List of tabletop role-playing games

!width=10%| Game

!width=10%| Publisher

!width=10%| System

!width=5%| Dates

!width=15| Setting

!width=50%| Notes

|Pelgrane Press

|Modified d20 OGL ("The Archmage Engine")

|2013

|High fantasy

|Designed by Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo

|Game Designers' Workshop

|

|1989

|Hard science fiction future of the Twilight 2000 universe

|Designed by Frank Chadwick, Timothy B. Brown, Lester W. Smith, Marc W. Miller, originally called Traveller 2300AD

|Editora Talismã (formerly Trama Editorial)

|

|1994

|

|A Brazilian generic system, turned to anime-style campaigns

|Alderac Entertainment Group / John Wick Presents

|Roll-and-Keep system, d20 System

|1999, 2016

|Pirates, swashbuckling

|Designed by John Wick (game designer)

|rowspan="2"| White Wolf Publishing

|Modified Storyteller

|rowspan="2"|1999

|rowspan="2"|Superhero characters in the near future

|rowspan="2"|Part of the Trinity series

|Stellar Games

|

|1992

|

|

|Precis Intermedia Gaming

|

|2002

|

|

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1977-2000

|

|(See also Dungeons & Dragons)

|Cubicle 7

|

|1989

|

|Based on the Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! gamebooks

|Tori Bergquist

|

|1985

|

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|Modified Storyteller

|2001

|Pulp adventure

|Part of the Trinity series

|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

|Excalibre Games, Adventure Games

|

|1979, 1981

|Fantasy

|Designed by Dave Arneson and Richard Snider

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1984

|Pulp action, fictionalized history

|Designed by John Byrne and David "Zeb" Cook

|Cubicle 7

|d20

|2016

|Epic high fantasy

|Designed by Dominic McDowall-Thomas et al., based on The One Ring RPG

|Palladium Books

|

|1986, 2001

|Post-apocalyptic science fiction

|Designed by Erick Wujcik

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1981

|Post-apocalypse

|Designed by Paul Hume and Robert N. Charrette

|

|

|1991

|

|

|Tactic

|

|2013

|

|

|Cutting Edge Games

|

|1990

|

|

|Multisim Editions

|

|1999

|

|Edited in French by Multisim Editions and translated in English by Multisim Editions

|Thoughts & Images, Chessex

|

|1988, 1993

|Furry, science fiction

|Designed by Craig Hilton and Paul Kidd, based on the comic book series Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci

|Hunters Entertainment

|

|2020

|

|Designed by Spenser Starke

|Free League

|Year Zero Engine

|2019

|Science fiction, survival horror

|

|Leading Edge Games

|

|1990

|Science Fiction

|

|Eden Studios, Inc.

|Unisystem

|1999, 2003

|Zombie survival horror game

|Designed by George Vasilakos

|Afterthought Images

|

|1991

|

|

|Oracle Games

|

|1982

|Comic high school

|

|Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain

|Standard RPG System

|2002, 2005

|Fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

|Far East Amusement Research / Enterbrain

|Standard RPG System

|2006

|Contemporary fantasy

|

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1998

|Science fiction

|Designed by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1993

|

|

|Phage Press

|Custom diceless

|1991

|Based on The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

|Created and written by Erick Wujcik

|Edge Entertainment

|

|2005, 2010

|

|Spanish RPG, a collaboration of Eastern and Western developers RPG with anime-style artworks

|Eden Studios, Inc.

|Cinematic Unisystem

|2003

|Urban fantasy

|A spin-off of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer game

|Evil Hat Productions

|PbtA

|2023

|

|

|Lumpley Games

|PbtA

|2010

|A post-apocalyptic RPG of politics and survival

|Created by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. First RPG using the Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) system

|Malhavoc Press

|d20 OGL

|2003

|Fantasy

|Developed by Monte Cook

|Archaeron Games

|

|1980

|

|

|Grimoire Games, Emperors Choice Games

|

|1977-1980, 1992

|The first cross-genre RPG{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}

|Designed by David A. Hargrave

|Last Unicorn Games

|

|1994

|

|

|Fujimi Shobo

|

|2004

|

|Japanese MMORPG-like

|Mongoose Publishing

|

|2003

|

|

|Myrmidon Press (first edition); Eden Studios, Inc. (second edition)

|d20 OGL

|2003

|Mek-based warfare

|

|R. Talsorian Games

|Fuzion

|1997

|SciFi game based on the Armored Trooper Votoms anime

|

|Eden Studios, Inc.

|Cinematic Unisystem

|2005

|Zombie horror

|Designed by Shane Lacy Hensley, based on the film of the same name.

| Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2)

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" |1987,

1989,

1992, 1996, 2004

| rowspan="3" | Medieval fantasy

| rowspan="3" | Originally developed by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen, who originated the term "troupe-style play" for it.{{Cite book|last=Laycock|first=Joseph|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/899156911|title=Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds|date=2015|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-96056-5|location=Oakland, Calif.|pages=144|oclc=899156911}}

|Archaia Studios Press

|Modified Fuzion system

|2005

|

|Written and illustrated by Mark Smylie, based on his comic book series of the same name.

|Pelgrane Press

|GUMSHOE System

|2011

|Gritty investigative Space Opera

|Designed by Robin D. Laws

|Bard Games

|

|1984,

1985,

1996,

2014,

2019

|Historical fantasy, sword and sorcery

|Designed by Stephan Michael Sechi, Vernie Taylor, Steven Cordovano, J. Andrew Keith

|Evil Hat Productions

|Fate system

|2014

|Sci-fi pulp

|Based on the comic book of the same name, written by Brian Clevinger.

|Rapport Games

|

|1990

|

|

|Guardians of Order

|

|2004

|

|

|Magpie Games

|Powered by the Apocalypse

|2022

|

|Based on Avatar: The Last Airbender

|Mongoose Publishing

|d20 (2nd ed.)

|2003, 2006 (2nd ed.)

|

|Based on the Babylon 5 TV franchise

|Cutting Edge Games

|

|1991

|

|

|Basic Action Games

|

|2005

|

|

|Better Games

|

|1990

|

|

|Chris Gonnerman

|

|2006

|

|One of the first Old School Revival retro-clones

|Chaosium

|

|1980,

1982,

2002,

2004,

2008

|

|Generic role-playing game system designed by Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis

|Mayfair Games

|

|1989

|

|

|Spartacus Publishing

|

|2002

|

|Play as dragons in a fantasy world

|SSDC, Inc.

|

|1990,

1991,

1992,

1993,

2000,

2019

|

|

|Margaret Weis Productions

|Cortex System

|2007

|

|Based on the SciFi TV series

|FASA

|

|1982

|

|The first tabletop RPG set during World War II

|Palladium Books

|

|1987,

2005

|

|Modern Day Horrors

|Skytrex Ltd.

