiem |
|
Storytelling System |
2004 |
|
|
Victorian Adventure |
SKS Distribution |
|
1983 |
|
|
Victorian Age: Vampire |
White Wolf |
Storyteller System |
2002 |
|
|
Victoriana - 2nd edition |
Cubicle 7 Entertainment |
|
|
|
|
Victorian Gothic |
Arcanus Press |
Epic Dice System |
2020 |
Gothic Horror |
A dark world of the penny dreadful |
Villains and Vigilantes |
Fantasy Games Unlimited, Monkey House Games |
|
1979 |
|
|
Violence |
Hogshead Publishing |
|
1999 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Roleplaying game book based on the popular computer game by Blizzard |
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay |
Games Workshop |
|
|
|
|
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay |
Games Workshop[11] |
|
|
|
|
Warheads: Medieval Tales |
Urban Mammoth |
|
|
|
A comically based tabletop roleplaying war game |
WARS Roleplaying Game |
Mongoose Publishing |
|
|
|
|
Waste World: Roleplaying in a Savage Future |
Manticore |
|
1997 |
|
|
Wayfarers |
Ye Olde Gaming Companye |
|
|
|
|
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 |
TSR, Inc. |
D20 System |
|
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 |
Wild Talents |
Arc Dream Publishing |
|
|
|
|
Wild West |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
|
1981 |
|
|
Witchcraft |
Eden Studios, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
Witch Hunt |
StatCom Simulations Inc. |
|
1983 |
|
|
Witch Hunter: The Invisible World |
Alligator Alley Entertainmenf |
|
2007 |
|
|
With Great Power... |
Incarnadine Press |
|
|
|
|
Wizards' Realm |
|
|
|
|
|
Wizards' World |
|
|
|
|
|
Woof meow (role-playing game) |
Game Systems |
|
1988 |
|
|
World Action And Adventure |
|
|
|
|
|
World of Darkness (original) and the World of Darkness (new) "2.0" |
White Wolf Publishing |
|
|
|
Product line |
The World of Indiana Jones |
West End Games |
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World of Synnibarr |
WonderWorld Press |
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World Tree |
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Roleplaying in a high-magic, highly civilized world populated by many sentient species, none of them human |
Worlds Beyond |
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Worlds of Wonder |
Chaosium |
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Wraith: The Great War |
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Wraith: The Oblivion |
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Original World of Darkness |
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Year of the Phoenix |
Fantasy Games Unlimited |
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1986 |
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Ysgarth |
Ragnarok Games |
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1979 |
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Written by Timothy Willard |
The Zorcerer of Zo |
Atomic Sock Monkey Press |
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2006 |
Fairy tales |
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Zweihänder |
Grim & Perilous Studios |
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2017 |
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Written by Daniel Fox. Deliberately similar in tone and rules mechanics to Warhammer FRP |