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Welcome to the Usenet Complete Role-Playing Games List! This is intended to be a list of all Role-Playing Games that have ever been published anywhere, including those that have since passed out of current release. I am placing this list in the public domain, which means that you can feel free to redistribute, quote from, refer to, describe, fold, spindle, or mutilate it to your heart's content without concerning yourself with how I might feel about it. I would request that if you plan to distribute this list in its entirety that you retain the notes I've added at the bottom: in particular, the credit I've given to the numerous net people who have provided the information that made this list a reality. Of course, since it is in the public domain, you can do whatever you want with it. Please keep in mind, however, that even though the list itself is in the public domain, the game names and the names of the companies contained therein should be considered trademarks of the company that produces or produced them, and that inclusion in this list does not detract from those trademarks in any way. The out of print information for this list is based on the latest edition of The Games Quarterly Catalog (#7), the definitive reference for current production RPG's, a subscription to which has been graciously provided by Wizards of the Coast. Only games for which any edition of the main rules are still available are listed as "in print". The only discrepancies from the contents of the Games Quarterly Catalog is information obtained via E-mail or announcement from the individual publisher or their representative. Out of print information regarding games not available in the United States are not included in The Games Quarterly Catalog, and is thus likely to be inaccurate. Note that just because a game is listed as "out of print" does not mean that individual stores will not have copies or that distributors will not have the product in stock, just that the publisher no longer has copies to send to distributors. Much information from this list was provided by _Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games_ by Lawrence Schick, published in 1991 by Prometheus Books (ISBN 0-87975-652-7 Hard-backed, ISBN 0-87975-653-5 Paper-backed). For anyone interested in the history of role-playing games, or a very complete list of RPG products published in 1990 or before, I strongly urge you to find this book. It contains a list of all products for every game system, and gives a brief description of each, and suggests few best games in each genre. Currently, the most up-to-date version of this list is kept on the World-Wide-Web under my home page at: http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~surge/gaming/rpgs Enjoy! -Jon (surge@cqs.washington.edu) ======================================================================== ($) Indicates that the system indicated is out of print. (-) Indicates a game not available in the U.S. (^) Indicates that the game listed is a "Universal" Game supplement (*) Indicates that the game has not yet been released Other parenthetical comments are specified at the bottom of the section they appear in. "Universal" Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adventure! ($) Tori Bergquist Adventure Maximum Worldmaster Designs Amazing Engine TSR For Faerie Queen and Country Bughunters Magitech Galactos Barrier Metamorphosis Alpha to Omega The Once and Future King Anywhen Universal Role-Playing System($)K Society Fireland Imperial Earth ARM (+) NETable project BURPS ($) Maverick Games Dangerous Journeys ($) Game Designers' Workshop/TSR Mythus Duel Nightshift Games/Crunchy Frog Enter. Duel Revolution: 2220 Wooden Suits & Iron Men Eternal Soldier ($) Tai-Gear Simulations Free Style Role-Play Better Games Avengers of Justice Battle Born Barony Buccaneers and Conquistadors Era Ten Good Guys Finish Last Rogue Swords of the Empire FUDGE (@) NETable project Generic Game Inner City Games Designs Just Another Monster Arena GURPS (=) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Arabian Nights GURPS Atomic Horror GURPS Aztecs GURPS Bunnies & Burrows GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon GURPS Camelot GURPS China GURPS Cthorr GURPS Civil War GURPS Cliffhangers GURPS Conan GURPS Cops GURPS Cyberpunk GURPS Espionage GURPS Fantasy GURPS Fantasy II GURPS Harkwood GURPS Horror GURPS Horseclans GURPS Humanx GURPS Ice Age GURPS Illuminati GURPS Imperial Rome GURPS Japan GURPS Lensman GURPS Mecha GURPS Middle Ages GURPS Old West GURPS The Prisoner GURPS Psionics GURPS Riverworld GURPS Robin Hood GURPS Scarlet Pimpernel GURPS Space GURPS Special Ops GURPS Supers GURPS Swashbucklers GURPS Terradyne GURPS Time Travel GURPS Uplift GURPS Vikings GURPS War Against the Cthorr GURPS Werewolf GURPS Wild Cards GURPS Witch World Hero System Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises At Rapier's Point (*) (%) Champions Champions in 3D Cyber HERO Danger, International Dark Champions Dark Space (%) Espionage Fantasy HERO Justice, Inc. Mythic Egypt (%) Mythic Greece (%) Ninja HERO Outlaw (%) Pirates (%) Privateer Robin Hood (%) Star HERO Time Riders (%) Vikings (%) Western HERO Infinity ($) The Infinity Company Ironhedge ($) Empire Wargames Ganghedge Ironhedge Starhedge Westhedge Legacy ($) Legacy Press Les Maitres-Mondes (-) L'Arkalance Roleplayer ($) Roleplayer Enterprises Simulacres (-) Casus Belli Simulacron I Simulacron I System One (++) NETable project To Challenge Tomorrow Ragnarok Enterprises TWERPS Reindeer Games/Gamescience Fly-By Knights M.E.C.H.I.