|

|1982

|

|

|Pisces All Media

|

|2006

|

|

|Guardians of Order

|

|1997,

2001,

2007,

2020

|

|Anime-based RPG

|PiY (Print it Yourself){{Cite web |title=Print it Yourself |url=https://bindrpg.gitlab.io/blog/printing/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=bindrpg.gitlab.io |language=en-us}}

|2D6+{{Cite web |title=Minified vs Minimalist Rules |url=https://bindrpg.gitlab.io/blog/rules_included/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=bindrpg.gitlab.io |language=en-us}}

|2019+

|Fenestra

|Free and open-source TTRPG{{Cite web |title=The Open Source RPG Dream |url=https://bindrpg.gitlab.io/blog/thefix/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=bindrpg.gitlab.io |language=en-us}}

|Fantasy Flight Games

|Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay

|2011

|

|

|Gold Piece Publications

|Modern rules based on original edition of Dungeons & Dragons

|2016

|High fantasy

|Livres de l'Ours (1st ed) / The Merry Mushmen (2nd ed)

|Modification of The Black Hack

|2020–present

|Dark fantasy / Sword and sorcery

| Developed by Alexandre "Kobayashi" Jeanette, also available in French

|Enterbrain, Game Field

|

|1999,

2001,

2006

|High fantasy

|Japanese-language RPG

|Evil Hat Productions

|Powered by the Apocalypse

|2017

|Urban fantasy

|

|Free League Publishing

|Year Zero Engine

|2023

|

|

|SSDC, Inc.

|

|1996

|

|

|Pulsar Games

|

|1998,

2000

|

|

|Biohazard Games

|

|1997,

2000,

2012

|

|2nd Edition by Fantasy Flight

Proposed 3rd Edition by Biohazard Games

|Green Ronin

|

|2005,

2017

|

|

|Magpie Games

|PbtA

|2017

|Gothic horror based on the Bluebeard folktale

|Designed by Whitney "Strix" Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1975

|Wild West adventure

|Designed by Brian Blume, Gary Gygax, and Don Kaye.

|Pinnacle Entertainment, Alderac Entertainment Group

|

|1999

|

|

|Black & Green Games

|

|2005

|

|

|Gauntlet Publishing

|

|2022

|Murder mystery about elderly women amateur detectives

|Inspired by Murder, She Wrote and H. P. Lovecraft

|R. Talsorian Games

|Fuzion

|1996

|Scifi, Cyberpunk

|

|Adversary Games

|

|1979

|Pirate-themed RPG

|

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1990-1992

|Science fiction

|Written by Flint Dille

|Eden Studios, Inc.

|Unisystem

|2002

|

|Designed by C. J. Carella, based on the TV show of the same name

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1988

|

|Designed by David Cook and Warren Spector, based on characters and settings from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

|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.

|Tri Tac Games

|

|1992

|

|

|Roll20

|

|2020

|Science fantasy

|Design tailored to be played on a virtual tabletop platform

|Luke Crane

|

|2006

|Science fiction

|Based on Christopher Moeller's Iron Empires graphic novels

|Luke Crane

|

|2002

|High fantasy

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1979,

1980,

1981

|

|Samurai RPG set in Feudal Japan

|Ragnarok Enterprises

|

|1986

|

|

|Game Designer's Workshop

|

|1990

|

|Designed by Frank Chadwick, based on the comic Xenozoic Tales

|Rackham

|

|2006

|

|

|Chaosium

|Basic Role-Playing

|1981

|

|Designed by Sandy Petersen, based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft

|Muse of Fire Games

|

|2005

|

|

|Spectrum Games

|

|2010

|

|

|Spectrum Games

|

|2002

|

|

|Steve Jackson Games

|

|1980

|

|

|Norton Games

|

|1982

|

|

|Troll Lord Games

|OGL System

|2004

|Fantasy RPG

|

|R. Talsorian Games

|

|1994

|Steampunk fantasy

|

|West Wind Simulations

|

|1980

|

|

|Ragnarok Enterprises

|

|1985

|

|

|Hero Games

|Hero System

|1981

|

|

|White Wolf (1st and 2nd editions)

Onyx Path Publishing ( 20th anniversary edition)

|Storyteller System

|1995

1997

2017

|Original World of Darkness

|

|White Wolf Publishing; Onyx Path Publishing

|Storytelling System

|2007

|New World of Darkness

|

|Misguided Games

|Token System

|2002

|Dieselpunk fantasy

|

|Pacesetter Ltd; Mayfair Games; Growling Door Games

|

|1984

|Horror

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1977

|

|

|Whitesilver Publishing

|The A/B System

|2006

|

|

|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

|Simulations Publications, Inc.

|

|1979

|

|

|

|

|2019

|

|

|TSR

|"ZeFRS" (Zeb's Fantasy Roleplaying System)

|1985

|Hyborian Age

|The official TSR Conan role-playing game, finally published in 1985

|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

|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

|Mongoose Publishing

|d20 System

|2004-2010

|Hyborian Age

|One of the role-playing games in the Mongoose Publishing OGL System series

|SoLar-Way Games

|

|1989

|

|

|Eden Studios, Inc.

|

|1996

|Extraterrestrials, UFOs, and government coverups

|

|Aetherco; Dreamcatcher

|

|1999

|Time travel adventure

|

|Dream Pod 9

|Silhouette game engine

|2003

|Science fiction, space opera

|

|Core Games Publishing

|Brutal Engine

|2006

|Scifi, Cyberpunk

|

|Blacksburg Tactical Research Center

|

|1990

|

|

|

|

|2021

|

|

|Crustacium Games

|

|1986

|

|

|Task Force Games

|

|1988

|

|

|TSR

|

|1981

|

|

|

|

|2006

|

|

|Wildfire

|Framewerk

|2007

|Horror in the style of H.P. Lovecraft but with mecha and anime influences

|

|StormWorld Games

|d20; D12

|1988

|

|

|R. Talsorian Games

|

|1993

|Alternate setting for Cyberpunk 2020

|

|R. Talsorian Games

|

|1988

|An alternate cyberpunk version of the USA, specifically in 2013

|Out of print and superseded by Cyberpunk 2020

|R. Talsorian Games

|

|1990

|An alternate cyberpunk version of the USA, specifically in 2020

|

|R. Talsorian Games

|

|2020

|A sequel to Cyberpunk 2020 and prequel to Cyberpunk 2077

|

|Iron Crown Enterprises

|Spacemaster system

|1989

|

|

|New Infinities, Inc.

|

|1987

|

|

|West End Games

|

|2004

|

|

|West End Games

|

|2004

|

|

|West End Games

|

|2004

|

|

|West End Games

|In-house system, based on the Star Wars RPG

|1996

|

|

|Wizards of the Coast{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Michael|title=Author|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/article/20040824a/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220536/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/article/20040824a/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2014|access-date=6 February 2012}}

|d20 System

|2004

|Generic futuristic

|

|Wizards of the Coast{{cite web|title=d20 Modern website|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/|access-date=6 February 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|d20 System

|2002

|Generic modern

|

|Wizards of the Coast{{cite web|title=d20 Past website|url=http://community.wizards.com/modern_d20/wiki/D20_Past/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804050824/http://community.wizards.com/modern_d20/wiki/D20_Past|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2010|access-date=6 February 2012}}

|d20 System

|2005

|Generic historical

|

|Wizards of the Coast{{cite web|title=d20 System website|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/welcome/|access-date=6 February 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|Based on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules

|2000

|

|

|Simulations Publications, Inc.

|

|1980

|

|Based on the popular television soap opera Dallas.

|Hero Games

|

|1985

|Espionage adventure

|

|Game Designers' Workshop

|

|1992

|Fantasy

|Designed by E. Gary Gygax, eventually discontinued because of lawsuits by TSR {{cite web|url=http://www.keithrobinson.me/thekyngdoms/interviews/garygygax.php|title=The Ultimate Interview with Gary Gygax|last=Sacco|first=Ciro Alessandro|date=|work=thekyngdoms.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2016-02-03}}

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1982

|Pulp-era mystery

|

|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

|Hero Games

|Hero System

|1993,

2004

|

|Designed by Steven S. Long

|Game Designers' Workshop

|

|1991

|Cyberpunk, near-future dystopia, horror, urban fantasy

|Designed by Lester W. Smith

|

|

|2010

|

|Retroclone emulating the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia

|Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag, Fantasy Productions, Ulisses Spiele GmbH

|

|1984,

1988,

1993,

2001,

2006,

2015

|High fantasy

|Created by Ulrich Kiesow, the most popular German RPG,{{cite web | date=2012 | url=http://www.ulisses-spiele.de/sortiment/rollenspiele/das-schwarze-auge/ | title=Das Schwarze Auge | publisher=Ulisses Spiele | access-date=21 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720132954/http://www.ulisses-spiele.de/sortiment/rollenspiele/das-schwarze-auge | archive-date=20 July 2015 | url-status=dead }} known in Germany as Das Schwarze Auge

|Originally by Black Industries, now developed by Fantasy Flight Games

|

|2008

|

|

|Cakebread & Walton

|

|2012

|

|

|RPGObjects

|

|2001,

2003,

2005

|Post-apocalyptic RPG

|

|

|d20 System

|2005

|

|

|Green Ronin

|Mutants & Masterminds

|2010

|

|

|Mayfair Games

|Mayfair Exponential Game System

|1985,

1989,

1993

|

|

|West End Games

|D6 System

|1999

|

|

|Michał Oracz

|

|2001

|

|

|Hit Point Press

|

|2018

|

|Designed by Lucian Kahn

|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)

|

|Palladium Books

|Megaversal

|2008

|

|

|Pinnacle Entertainment Group

|

|1998

|

|

|Pinnacle Entertainment Group

|

|2002

|

|

|Pinnacle Entertainment Group

|

|1996,

1999,

2006

|

|GURPS version by SJGames

|Fantasy Flight

|Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay

|2010

|

|

|Laughing Pan Productions

|

|2003

|

|

|Task Force Games

|

|1986

|Modern military, espionage

|Designed by William H. Keith Jr.

|Arc Dream Publishing

|Call of Cthulhu, d100 "Misery Engine", GUMSHOE

|1996, 2016

|Modern Lovecraftian horror and conspiracy

|

|SIXMOREVODKA

|KatharSys

|2014

|Primal Punk

|

|Guardians of Order

|Tri-Stat System

|1999

|Anime-inspired supernatural horror

|Based on the novel and anime series of the same name

|Margaret Weis Productions

|Cortex System

|2008

|

|Based on the films Demon Hunters and Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake by Dead Gentlemen Productions

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storyteller System

|2002

|Original World of Darkness

|

|Lasalion Games

|

|1997

|

|

|Grey Ghost Games

|Fudge RPG

|2005

|

|

|Thorny Games

|

|2019

|

|

|Steve Jackson Games

|

|2003

|

|By Marcus Rowland

|VSCA Publishing

|FATE

|2009

|Hard science fiction

|

|

|

|2022

|

|Designed by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans

|Doc's Games

|

|1985

|

|

|Goodman Games

|d20 System

|2001

|

|

|OtherWorld Creations

|d20 System

|2000

|

|

|Evil Hat Productions

|

|2011

|

|

|FASA

|

|1985

|

|Based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series

|Cubicle 7 Entertainment

|Vortex

|2009

|

|Based on the 2005–present run of the BBC television series

|Virgin Publishing

|

|1991

|

|Based on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series

|

|

|2012

|

|

|Lumpley Games

|

|2004,

2005

|Loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah

|Designed by D. Vincent Baker

|StarChilde Publications

|

|1989

|

|

|

|An open-source fantasy twelve-sided-die-based RPG encouraging innovative combat system

|1999

|

|

|Guardians of Order

|Tri-Stat System

|1999

|

|

|Anvilwerks

|

|2002

|Fantasy

|Designed by Zak Arntson and Clinton R. Nixon

|Mind Ventures

|

|1994

|

|

|Evil Hat Productions

|

|2006

|

|

|ALTAR

|Loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons

|1990,

2004,

2011

|

|The most popular Czech fantasy RPG system{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}

|Green Ronin

|

|2010

|

|Based on the Dragon Age video game series by BioWare.

|TSR

|SAGA System

|1996

|Dragonlance

|

|Chaosium

|d20 System

|2001

|

|

|Goodman Games

|A cross between fantasy and mecha

|2004

|

|

|Simulations Publications

|

|1980,

1982,

1989

|

|A now out-of-print RPG, suppressed by TSR^{[clarification needed]}

|Dick Wulf

|

|1984

|A Christian RPG

|

|Standard Games

|

|1985

|

|

|Fantasy Flight Games

|d20

|2001

|"Where science fiction and fantasy blend"

|

|Black Dragon Press

|

|1996

|

|

|Corgi Books

|An easy-to-use RPG system published in paperback format

|1985

|

|

|Target Games

|

|1982

|Swedish fantasy RPG

|

|The Impossible Dream

|

|2005

|

|Uses a Jenga tower for action resolution

|Rafael Chandler

|

|2002,

2007

|

|

|

|

|2018

|

|Designed by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum

|R. Talsorian Games

|

|1992

|

|Based on the 1981 novel Dream Park, which is itself about a live-action role-playing game amusement park.