-Tech Metaphysical Ninja Maniac Chainsaw Vitamin Junkies Robopunk Rocket Rangers Space Cadets Superdudes Twek World Action and Adventure ($) M.S. Kinney Corporation Worlds of Wonder ($) Chaosium Magicworld Futureworld Superworld @ NET Project coordinated by Steffan O'Sullivan (sos@oz.plymouth.edu) + Anonymous FTP from teetot.acusd.edu in /pub/Beelzebub/Role-Playing/Generic ++ Anonymous FTP to quayle.mu.wvnet.edu, written by Paul Jason Clegg % These Hero Games supplements also contain rules for use with Rolemaster = See the rec.games.frp GURPS book list for a complete list, maintained by Jeffrey Johnson (jeff.johnson@ccscola.columbia.ncr.com) Traditional Fantasy Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abenteuer in Magira (-) Abenteuerrunde GBR Advanced Dungeons & Dragons TSR Al-Qadim (Historical Fantasy) Dark Sun (Fantasy) Dragonlance (Fantasy) Forgotten Realms (Fantasy) Greyhawk (Fantasy) Lankhmar (Literary Fantasy) Mystara (*) (Fantasy) Oriental Adventures (Historical Fantasy) PlaneScapes (Fantasy) Ravenloft (Dark Fantasy) Spelljammer (Space Fantasy) Advanced Fighting Fantasy ($) Puffin AdventureQuest Jaern ($) Lafayette Simulations Adventures in Fantasy Adventure Games/Excalibre Games Adventures in Tekumel Theatre of the Mind/Clash of Arms Animonde (-) Siroz/Ideojeux Archaeron ($) Archaeron Games Arduin Adventure Grimoire Games Arena (^) Inner City Games Designs Arlia Last Unicorn Games Atlantis ($) Bard Games Barony (^) Better Games Bloodbath ($) TC International Bloodlust (-) Siroz Bifrost ($) Skytrex Castle Falkenstein (*) R. Talsorian Games Castle Perilous ($) West Wind Simulations I Cavalieri del Tempio (-) E-Elle Challenges Game System ($) Challenge International Conan ($) TSR Darkurthe LEGENDS Black Dragon Press Das Schwarze Auge (-) Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit Dinky Dungeons ($) Doc's Games Duel (^) Nightshift Games/Crunchy Frog Enter. Dragonfire Heartbreaker Hobbies & Games DragonQuest ($) Simulations Publications, Inc./TSR DragonQuest TSR Dragonraid ($) Escape Ventures, Inc. Dragonraid ($) Adventure Learning Systems Dragonroar ($) Standard Games Dragon Warriors ($) (-) Corgi Books Drakar och Demoner (-) "Aventyrspel Dungeons & Dragons TSR Earthdawn FASA Empire of the Petal Throne TSR/TOME/Gamescience/Different Worlds Fantasy HERO (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises The Fantasy Trip ($) MetaGaming Fantasy Wargaming ($) Stein and Day Publishing Feeries (-) ($) Les Elfes Fifth Cycle Shield Games Fighting Fantasy ($) Puffin Fireland (^) ($) K Society GURPS Fantasy (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Fantasy II (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Harkwood (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Horseclans (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Riverworld (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games Halmabrea ($) Sutton Hoo Games Hammer of Thor Excalibre Games Heroes (-) ($) Tabletop Games High Fantasy ($) Reston Publishing The Horseclans ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Ironhedge (^) ($) Empire Wargames KABAL ($) Kabal Gaming Systems Kata Kumbas (-) E-Elle Knights and Magick ($) Heritage USA Legendary Lives Marquee Press/Sage Lore Productions LegendQuest Board Enterprises Loremaster ($) Iron Crown Enterprises Magicworld (^) Chaosium Manual of the Eternal Sages Scott J. Compton The MEGA System MEGA Games/Excalibre Games Melanda Wilmark Dynasty Midgard (-) Klee-Spiele GmbH Mythus (^) Game Designers' Workshop Mythworld ($) Hippogriff Publication Palladium Palladium Phantasia ($) Bantam/Spectra Phantasy Conclave ($) Phantasy Conclave Powers & Perils ($) Avalon Hill Proteus Bruce Gomes Industries Quest of the Ancients Unicorn Game Publications Realms of Myth ($) Stormhawk Publications Reve de Dragon (-) Nef/Ludodelire/Multisim Rogue Swords of the Empire (^) (#) Better Games Rolemaster Iron Crown Enterprises Runequest Chaosium/Avalon Hill Scales (-) (*) Siroz/Ideojeux Schimmen & Schaduwen (-) The Wise Tree Shades of Fantasy ($) IDD Shields of Power ($) Shield Maiden I Signori del Caos (-) Black Out Sun and Storm Storm Press Swordbearer ($) Heritage USA/Fantasy Games Unlimited Sword's Path Glory ($) Leading Edge Games Synnibarr Wonderworld Press Talislanta Bard Games/WotC/Daedalus Games TAQ ($) Peter's Press Thieves' Guild ($) Gamelords, Ltd. Tunnels & Trolls Flying Buffalo, Inc. TWERPS Fly-By Knights (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience Ultimate Power The Game Lords, Ltd. L'Ultime Epreuve (-) ($) Jeux Actuels Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play ($) Games Workshop WarpWorld ($) BTRC What Price Glory?! ($) James Lauffenberger Wizards' Realm Mystic Swamp/Gamescience Wizards' World ($) Fantasy Worlds Unlimited The Yellow Dragon ($) Ysgarth Ragnarok Enterprises # Entire game is contained in Spacegamer/Fantasygamer issue 2 Historical Fantasy Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ars Magica Lion Rampant/WW/Wizards of the Coast At Rapier's Point (*) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises By The Gods Ragnarok Enterprises Chivalry & Sorcery ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited For Faerie Queen and Country (^) TSR GURPS Arabian Nights (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Camelot (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Robin Hood (^) Steve Jackson Games Harnmaster Columbia Games Heroes of Olympus ($) Task Force Games Hidden Kingdom ($) New Rules, Inc. High King (*) Chaosium Knights of the Round Table ($) Little Soldier Games Lace and Steel The Australian Games Group Lands of Adventure ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Legendes (-) Jeux Descartes Legendes Celtiques Legendes de la Table Ronde Legende de la Valee des Rois Legendes des Mille et une nuits Man, Myth, and Magic ($) Yaquinto Publications Odysseus ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Pendragon Chaosium Premieres Legendes (-) Jeux Descartes Prince Valiant Chaosium Robin Hood (^) Iron Crown Enterprises Rus Rus Games Sphinx ($) Seventh Scarab Tapestry White Rose Valley of the Pharaohs ($) Palladium Witch Hunt ($) StatCom Simulations, Inc. Literary Fantasy Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amber Phage Press Elfquest Chaosium Elric! Chaosium GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Conan (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Witch World (^) Steve Jackson Games Lord of The Rings Iron Crown Enterprises Masters of the Universe ($) FASA Middle Earth Role-Playing Game Iron Crown Enterprises Stormbringer Chaosium Wizards Whit Publications "Pure" Fantasy Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Angeli (-) (*) Fantastische Spiele GdbR Bunnies and Burrows ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited GURPS Bunnies and Burrows (^) Steve Jackson Games Kabbale (-) Les Elfes Laborinthus (-) ($) ECG La Methode du Docteur Chestel (-) Les Presses du Midi Lost Souls Marquee Press/Sage Lore Productions Mage White Wolf Nephilim Chaosium Sandman Pacesetter/54 40' Orphyte Uuhrah! ($) Blackhawk Games Woof Meow ($) Game Systems, Inc. Science Fantasy Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Albedo Thoughts & Images/Chessex Element Masters ($) Escape Ventures Expendables Stellar Games Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo ($)Fantasy Games Unlimited Gamma World TSR GURPS Lensman (^) Steve Jackson Games Hawkmoon Chaosium John Carter, Warlord of Mars ($) Heritage Judge Dredd ($) Games Workshop Justifiers StarChilde Publications/CTS Lords of Creation ($) Avalon Hill Manhunter Kingslayer/StarChilde/Whit/Myrmidon Prs Metamorphosis Alpha ($) TSR Metamorphosis Alpha to Omega (^) TSR Mutazoids Whit Publications Nuts and Voltz (#) White Wolf Phase VII ($) Cheshire Games Rhand: Morning Star Missions ($) Leading Edge Games Second Dawn ($) RBA Enterprises Skyrealms of Jorune Chessex/Skyrealms Publishing Space:1889 Game Designers' Workshop # Contained in White Wolf #10 Space Opera Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A.I. RPG Digest Group Publications Era Ten (^) Better Games FTL:2448 Tri-Tac Systems Future Worlds ($) Stellar Gaming Workshop Galactica (*) Coltrane Productions Genesis ($) IUV Guardians of Sol (#) Better Games GURPS Humanx (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Space (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Uplift (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS War Against the Cthorr (^) Steve Jackson Games Imperial Earth (^) ($) K Society Incursion Tri Tac Systems MegaTraveller Game Designers' Workshop Omnigon ($) Omnigon Games The Once and Future King (^) TSR Other Suns Fantasy Games Unlimited Prime Directive Task Force Games Realm of Yolmi ($) West Coast Games/Avante-Guard Ringworld ($) Chaosium S.H.A.L.T. ($) Coltrane Productions Space Opera Fantasy Games Unlimited Space Master Iron Crown Enterprises Space Quest ($) Tyr Gamemakers Star Ace ($) Pacesetter Starfaring ($) Flying Buffalo, Inc. Starfleet Voyages ($) Terra Games Star Frontiers ($) TSR Starhedge (^) ($) Empire Wargames Star HERO (^) ($) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Star Patrol ($) Gamescience Star Rovers ($) Archive Miniatures and Game Systems Starships and Spacemen ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Star Trek ($) FASA Star Wars West End Games Tigres Volants (-) Les Creatures Genevois Traveller ($) Game Designers' Workshop Traveller: The New Era Game Designers' Workshop Triad Ragnarok Enterprises Traveller: 2300/2300 AD Game Designers' Workshop TWERPS Space Cadets (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience TWERPS Twek (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience Universe ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. Worlds Beyond ($) Other World Games XXVC: Buck Rogers TSR (#) Completely contained in Space Gamer #5 Science Fiction Combat Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aliens ($) Leading Edge Battle Born (^) (#) Better Games Combots ($) FASA Corps Worlds Crunchy Frog Enterprises Interstellar Elite Combat ($) Game Masters Assoc/Wizards Of the Coast Renegade Legion:Legionnaire FASA Space Infantry ($) D&R Game Design Whog Shrog (-) ($) Siroz/Ideojeux # Contained entirely in Spacegamer/Fantasygamer issue 1 Time Travel Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chronos (-) Les Createurs Genevois Doctor Who ($) FASA GURPS Time Travel (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games Outime ($) Valhalla Simulation Games Time and Time Again Timeline, Ltd. Time