|Evil Hat Productions

|A variant of the FATE game

|2010

|Urban fantasy

|Based on the books by Jim Butcher

|Integral Games

|

|1983

|

|

|Last Unicorn Games

|

|2000

|

|Supposedly limited to 3000 copies{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

|Created by Dave Arneson and E. Gary Gygax, further editions by TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast

|

|1974–present

|

|

|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]}

|Jason Morningstar

|

|2005

|

|

|Sage Kobold Productions

|Powered by the Apocalypse

|2012

|Dungeon fantasy

|

|Bully Pulpit Games

|

|2012

|

|

|Chimera Creative

|

|2002,

2007

|

|

|Pelgrane Press

|Dying Earth (genre)

|2001

|

|Designed by Robin D. Laws, based on the stories of Jack Vance

|Wydawnictwo MAG

|

|1997,

2005

|Set in 17th century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

|

|Blacksburg Tactical Research Center

|

|2003

|A generic RPG system

|a.k.a. End All Be All

|Self-published

|

|1983

|Role-playing game

|By Stephen Kyffin

|FASA

|

|1993-2015

|Fantasy post-apocalypse; ambiguously a predecessor in the timeline of the Shadowrun setting

|

|Rowan, Rook and Decard

|

|2023

|World War II, horror

|A one-shot game of heroic vampires sucking the blood of Nazis, designed by Grant Howitt

|Posthuman Studios

|d100

|2009

|Sci-fi

|

|Council of Fools

|FATE 3.0

|2013

|Post-apocalyptic Indigenous

|Nine indigenous tribes survive on world without colonizers

|Guardians of Order

|

|2001

|

|

|Goodman Games

|

|2008

|

|

|Escape Ventures

|

|1983

|

|

|Chaosium

|Basic Role-Playing

|1984

|Based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini

|

|Adept Press

|

|2001

|

|

|Chaosium

|Basic Role-Playing

|1993

|Based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories

|

|TSR, Inc

|

|1974,

1987,

2005

|Set in M. A. R. Barker's world of Tékumel

|

|Game Designers' Workshop and SFC Press

|

|1975,

1977,

1988,

2005

|Duelists from 17th century France

|

|Scapegoat Games

|

|1995

|

|Banned from Gen Con by TSR{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '90s|publisher=Evil Hat Productions|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-084-7}}

|21st Century Games

|

|1987

|

|

|Feder & Schwert

|d20 System

|2002

|

|

|Neogames

|

|1996

|Swedish fantasy game

|

|Pelgrane Press

|GUMSHOE System

|2006

|Occult, investigative horror

|Designed by Robin D. Laws

|Hero Games

|

|1983

|

|Designed by George MacDonald and Steve Peterson, based on Second Edition Champions

|Tai-Gear Simulations

|

|1985

|Free Universal Role-Playing system

|

|Goodman Games

|d20 Modern

|2005

|

|

|Visionary Entertainment Studios Inc

|

|1997

|

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|d20 System

|2002

|Fantasy

|Pencil & paper version of the popular MMORPG series of the same name, designed by Owen K.C. Stephens et al.

|

|

|1995

|

|

|Guardians of Order

|Tri-Stat d8, d20 System

|2004

|Scifi, Cyberpunk

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storyteller System

|2001,

2006,

2016

|Epic fantasy; potential pre-history of World of Darkness

|

|Glutton Creeper Games

|d20

|2008

|

|

|Stellar Games

|

|1987

|

|

|Hogshead Publishing

|

|1998

|A storytelling RPG based on the stories about Baron Munchausen

|Created by James Wallis

|Holistic Design

|d20 System

|1996,

1999,

2001,

2007,

2012

|

|

|Need Games

|

|2023

|

|Inspired by Japanese role-playing video games such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series

|Gusa Comics/Farsa's Wagon

|

|1992

|

|Spanish game based on the series of comics of the same name

|Crafty Games

|Mastercraft

|2009

|

|

|Zody Games

|

|1994

|

|Includes Fantasy Earth: Basic Rules, Fantasy Earth: The Book of Magic, and The Essential Fantasy Earth

|Hero Games

|Hero System

|2003

|

|

|Steve Jackson, published by Metagaming Concepts

|

|1977,

2019

|

|The precursor to GURPS

|Patrick Stephens Limited

|

|1981

|

|

|Alderac Entertainment Group

|d20 System

|2002

|

|

|Byron Hall

|Custom

|2001-2004

|Fantasy

|Adult-oriented role-playing. "Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery"

|Evil Hat

|Fate system

|2003,

2006,

2013

|Generic

|Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine. No longer an acronym.{{Cite web|url = http://www.faterpg.com/2013/fate-not-fate/|title = Fate not FATE|date = 25 August 2013|access-date = 30 November 2013|archive-date = 25 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151225034017/http://www.faterpg.com/2013/fate-not-fate/|url-status = dead}} There are other games that use the FATE engine

|Andrew Valkauskas

|Runic Game System (RGS) – Previous editions used a 2D10 based system

|1993,

2002,

2006,

2012

|Viking fantasy

|

|Vajra Enterprises

|

|

|Cyberpunk-influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080

|

|Judges Guild

|

|1981

|

|

|Pelgrane Press

|Gumshoe System

|2007

|Horror

|Designed by Robin D. Laws

|Daedalus Entertainment, Atlas Games

|

|1996,

1999,

2015

|Hong Kong martial arts movies

|Designed by Robin D. Laws

|Bully Pulpit Games

|Custom

|2009

|Various

|Designed by Jason Morningstar

|Judges Guild

|

|1982

|

|

|

|

|2021

|

|Designed by Jeeyon Shim and Shing Yin Khor

|Shield Games

|

|1990

|

|

|Puffin Books

|

|1982

|

|Created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, based on the Fighting Fantasy book series

|Fantasy Flight Games

|

|2004

|

|

|Margaret Weis Productions

| Cortex+

|2014-2015

|Based on the television series Firefly

|Designed by Monica Valentinelli and Cam Banks, a separate game from Serenity due to licensing issues, despite the same company producing both at different times

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1977

|

|The first role-playing game to be based on a pre-existing media property.

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1984

|

|

|Darrington Press, Evil Hat Productions

|

|2019

|

|

|OtherWorld Creations

|d20 System

|2001,

2006

|

|

|Free League Publishing

|Year Zero Engine

|2018

|Medieval fantasy post-apocalypse

|

|Marcus L. Rowland

|

|1993,

1998,

2005

|

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1986

|

|

|Tri Tac Games

|

|1982,

1984,

1992,

2009

|

|

|Tri Tac Games

|

|1982,

1985,

1990

|

|

|Steffan O'Sullivan

|FUDGE

|1992

|

|"Free, Universal, Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine"

|Atlas Games

|

|1999

|

|

|Stellar Gaming Workshop

|

|1987

|

|

|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

|

|Guardians of Order

|d20

|2005

|A Game of Thrones

|

|TSR, Inc., Wizards of the Coast, Sword and Sorcery Studios

|Custom (1st–4th edition)

Alternity (5th edition)

d20 System (6th–7th edition)

|1978,

1983,

1986,

1992,

2000,

2003,

2010

|Post-apocalypse science fantasy

|Originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, with different editions based on different versions of D&D

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1982,

1990,

2019

|1920s American Prohibition-era urban crime adventure

|Designed by Rick Krebs and Mark Acres

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1979

|

|

|Grey Ghost Press

|Fudge

|1996

|A tongue-in-cheek science-fiction & fantasy setting

|

|Dream Pod 9

|

|2001

|

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storytelling System

|2009

|New World of Darkness

|

|Guardians of Order

|Tri-Stat System

|2000

|

|

|West End Games

|Precursor to D6 System

|1986,

1989

|Supernatural comedy

|Created by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Greg Stafford, based on the Ghostbusters film series. First RPG to use a dice pool system{{cite web|url=https://www.chaosium.com/100-best-games-ghostbusters/ |title=100 Best Games – Ghostbusters |publisher=Chaosium blog |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613022326/https://www.chaosium.com/100-best-games-ghostbusters/ |archive-date=2021-06-13 |url-status=live }}

|Eden Studios, Inc.

|Unisystem

|2008,

2011

|Horror, drama, Victoriana

|Based on the Ghosts of Albion animations and novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden

| Mike Suchcicki

|

|1982

|

|

|Hawthorn Hobgoblynn Press

|One-Roll Engine

|2001

|

|

|Games Workshop

|

|1984

|Superheroes

|

|Storybrewers

|

|2018

|Regency romance

|Based on the Regency era novels of Jane Austen

|Bully Pulpit Games

|

|2007

|

|

|Fantasy Flight Games

|Linear D6

|2004

|

|

|Pelgrane Press

|Gumshoe System

|2007

|

|By Robin D. Laws

|FJGaming

|

|2006

|The American Wild West of 1876

|

|Steve Jackson Games

|GURPS

|1985,

1986,

1988,

2004

|Generic

|Gurps is an acronym for "Generic Universal Role Playing System"

|Kenzer & Company

|Custom, derived from AD&D system

|2001,

2009,

2011

|

|Based on the comic Knights of the Dinner Table

|Sutton Hoo Games

|

|1991

|

|

|Neuwerld Studios

|Prodigy System

|2008

|

|

|Evil Hat Productions

|

|2010

|

|A storytelling game specifically aimed at children

|Columbia Games

|

|1986,

1996,

2002

|Hârn

|

|Louis Porter Jr. Design

|d20 System

|2003

|

|

|Chaosium

|Basic Role-Playing

|1986

|An addendum to the Stormbringer RPG (a.k.a. Elric!)

|By Kerie Campbell-Robson, based on Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff

|Rowan, Rook & Decard

|

|2020

|Dark fantasy

|Designed by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor

|Event Horizon Productions

|Tri-Stat System

|1998

|

|

|Dream Pod 9

|

|1994

|

|

|West End Games

|D6 System

|1998

|

|Based on the syndicated action series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess

|Hero Games

|

|1990,

2002,

2004,

2009

|

|

|Issaries, Inc.

|Narrative

|2000,

2003,

2009,

2015,

2020

|

|

|Tabletop Games (UK)

|

|1979

|

|

|Task Force Games

|

|1981

|

|

|Palladium Books

|Megaversal system

|1984,

1987,

1993,

1998

|Superhero

|Written by Kevin Siembieda

|New Rules Inc.

|

|1985

|

|

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1993

|Science fiction

|Based on the novel Armageddon 2419 A.D. and subsequent Buck Rogers comic strips

|Iron Crown Enterprises

|

|2003

|

|

|Waterford Publishing House, Ltd.

|

|1988

|

|

|Fantasy Productions, Reston Publishing

|

|1978,

1981

|

|

|Pelgrane Press

|Dramasystem

|2013

|

|Designed by Robin D. Laws

|Black Dog Game Factory

|

|1994,

2002

|

|

|Exile Games Studio

|

|2006

|1930's style pulp adventure

|

|Blacksburg Tactical Research Center

|

|2005

|

|

|Rowan, Rook & Decard

|Modified Lasers & Feelings

|2017

|Comedy heist

|Designed by Grant Howitt

|Event Horizon Productions

|

|1996,

2001

|

|

|

|

|2008

|

|

|Galileo Games

|

|2010

|

|

|H-PAC

|

|1986

|

|

|White Wolf Publishing

Renegade Game Studios

|Storyteller System

|1999,

2022

|World of Darkness personal horror

|Designed by Andrew Bates, Phil Brucato, Ken Cliffe, Jess Heinig, Mike Tinney, Stewart Wieck, et al.

|White Wolf Publishing, Onyx Path Publishing

|Storytelling System

|2008,

2022

|Chronicles of Darkness personal horror

|Designed by Justin Achilli, Rich Thomas, and Chuck Wendig (1st ed.), and Monica Valentinelli (2nd ed.)

|Reality Simulations Inc.

|

|1984

|Hyborian Age

|Based on the world of Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard

|North Wind Adventures

|Largely AD&D-based

|2012–present

|Sword and sorcery and "weird science"

| Setting builds on Conan and other sword and sorcery stories as well as works of Lovecraft

|Hit Point Press

|

|2023

|

|Designed by Lucian Kahn

|

|

|2019

|

|

|Ran Valerhon

|

|1993

|

|

|Vajra Enterprises

|

|2007

|

|

|Steve Jackson Games

|Based on In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas

|1997

|

|

|Croc (Siroz)

|

|1989,

1993,

1997,

2003,

2015

|Satiric gang/spy wars involving angels and demons in the contemporary world

|French

|Tri Tac Games

|

|1992

|

|

|Mongoose Publishing

|

|

|

|

|The Infinity Company

|

|1979

|

|

|Inner City Games

|

|1982

|

|

|Enterbrain

|

|2001

|

|

|Memento Mori Theatricks

|

|2002

|

|

|Game Masters Associated

|

|1991

|

|

|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

|Privateer Press

|d20 System

|2004

|

|

|Empire Wargames

|

|1979

|

|

|Fiery Dragon Productions

|d20 system

|2005

|

|Based on making D&D playable without magic^{[clarification needed]}

|Shawn Tomkin

|Powered by the Apocalypse

|2018

|

|

|Stellar Games

|

|1989

|

|

|Ron Edwards

|

|2006

|

|

|Sanguine Productions Ltd

|

|2002

|

|

|Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill

|

|1983

|The world of the James Bond franchise

|

|Mongoose Publishing

|

|

|

|Based on the TV series

|Wet Ink Games / Game and a Curry

|

|2021

|

|Designed by Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim

|Heritage Models

|

|1978

|

|

|SkyRealms Publishing

|

|1984

|

|

|Dream Pod 9

|

|1997

|

|

|Games Workshop

|

|1985-1989

|Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD

|

|Mongoose Publishing

|d20 System

|2002

|Set in the world of Judge Dredd from the British comics 2000 AD

|

|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.