Drifters ($) Dimensional Strategies, Inc. Time Lord - The Dr. Who RPG Virgin Games/Task Force Games TimeLords BTRC Timemaster Pacesetter/54 40' Orphyte Time Riders (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Timeship ($) Yaquinto Publications Other Science Fiction Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Athanor (-) Siroz/Ideojeux BattleLords of the 23rd Century Optimus Design Systems Battlestar Galactica ($) FASA Blackwatch ($) Different Worlds Publications Bughunters (^) TSR Cassiopean Empire ($) Norton Games La Compagnie des Glaces (-) Jeux Actuels Confederate Rangers ($) SoLar-Way Games Domination StarChilde Publications/CTS Fringeworthy Tri Tac Systems Futureworld (^) Chaosium GateWar Escape Ventures Guardians StarChilde Publications/CTS GURPS Chtorr (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Terradyne (^) Steve Jackson Games High Colonies Waterford Publishing House/Columbia Journeyman Infinity Games Koros (-) Siroz/Ideojeux Legacy Discordian Games Luna: Seat of the Regent (*) Discordian Games Mach ($) Alliance Publications Midnight at the Well of Souls ($) TAGG Multimondes (-) Oriflam Proton Fire ($) TSR Reich Star ($) Creative Encounters Revolution: 2220 (^) (*) Nightshift Games/Crunchy Frog Enter. Shatterzone West End Games Simian Combat ($) Avant-Garde Simulations Perspectives Space Gothic (-) Fantastische Spiele GdbR Space Infantry ($) D&R Game Design Star Explorer ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Star Khan ($) Khan Games Star Rovers Module I ($) Archive TWERPS Rocket Rangers (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience Mecha Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyborg Commando ($) New Infinities Droids ($) Integral Games GURPS Mecha (^) (*) Steve Jackson Games Heavy Gear (*) Dream Pod 9 Living Steel Leading Edge Games Macross II Palladium Marauder 2107 Maelstrom Hobby Mechanoids ($) Palladium Mechwarrior FASA Mekton/Mekton II R. Talsorian Games Robotech Palladium Robot Warriors (^) ($) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises TWERPS M.E.C.H.I.-Tech (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience Cyberpunk Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Berlin XVIII (-) Siroz/Ideojeux Cyber HERO (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Cyberia Ragnarok Enterprises Cyberpunk/Cyberpunk 2020 R. Talsorian Games Cyberspace Iron Crown Enterprises GURPS Cyberpunk (^) Steve Jackson Games Heavy Metal (-) Siroz Magitech (^) TSR NeoTech (-) NeoGames AB Shadowrun FASA SLA Industries (-) Nightfall Games SpaceTime ($) BTRC TWERPS Robopunk (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience Conspiracy Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CORPS Global Conspiracy BTRC GURPS Illuminati (^) Steve Jackson Games Over The Edge Atlas Games They're Here! Crunchy Frog Enterprises TRAUMA Chroniques d'Outre Monde/Darcsyde Prod. Where Fools Dare to Tread (#) Better Games Zone (-) Siroz/Ideojeux # Contained entirely in Space Gamer #6 Action-Adventure Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Adventures of Indiana Jones ($) TSR Crime Fighter ($) Task Force Games Crimefighters (#) TSR Daredevils Fantasy Games Unlimited Gangbusters TSR Ganghedge (^) ($) Empire Wargames Gangster! ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited GURPS Atomic Horror (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Cliffhangers (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Cops (^) (*) Steve Jackson Games GURPS The Prisoner (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games Inner City Inner City Games Designs Justice, Inc. (^) ($) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Mugger! ($) Kevin Dockery Private Eye ($) B&B-Productions Randomania ($) Gamescience Terrain Vague (-) Ludodelire # Contained in Dragon Magazine #47 Monster Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dragons over Arthe (#) Vortext GURPS Vampire (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Werewolf (^) Steve Jackson Games Hurlements (-) Dragon Radieux/Siroz Just Another Monster (^) Inner City Games Designs Monsters! Monsters! Flying Buffalo, Inc. Nephilim (-) Multisim Nightlife Stellar Games Vampire: The Masquerade White Wolf Werewolf: The Apocalypse White Wolf # Contained in Vortext Magazine #7 Superhero Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avengers of Justice (^) Better Games Batman RPG ($) Mayfair Brand X (+) Shareware, by Anonymous FTP Challengers Ragnarok Enterprises Champions (^) Hero Games Champions in 3D (^) Hero Games Dark Champions (^) Hero Games DC Heroes ($) Mayfair Enforcers ($) 21st Century Games Golden Heroes ($) Games Workshop Good Guys Finish Last (^) (#) Better Games GURPS Psionics (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Supers (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Wild Cards (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games Heroes and Heroines (*) Excel Marketing Heroes Unlimited Palladium Marvel Super Heroes ($) TSR PSI World Fantasy Games Unlimited Superbabes Selex, Inc. Supergame ($) DAG Productions Superhero: 2044 ($) Gamescience Super Squadron (-) ($) Adventure Simulations Superworld (^) ($) Chaosium Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Palladium TWERPS Metaphysical Ninja Maniac Chainsaw Vitamin Junkies (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience TWERPS Superdudes (^) Reindeer Games/Gamescience Underground Mayfair Villains & Vigilantes Fantasy Games Unlimited Villains Finish First (") Better Games Washington Heroes ($) Mayfair # Contained in Spacegamer/Fantasygamer issue 3 " Contained in Spacegamer/Fantasygamer issue 7 + FTPable from cerebus.acusd.edu in /Role-Playing/Superheroes/Brand_X Historical Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boot Hill TSR Buccaneer ($) Adversary Games Buccaneers and Conquistadors (^) Better Games Bushido Tyr/Phoenix/Fantasy Games Unlimited Crimson Cutlass ($) Better Games Dawn Patrol ($) TSR Desperado Skycastle Publishing Detective Conseil (-) Jeux Descartes Elementary, Watson ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited En Garde! The Small Furry Creatures Press/GDW Flashing Blades Fantasy Games Unlimited GURPS Aztecs (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS China (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Civil War (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Ice Age (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Imperial Rome (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Japan (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Middle Ages (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Old West (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Scarlet Pimpernel (^) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Swashbucklers (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games GURPS Vikings (^) Steve Jackson Games Holmes & Company (-) E-Elle Land of the Rising Sun ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited London By Night Ragnarok Enterprises Mad Dogs and Englishmen ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Ninja Hero (^) Hero Games Oregon Trail ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Outlaw (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Pirates (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Pirates and Plunder ($) Task Force Games Privateer (^) ($) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Privateers and Gentlemen Fantasy Games Unlimited 1789 (-) Skull and Crossbones ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Stuff O'Legends (#) Better Games Taste My Steel! ($) Phantasy Network Les Trois Mousquetaires (-) Hexagonal Victorian Adventure ($) SKS Distribution Vikings (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Western (-) Lancelot Games Western HERO (^) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises Westhedge (^) Empire Wargames Wild West ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Wooden Suits & Iron Men (^) Nightshift Games/Crunchy Frog Enter. World Action and Adventure ($) M.S. Kinney Corporation # Contained in Spacegamer/Fantasygamer #4 Cross-Genre Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chronos (-) (*) Les Createurs Genevois Dream Park R. Talsorian Games GrimRules (+) NETable project Mega I/Mega II/Mega III (-) Jeux Descartes Morpheus Rapport/Crunchy Frog Enterprises RIFTS Palladium TORG West End Games + By Sam Robb (sr2b+@andrew.cmu.edu) Military/Post Holocaust Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aftermath Fantasy Games Unlimited AfterWars Stellar Games Age of Ruin Cutting Edge Games Behind Enemy Lines ($) FASA/The Companions Bitume (-) Siroz/Ideojeux Commando ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. Delta Force ($) Task Force Games Duck Trooper Tri Tac Systems Figli dell'Olocausto (-) Black Out Freedom Fighters ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited GURPS Special Ops (^) ($) Steve Jackson Games Merc Fantasy Games Unlimited Mercenaires (-) Presses du Sud Merc 2000 Game Designers' Workshop Millennium's End Chameleon Eclectic The Morrow Project Timeline, Ltd. Mutant (-) "Aventyrspel 9th Generation ($) Jeff Siadek Enterprises Phoenix Command Leading Edge Games The Price of Freedom ($) West End Games R.A.I.D. Centurian Pub & Mgt Recon RPG, Inc./Palladium Thundering Steel Minds in One Prods Twilight 2000 Game Designers' Workshop Year of the Phoenix ($) Fantasy Games Unlimited Espionage Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACE Agents Stellar Games Danger, International (^) ($) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises EsperAgents Ragnarok Enterprises Espionage (^) ($) Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises GURPS Espionage (^) Steve Jackson Games James Bond, 007 Victory Games/Avalon Hill Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes ($)Flying Buffalo, Inc. M.I.S.S.I.O.N. ($) Kabal Gaming Systems Night of the Ninja ($) IIE Games Ninjas & Superspies Palladium Top Secret ($) TSR Top Secret/SI TSR Horror Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attack of the Humans ($) Rapport Games Beyond the Supernatural Palladium Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic Tri-Tac Systems Call of Cthulhu Chaosium Chill Pacesetter/Mayfair Chock (-) "Aventyrspel Dark Conspiracy Game Designers' Workshop Dark Continents Ragnarok Enterprises Dracula Leading Edge Games Eidolon: Adventures in the Afterlife ($)Marquee Press Il gioco di ruolo di Dylan Dog (-) Pub DaS Production GURPS Horror (^) Steve Jackson Games KULT (-) "Aventyrspel Lawnmower Man Leading Edge Games Malefices (-) Jeux Descartes The Whispering Vault Pariah Press Humor Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alma Mater ($) Oracle Press Beach Bunny Bimbos with Blasters Tri