|Hero Games{{cite web|title=Justice, Inc.|url=http://www.herogames.com/home.htm/|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207144635/http://www.herogames.com/home.htm|archive-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead}}

|Hero System

|1984

|

|1930s Pulp fiction oriented adventure

|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 Gaming Systems

|

|1982

|

|

|Hunters Entertainment

|

|2019

|

|

|Lumpley Games

|

|2001

|

|Designed by D. Vincent Baker

|Steve Jackson Games

|

|1981

|

|Live action role-playing game

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storyteller System

|1998

|Old World of Darkness

|Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storyteller System

|2003

|Old World of Darkness

|Spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade

|Heritage USA

|

|1980

|

|

|Little Soldier Games

|

|1976

|Set in Camelot

|

|9th Level Games

|

|1999,

2001,

2005

|

|

|

|

|2023

|

|

|MAG

|

|1993

|

|Polish, Crystals of Time

|Äventyrsspel

|

|1991

|

|Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones

|Goblinoid Games

|D&D Basic Set

|2007,

2009

|

|

|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

|

|

|2009

|

|

|Massif Press, Dark Horse Comics

|

|2019

|

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|Chivalry & Sorcery

|1980

|

|Samurai and Ninjas

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1983

|

|

|Synister Creative Systems

|

|2000

|

|

|Cubicle 7

|Basic Role-Playing

|2010

|Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, workplace humour

|Based on Charles Stross's The Laundry Files series

|Legacy Press

|

|1978

|

|

|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.

|Cubicle 7

|

|2010

|

|

|FASA

|

|1990

|Standalone role-playing game for the Renegade Legion universe

|

|Hekaforge Productions

|

|1999

|

|Created by Gary Gygax

|Margaret Weis Productions

|Cortex Plus

|2010

|Based on the Leverage TV series

|Game written by Cam Banks and Rob Donahuge

|RoleFile Games

|

|1996

|

|

|

|

|2023

|

|

|Key 20 Publishing

|

|2001

|

|

|Leading Edge Games

|Phoenix Command

|1987

|Futuristic game on the world of Rhand

|

|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

|Iron Crown Enterprises

|

|1991-1999

|Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien

|

|Decipher, Inc.

|

|2002-2006

|Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien

|

|Avalon Hill

|

|1983

|

|

|

|

|2023

|

|

|Alliance Publications

|

|1983

|

|

|Blacksburg Tactical Research Center

|

|1988,

1994,

2003

|

|

|Palladium Books

|Megaversal

|1993

|

|

|Puffin Books

|

|1984

|

|

|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

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storytelling System

|2005,

2016

|Chronicles of Darkness

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storyteller System

|1998

|World of Darkness

|

|Jeux Descartes

|

|1985

|

|The first original French-language horror role-playing game.

|Yaquinto

|

|1982

|RPG drawing on myths and legends of cultures from 4000 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.

|

|Kingslayer Productions

|

|1988

|

|

|Margaret Weis Productions

|Cortex Plus

|2012

|

|

|TSR

|SAGA System

|1998

|

|

|TSR, Inc.

|

|1984,

1986

|

|

|Marvel Comics

|

|2003

|

|

|Magpie Games

|Powered by the Apocalypse

|2017

|

|

|West End Games

|

|1994

|

|

|FASA

|

|1985

|

|

|Fantasy Flight Games

|d20 System

|2004

|

|

|SteamLogic

|

|2002

|

|

|Palladium Books

|

|1981

|

|

|FASA Corporation, Fantasy Productions LLC

|

|1986

|

|

|MEGA Games Ltd.

|

|1987

|

|

|Palladium Books

|

|1981

|

|

|R. Talsorian Games

|Interlock System

|1985,

1987,

1994

|Based on Anime Mecha science fiction

|

|Wilmark Dynasty

|

|1980

|

|

|West End Games

|D6 System

|1997

|Science fiction comedy

|Based on the first Men in Black film

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1981

|

|A Modern Role Playing Game of Counter Insurgency

|GDW

|

|1990

|post-apocalyptic military

|Twilight 2000 updated for the post-Cold War '90s

|Flying Buffalo

|Custom Tunnels and Trolls derivative

|1983,

1986,

2019

|

|

|West End Games

|

|

|

|

|TSR, Inc. (1st and 2nd editions)

|Custom (1st edition), Amazing Engine (2nd edition)

|1976

|Set on a generation spaceship, the starship Warden, long after an unknown cataclysmic event

|3rd edition published by Fast Forward Entertainment, 4th by Mudpuppy Games

|The Game Lords

|

|1993

|

|

|

|

|2012

|

|

|

|

|2011

|

|

|Iron Crown Enterprises

|Streamlined Rolemaster

|1984,

1986,

1993

|Based upon the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien

|

|Midgard Press

|

|1981, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2013

|

|The oldest German fantasy RPG{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}

|Fantasy Flight Games, Edge Studios

|Dungeons & Dragons

|2003

|A dark fantasy world where the bad guys have won

|

|TAG Industries

|

|1985

|

|Based on the "Well of Souls" novels by Jack L. Chalker.

|Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment

|

|1991

|

|

|Kabal Gaming Systems

|

|1982

|

|By Deiron e Yangsmoth

|Crafty Games

|

|2011

|

|Based on American author Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novel series

|Polymancer Studios, Inc.

|

|2004

|

|

|Wydawnictwo Portal

|3d20 system

|2004

|

|Polish, Monastery

|Buried Without Ceremony

|Powered by the Apocalypse

|2012,

2017

|Teen drama, paranormal romance, horror

|A game about the messy lives of teenage monsters by Joe Mcdaldno (1st ed.), designed by Avery Alder (2nd ed.)