Tac Systems Bullwinkle and Rocky ($) TSR Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Game Designers' Workshop Creeks and Crawdads ($) Crustacium Games Gatecrasher Hot Tub Dragon Ghostbusters, International West End Games Hunter Planet HPAC Pty. Ltd./TAGG It Came from the Late Late Show Stellar Games Macho Women With Guns BTRC Neighborhood ($) Wheaton Publications Pandemonium Atlas Games Paranoia West End Games Pixie New World The Spawn of Fashan ($) The Games of Fashan Tales from the Floating Vagabond Avalon Hill Teenagers from Outer Space R. Talsorian Games Toon Steve Jackson Games Role-Playing Games that defy categorization ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Empire et Dynasties (-) Dragon Radieux In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas (-) Siroz/Ideojeux Pluesch, Power, Plunder (-) phase-Verlag So Ya Wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star! Bill Barton Games Stella Inquisitoris (-) Siroz/Ideojeux World Wrestling Federation RPG Whit Publications Supplement Lines for Any Game ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Adventurers' Cauldron ($) Playing Board Products Adventurers' Guild ($) Adventurers' Guild All the World Monsters ($) Chaosium Apothecary on the Street of Dreams ($) Pandora's Treasures Authentic Thaumaturgy ($) Chaosium The Black Vial ($) Infinity Unlimited Book of Artifacts ($) Dragon Tree Press The Book of Mars ($) Image Game Co. Booty and the Beasts ($) Fantasy Art Enterprises Central Casting Task Force Games Citybooks (Catalyst System) Flying Buffalo, Inc. City-State of the Invincible Overlord($)Mayfair The Compleat Fantasy Series Bard Games/Wizards of the Coast The Compleat Tavern ($) Gamelords Creature Creation ($) Fugitive Games Death on the High Seas Ragnarok Dungeon Traps ($) Reilly Associates E'A ($) David M. Fitzgerald The Enchanted Books ($) Role-Players Fantasy Gamer's Compendium ($) Gamescience Grimtooth's Traps (Catalyst System) Flying Buffalo, Inc. Guns! Guns! Guns! BTRC The Handbook of Traps & Tricks ($) Dragon Tree Press Harnworld Columbia Games Heaven and Hell ($) Gamemaster Guides Islandia Campaign ($) The Companions Judges Guild ($) Judges Guild The Kingdoms of Kalamar (*) Kenzer and Company Lejentia Task Force Games/Flying Buffalo, Inc. Lionheart ($) Columbia Games Lore of the Crypt Underworld Publishing Manual of Aurania ($) International Gamers Association Midkemia ($) Midkemia Press The Necronomicon ($) Fantasy Art Enterprises Nexus:the Infinite City Daedalus Games Order of St. Talis ($) Zeppelin Publications Palladium Weapon Series Palladium Games Pantheon Ragnarok The Potions of the Anathar ($) Phil Martin The Primal Order Wizards of the Coast The Quest Icarus Games/Excalibre Games RoleAids ($) Mayfair Roshia's Gauntlet ($) Far Reaches Sage Lore Sage Lore Productions Shadow World Iron Crown Enterprises Siege and Fortress Ragnarok Skinwalkers and Shapeshifters ($) Morningstar Publishing Societies Sourcebook ($) Marquee Press Story Paths ($) Lion Rampant The Tavern ($) Genesis Gaming Products The Times Ten Adventure Guide Cliffhangers Unlimited Trap Manual ($) Varanae/Role-Players Thieves' World Campaign Setting ($) Chaosium World of Silverdawn ($) Entertainment Concepts Whimsy Cards ($) Lion Rampant The Wyrmship Technical Manual Storm Press Live-Action Role-Playing Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IFGS Dream Park Corp. Killer Steve Jackson Games Masquerade White Wolf Swordtag Adventurers' Guild RPG-Style Miniatures Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BattleLust Columbia Games Battlesystem TSR Bladestorm Iron Crown Enterprises Chainmail Gary Gygax Critter Commandos Crunchy Frog Enterprises Fuzzy Heroes Inner City Games Designs Star Corps Crunchy Frog Enterprises Universal Soldier RAFM War Law Iron Crown Enterprises Games that are not really RPG's, but claim to be ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dallas, the Role-Playing Game ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. Realms of the Unknown ($) The Walnut Group RPG-related Board Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arkham Horror Chaosium Armored Assault Iron Crown Enterprises Assault on Hoth West End Games Battle For Endor West End Games Battlesystem TSR BattleTech FASA Buck Rogers, Battle for the 25th Cent. TSR Car Wars Steve Jackson Games Citadel of Blood ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. Deathmaze ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. Delta Vee ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. DMZ FASA Dracula Leading Edge Games Dragon Pass Avalon Hill DragonQuest TSR DragonStrike (*) TSR ElfQuest Mayfair Elric! Chaosium Escape from the Death Star West End Games Fellowship of the Ring ($) Iron Crown Enterprises Gammarauders TSR Go Robo (#) Better Games Kar Kombat (#) Better Games Knight Hawks ($) TSR Knights of Camelot ($) Chaosium Lost Worlds Nova Games Last Battle Game Designers' Workshop Magic Realm Avalon Hill Mecha! Seventh Street Games NeoBunnies (-) NeoGames AB Nomad Gods ($) Chaosium Oversized Heavy Mechanized Units TBA Games Plateau Magnolia Game Company Renegade Legion FASA Silent Death Iron Crown Enterprises Sky Galleons of Mars ($) Game Designers' Workshop Space Hulk Games Workshop Star Cruiser Game Designers' Workshop Starfire Task Force Games Star Fleet Battles Task Force Games Star Strike Iron Crown Enterprises Star Trek