|Metagaming Concepts

|

|1976

|Fantasy system where the player characters are monsters

|

|Arc Dream Publishing

|One-Roll Engine

|2007

|

|

|Games Workshop

|

|1999

|

|A variant of the company's Warhammer Fantasy game set on a warband or "skirmish" scale.

|Free League Publishing

|

|2020

|Heavy metal music-inspired fantasy

|

|Rapport Games

|

|1990

|

|

|Timeline Ltd.

|Timeline System

|1980,

1983,

2013

|Post apocalypse USA 150 years after WW III

|

|Dark Carnival Games, LLC

|

|

|

|

|Tuesday Knight Games

|Old School Revival-style d100 rules

|2018, 2024

|Space horror

|Designed by Sean McCoy.

|Archaia Entertainment

|A version of the Burning Wheel engine

|2008

|

|By Luke Crane, based on David Petersen's comics series of the same name.

|Valdron, Inc.

|

|1997

|

|By E.R. Jones and M. Joseph Young

|White Wolf

|Storyteller System

|2001

|World of Darkness

|

|Peregrine Creative Services

|Weapons & Wonder

|1995

|

|

|Target Games

|Basic Role-Playing

|1984,

1989

|

|

|Target Games

|

|1993

|

|

|Pelgrane Press

|GUMSHOE System

|2009

|

|Superhero detectives

|Goblinoid Games

|

|2008,

2010

|

|

|Target Games

|

|1992

|

|

|Target Games

|

|2002

|

|By Järnringen Förlag AB

|Green Ronin Publishing

|d20 System

|2002

|

|

|Whit Productions Inc

|

|1989

|

|

|Half Meme Press

|

|2003

|Comic horror, Gothic horror

|Written by Paul Czege

|Johnny Kniga Kustannus

|

|2003

|

|By Mike Pohjola

|Hippogriff Publications

|

|1986

|

|

|World Champ Games Co.

|

|2020

|

|Designed by Adam Vass

|Wheaton Publications

|

|1982

|

|

|Chaosium

|

|1992

|Modern occult

|

|Portal

|

|2003

|

|Polish

|Daedalus Games

|

|1994

|

|

|Half Meme Press

|

|2002

|"A roleplaying game of teenage, lower-income girls looking for happiness."{{cite web|title=Nicotine Girls website|url=http://halfmeme.com/nicotinegirls.html/|access-date=22 June 2024}}

|Designed by Paul Czege

|Palladium Books

|

|1995

|Dark fantasy

|

|Stellar Games

|

|1990

|Horror

|

|IIE Games Corporation

|

|1986

|

|

|Pelgrane Press

|GUMSHOE System

|2012

|Horror-espionage vampire-hunting

|Created by Kenneth Hite

|Enterbrain

|

|2002,

2007

|Wizards in contemporary times

|Japanese

|Steve Jackson Games

|PDQ

|2001

|

|

|Palladium Books

|Megaversal

|1987,

1990,

2000,

2001

|Martial arts and espionage adventure.

|

|Pharos Press, Hogshead Publishing, Eos Press

|Diceless resource-management, optional live action system

|1999,

2002,

2011

|

|Created by Jenna K. Moran, writing as R. Sean Borgstrom

|Mongoose Publishing

|

|2005,

2007,

2009,

2015

|

|

|Atlas Games

|d20 System

|2005

|

|

|Monte Cook Games

|Cypher System variant

|2016

|

|

|Monte Cook Games

|Cypher System

|2013

|Science fantasy

|Designed by Monte Cook

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1980

|

|

|Brian Phillips

|

|1981

|

|

|Necrotic Gnome

|Restatement of the Basic and Expert Sets of Dungeons & Dragons.

|2019

|Fantasy

|Designed by Gavin Norman.

|Omnigon Games

|

|1989

|

|

|Free League Publishing

|

|2011, 2022

|Epic high fantasy

|Set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, at the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Originally published by Cubicle 7 as The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild

|Fantasy Flight Games / Black Industries

|

|2012

|

|

|Green Ronin Publishing

|

|2000

|

|

|Wicked Press

|

|2000

|

|

|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.

|Knights-n-Knaves, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing

|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

|2006,

2013

|

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1983

|

|

|Valhalla Simulation Games

|

|1983

|

|

|

|

|2024

|

|

|Atlas Games

|WaRP System (Wanton Role-Playing System) (custom dice pool-based)

|1992,

1997,

2019

|Surreal conspiracy set in the fictitious Mediterranean island of Al Amarja

|Created by Jonathan Tweet with Robin D. Laws

|Palladium Books

|Megaversal

|1983,

1984,

1996

|

|

|MIB Productions

|

|1993

|Roleplaying in the world of tabloid news

|

|Hogshead Publishing

|

|2000

|

|

|originally by West End Games, later by Mongoose Publishing

|

|1984,

1987,

1995,

2004,

2009,

2017

|A satire of dystopian futures

|Written by Greg Costikyan

|Paizo Publishing

|

|2009

|Fantasy role-playing game

|

|Technicraft Design

|

|

|A detailed rules heavy space opera with a percentile system

|

|Holistic Design, Inc.

|

|1999

|

|

|Holistic Design, Inc.

|

|1996,

1999,

2001,

2007,

2012

|

|Live action role-playing game

|Chaosium

|Basic Role-Playing variant

|1985,

1990,

1993,

1999,

2005,

2023

|Arthurian legend

|Designed by Greg Stafford

|Evil Hat Productions

|

|2009

|

|

|Epitaph Studios

|

|1993

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Phantasy Conclave

|

|1984

|

|

|Cheshire Games

|

|1982

|

|

|Leading Edge Games

|Phoenix Command

|1986

|

|

|Yaquinto Publications

|

|1982

|

|

|Halloween Concepts

|

|1997

|

|

|These Are Our Games

|

|2005

|

|

|Avalon Hill

|

|1983

|

|

|Burger Games

|

|2000

|

|Based on the eponymous comics by Petri Hiltunen

|West End Games

|

|1986

|America loses the Cold War and is occupied, but resistance is in their blood

|

|Wizards of the Coast

|Capsystem

|1992,

1995

|

|

|Task Force Games

|Custom, GURPS, d20, d20 Modern, Traveller

|1993,

2002,

2005,

2008

|

|

|Dog Eared Designs

|

|2004

|

|

|Chaosium

|

|1989

|

|Designed by Greg Stafford, based on Hal Foster's comic strip of the same name

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1983

|Naval adventure in the Napoleonic era

|

|Dream Pod 9

|

|1995

|

|

|White Wolf Publishing

|Storytelling System

|2006,

2016

|Chronicles of Darkness

|

|Bruce Gomes Industries

|

|1992

|

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1984

|SF adventures with a focus on psi abilities

|

|Arcane Magazine, Hogshead Publishing

|

|1997

|Horror ("a grim world of make-believe")

|Written by John Scott Tynes

|Hex Entertainment

|

|2003

|

|

|Cubicle 7

|

|2007

|

|Translated from the French publisher Le Septième Cercle's 2005 game

|Son of Oak

|

|2024

|

|

|The Adventure Guild

|

|2019

|

|

|Unicorn Game Publications

|

|1982,

1988

|

|

|Buried Without Ceremony

|

|2013, 2019

|

|Designed by Avery Alder

|Quintessential Mercy Studio

|

|1995,

2002

|

|By William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy

|Raven Star Game Designs

|

|1994

|

|

|West Coast Games

|

|1977

|

|

|The Walnut Group

|

|1991

|

|Contained in Realms of the Unknown Player's Manual and Realm Controller's Manual

|Palladium Books

|

|1982

|

|Vietnam War adventure

|

|

|

|

|Japanese

|Creative Encounters

|

|1991

|Fight Nazis in space

|By Simon Bell and Ken Richardson

|Nouvelles Éditions Fantastiques

Malcontent Games

|

|1985,

1993

|

|By Denis Gerfaud (French, Rêve de Dragon)

|Driftwood Publishing

|

|2002

|

|

|Palladium Games

|Megaversal

|1990,

2005

|

|

|Palladium Games

|Megaversal

|2003

|

|

|Chaosium

|Basic Role-Playing

|1984

|Hard science fiction

|Greg Stafford, Lynn Willis, Sandy Petersen, et al., based on Larry Niven's Ringworld novels

|Cumberland Games and Diversions

|

|1993

|

|Designed by S. John Ross

|Hero Games

|Hero System

|1986

|

|

|Palladium Games

|Megaversal

|1986,

2008

|Based on the Robotech anime television series

|

|Palladium Games

|Megaversal

|2008

|

|

|Fantasy Flight Games

|Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay

|2009

|

|

|Iron Crown Enterprises

|Fully expandable and customizable rules system

|1980,

1982,

1984,

1999

|

|

|

|

|2022

|

|

|Atlas Games

|

|2001

|Norse mythology-inspired fantasy

|Written by Robin D. Laws, based on the computer game of the same name

|Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing

|Basic Role-Playing

|1978,

1979,

1984,

2006,

2010,

2012,

2018

|Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha

|Originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson, and Warren James

|

|

|1998

|

|

|

|

|1990

|

|

|Kotodama Heavy Industries

|

|2016

|Pastoral fantasy

|Influenced by the animation of Hayao Miyazaki

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Pinnacle Entertainment Group

|

|2003

|Generic rule system, with supplements for fantasy, horror, pulp, science fiction, etc.

|Written by Shane Lacy Hensley

|White Wolf Publishing

|

|

|Modern day children of the gods

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Gold Rush Games

|

|

|Historical fantasy set in feudal Japan

|

|Bully Pulpit Games

|

|2005

|1920s academic black comedy horror

|GM-less single-session game designed by Jason Morningstar

|IDD

|

|1992

|

|

|

|

|

|A world of epic heroes, immortals, titans, angels and demons.

|

|Schwalb Entertainment

|d20

|2015

|Dark fantasy, grimdark fantasy, sword and sorcery

|Written by Robert J. Schwalb

|

|

|

|

|

|Arcane Library

|d20

|2023

|Dark fantasy

|An Old School Renaissance treatment of 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Kelsey Dionne

|FASA/Fantasy Productions/Catalyst Game Labs

|

|1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2019

|Cyberpunk Fantasy

|Set in the same world as Earthdawn; designed by Robert N. Charrette, Paul Hume, Tom Dowd, L. Ross Babcock III, Sam Lewis, et al.

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Guardians of Order

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Horror

|Italian role-playing game

|Pelgrane Press

|

|2010

|

|Designed by Robin D. Laws

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|

|

|

|SkyRealms Publishing, later Chessex

|

|

|

|

|Nightfall Games{{cite web|title=SLA Industries website|url=http://nightfall.co/category/sla-industries/|access-date=6 February 2012}}

|

|

|

|

|Mongoose Publishing

|d20 System, Runequest

|2002, 2007

|

|Based on the 2000 AD (comics) comic book of the same name.

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|2020

|

|

|Guardians of Order

|d20 System

|2003

|Fantasy comedy, sword and sorcery

|Based on the Slayers anime and light novel series

|

|

|2019

|

|

|Margaret Weis Productions

|Cortex Plus

|2010

|Superhero drama

|Based on the Smallville television series, designed by Cam Banks

|Green Ronin Publishing

|Chronicle System

| 2009

|High fantasy

|Written by Robert J. Schwalb, designed by Schwalb, Steve Kenson, Nicole Lindroos, Chris Pramas, based on the series of the same name by George R. R. Martin

|Adept Press

|

|1998, 2001

|Horror, Fantasy

|Written by Ron Edwards

|

|

|

|

|

|GDW

|

|

|Victorian Era Sci-Fi (steampunk)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|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|date=May 2025}}

|

|

|

|SF adaptation of Rolemaster

|

|

|

|

|

|

| Green Ronin Publishing

|

|

|

|

| Blacksburg Tactical Research Center

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Ron Edwards

|

|2007

|

|

|Rowan, Rook and Decard

|

|2018

|

|Designed by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor

|Evil Hat Productions

|FATE system

|2006

|A pulp game

|Designed by Fred Hicks, Rob Donoghue, and Leonard Balsera

|

|

|

|

|

|Uhrwerk-Verlag

|

|

|Lorakis

|German Fantasy RPG

|Alderac Entertainment Group

|

|

|Espionage adventures

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Bully Pulpit Games

|

|2019

|Romance

|Designed by Alex Roberts

|Cubicle 7

|FATE

|2008

|Science fiction

|Based on the Starblazer comics anthology

|TSR, Inc.

|

|

|

|

|TSR, Inc.

|

|

|

|

|Flying Buffalo

|

|

|

|

|Paizo Publishing

| d20 System

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|TSR

|

|

|

|

|AEG

|Spycraft/d20 System

|2003-2004

|

|

|Fantasy Hero

|SF adaptation of Hero System

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Ianus Games

|

|

|Parody of space opera

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|2010

|

|

|Mongoose Publishing

|

|

|

|

|Fantasy Games Unlimited

|

|1978

|

|

|Northern Sages

|Adaptation of D&D rules

|1982

|Feudal fantasy

|Thinly disguised effort to create unlicensed D&D adventures

|Heritage Models

|

|1978

|

|

|Last Unicorn

|

|1999-2000

|

|

|Last Unicorn

|

|1999

|

|