Tactical Combat Simulator FASA Star Viking Game Designers' Workshop Star Warrior West End Games Striker ($) Game Designers' Workshop Swords & Sorcery ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. Talisman Games Workshop Temple of the Beastmen Game Designers' Workshop Ultramodern Firearms Chameleon Eclectic Wabbit Wampage 54 40' Orphyte Wabbit's Wevenge 54 40' Orphyte Warhammer Fantasy Battles Games Workshop Warhammer 40K Games Workshop War Law Iron Crown Enterprises War of the Ring ($) Simulations Publications, Inc. War of Wizards ($) TSR White Bear, Red Moon ($,now Dragon Pass)Chaosium # Contained in Spacegamer/Fantasygamer #7 ======================================================================== Game Category Definitions ======================================================================== Universal Role-Playing Games are games that provide a system, without tying it to any specific genre or background, generally providing a number of alternate genres to choose from. Traditional Fantasy Role-Playing Games are sword and sorcery style fantasy games, typically including lots of magical effects and creatures. Historical Fantasy Role-Playing Games are games that have a medieval setting. They may or may not have magic, but the background is based largely on the European middle ages. Literary Fantasy Role-Playing Games are fantasy games that are based pon some prior work. That work may be novels, movies, TV, or any similar work, but these games all share the distinction of being based upon some previous work. Pure Fantasy Role-Playing Games are games with a completely made-up setting--ones so fanciful that they run counter to established potentially "real" worlds--while still designed as "serious" role-playing games. Science Fantasy Role-Playing Games are games which have elements of science fiction, without losing the "feel" of a fantasy game. The emphasis is generally on a fantastic setting, without overly much thought to scientific consistency. Space Opera Role-Playing Games are games in which mankind (or some other race) has colonized the stars and may travel among the various worlds, often meeting various interstellar races, as they desire. Science Fiction Combat Role-Playing Games are science fiction games where the primary focus seems to be combat. Time Travel Role-Playing Games are those games where the focus of play is on travelling to different eras in history (past and future). Other Science Fiction Role-Playing Games covers any form of science fiction not mentioned in other categories, including "Hard" Science Fiction (science fiction based on present scientific knowledge), futuristic settings of more limited scope than Space Opera and various near-future games. Cyberpunk Role-Playing Games are those games which are set in the grim, gritty near-future environment known as cyberpunk. Mecha Role-Playing Games are those games where the focus is on human-controlled humanoid robots. Conspiracy Role-Playing Games are games which make the assumption that a (typically modern) setting is actually secretly under the control of unidentified groups with hidden motives and agendas. Action-Adventure Role-Playing Games are games which focus on the "pulp" action adventure of novels and movies. Monster Role-Playing Games are those games designed for the players to play creatures generally classified as "monsters" (vampires, werewolves, etc.) Superhero Role-Playing Games are games concerning super-powered beings existing in the same setting with ordinary, every-day people. Historical Role-Playing Games are games where the players take on characters from a specific era in history. Among others, this includes Old West RPGs, Buccaneer RPGs, Victorian RPGs, and Medieval Oriental RPGs. Cross-Genre Role-Playing Games are those games whose environment includes several distinct genres within a single setting. Military/Post Holocaust Role-Playing Games are those games which focus on a modern or near future military setting, potentially following a world-shattering holocaust. Espionage Role-Playing Games are those games in which the players run modern secret agent style characters on spy missions. Horror Role-Playing Games are those games in which the players play characters thrust into horrific situations, generally to do battle with the horrific causes of those situations. Humor Role-Playing Games are those games whose main focus is to be fun and humorous, reality generally taking a back seat to farce or general silliness. Role-Playing Games that defy categorization include those games which cannot easily be fit into any of the previous loose genres. Supplement Lines for Any Game are individual products or lines of products designed to work with one or more genres of role-playing game, without being tied to a particular system (although some are written to work with one or more systems in particular.) Live-Action Role-Playing Games are those games in which the role-playing situations are acted out, rather than merely described. Listed are sets of rules for moderating such games. RPG-Style Miniatures Games are those miniature (or combat) rules that work on the level of individual characters, providing statistics for each character individually, what I would consider Role-Playing Games without the role-playing. I am specifically not including unit-based historical games in this category, to save work. Games that are not really Role-Playing Games, but claim to be are those games which bill themselves as role-playing games which do not fit the criteria of role-playing games. RPG-related Board Games are those board games that either share a setting with an existing role-playing game, have traits in common with role-playing games, or were mistaken for role-playing games either by me or by someone who sent me mail. ======================================================================== Tremendous Thanks To ======================================================================== Note: Thanks to Ken Arromdee, Sean Barrett, Joachim Bartsch, Joerg Baumgartner, Mike Boucher, J. Craig Brunson, James W. Bucher, Roger Burton-West, Camille le Monies de Sagazan, Terry Chlebek, Jonathan Dean, Andrew C. Durston, Phil Dutre, K. Elescor, Patrick Ellis, John Enzinas, J.D. Frazer, Patric Hag, Greg Hines, Lutz Hofmann, Jeffrey Johnson, John Karakash, Robert King, Taki Kogoma, Scott Koterbay, Jean-Marc Libs, Michael W. Lucas, Mark Manning, Charles Martin, Sean G. McLachlan, Dale Meier, Frederic Moll, Mike Monthey, John Morrow, John Nephew, Steven Redant, Michael Rueve, Steffan O'Sullivan, Dan Peters, Marc Philips, Liam Routt, Brian F. Schreurs, Pete Shanahan, Barry O Shea, Thomas Stepien, Jerry Stratton, Aaron Thies, Anders Torlind, Richard Tucholka, Dave Van Domelen, Brian Vickers, Matthias Wiesmann, Stephen Wilcoxon, and Tor Iver Wilhelmsen for additions, corrections, and all-around friendly service to this list, and of course Brian David Phillips for providing the original list. Special thanks to Stephane "Alias" Gallay, Tom Granvold, Brian J. Maloney, Yoko Miyamoto, and Jim Ogle for extensive help in improving it: Stephane Gallay for extensive help with games not available in the States, Tom Granvold for looking up lots of addresses, Brian for improving the categorization on several occasions, as well as extensive revisions, Yoko Miyamoto for extensive information on Japanese RPGs, and Jim for researching the Genie addresses of RPG companies (as soon as he does it. :-) ) Comments and corrections always welcome. Please E-mail them to surge@cqs.washington.edu. ======================================================================== Gratuitous Groveling and Infelicitous Information ======================================================================== The most obvious questions are the blank spots in the list. I will go ahead and list them here, so that the questions are more centralized. Who is the publisher of The Yellow Dragon? Who is the publisher of 1789? Other more miscellaneous questions: Does anyone know if the Manhunter published by Kingslayer Pub., StarChilde Pub., and Whit Pub. are all the same game? Can anyone think of a good way to divide the Traditional Fantasy and Other Science Fiction Categories? Does anyone know who currently owns the copyright for Whimsy Cards? Finally, some general information about the list: The next major categorization change I'll make is to split the Supplement Lines for Any Game category into Supplements, Campaigns, and Rules, or something along those lines. If you know what categories any or all of the supplements lines belong in, please let me know. For those people who don't have Usenet access (or even those who do), I am willing to maintain a list of people who wish to be E-mailed the list on a semi-regular basis. If you wish to be added to that list, or you know someone who does, please let me know. I am also planning to, at some point in the not-so-near future, create a list of people who know a lot of publisher, etc. information about many different RPGs---sort of a list of experts who can verify questions about obscure RPGs. If anyone wants to be added to that list, when I get around to creating it, let me know. I list multiple publishers for products that have been taken over by a new company (Like Talislanta) so that people who have the old version can still find the game on the list. According to the Games Quarterly Catalog, many games considered out of print by the net at large (including several games by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU)) are still available. Talk to your local game store or game distributor for more information. ACE Agents does not actually have an ! in its name, despite having one on the cover of the game. DragonQuest has been published by TSR in two forms, as far as I know. The old, out of print TSR version was a remake of SPI's DragonQuest, and the more recent version is reported as a sort of light version of Basic D&D. Gamma World, while technically a post-holocaust game is listed among science fantasy games because I feel that grouping describes it better. Harnmaster is Historical fantasy because the background for the game is very close to actual Western middle ages civilization. Renegade Nuns on Wheels and Bat-winged Bimbos from Hell are supplements for Macho Women With Guns and not actually separate games. Swords and Glory is actually a supplement for Empire of the Petal Throne, not a separate game. MERS is the name for the German version of MERP, and Schwerter und D"amonen is the name for the German version of Tunnels and Trolls. L'Oeil Noir is the name for the French version of Das Schwarze Auge. The Psi games are lumped in with Superhero (people with powers beyond those of mere mortals) because there aren't enough games (yet) to warrant a separate category.