List of role-playing games


This is a list of role-playing games. It does not include computer role-playing games, MMORPGs, or any other video games with RPG elements.
Most of these games are tabletop role-playing games; other types of games are noted as such where appropriate.

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D6 AdventureWest End Games
D6 FantasyWest End Games
D6 SpaceWest End Games
D6 SystemWest End GamesIn-house system, based on the Star Wars RPG
d20 FutureWizards of the Coastd20 SystemGeneric futuristic
d20 ModernWizards of the Coastd20 SystemGeneric modern
d20 PastWizards of the Coastd20 SystemGeneric historical
d20 SystemWizards of the CoastBased on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules
Dallas
Danger InternationalHero Gamesespionage adventure
Dangerous Journeys by E. Gary GygaxGame Designers' Workshop
DaredevilsPulp era mystery
Dark AgesWhite Wolf PublishingSeries of RPGs, including ', ', ', ', and '
Dark Champions
Dark ConspiracyGame Designers' Workshop
Dark Dungeons
The Dark EyeMost popular German RPG, known in Germany as Das Schwarze Auge
Dark Heresy, the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay GameOriginally by Black Industries, now developed by Fantasy Flight Games
Dark Streets
Darwin's WorldRPGObjectsPost-apocalyptic RPG
Dawning Star
DC AdventuresGreen Ronin
DC HeroesMayfair Games
DC Universe Roleplaying GameWest End Games
De Profundis
Dead InsideA small-press RPG where the characters attempt to rebuild their lost souls through selfless and noble actions
Dead ReignPalladium Books
'Pinnacle Entertainment Group
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Deadlands: The Weird WestPinnacle Entertainment GroupGURPS version by SJGames
Deathwatch
Deliria: Faerie Tales for the New Millennium by Phil BrucatoLaughing Pan Productions
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Demon City Shinjuku Role-Playing Game
Demon Hunters Role Playing Game
'White Wolf
Demon's LairLasalion Games
Deryni Adventure Game
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DiasporaVSCA PublishingFATE2009Hard science fiction
Dice & Glory
Dinky DungeonsDoc's Games1985
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DiominOtherWorld Creations
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The Doctor Who Role Playing GameFASABased on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series
'Cubicle 7 EntertainmentBased on the 2005–present run of the BBC television series
Doctor Who - Time Lord Virgin PublishingBased on the 1963–89 run of the BBC television series
Dogs in the VineyardLumpley GamesLoosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah
Domination
Dominion RulesAn open-source fantasy twelve-sided-die-based RPG encouraging innovative combat system
The Dominion Tank Police Role-Playing GameGuardians of OrderTri-Stat System1999
DomicileSubcellar Games2015A Narrative Roleplaying Game of Supernatural Mystery
DonjonClinton R. Nixon, Donjon Anvilwerks
Don't Let Them Take You AliveFirst United Church of Cthulhud1002017action horror in the Modern Cthulhu Mythosbased on the works of H. P. Lovecraft
Don't Look BackMind Ventures1994
Don't Rest Your HeadEvil Hat Productions
Double CrossSuperhero
Drací doupeLoosely based on Dungeons & DragonsThe most popular Czech fantasy RPG system
Dragon AgeGreen Ronin
Dragon Ball Z - Anime Adventure Gamehttps://web.archive.org/web/20021120023158/http://www.talsorian.com/
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Dragon Lords of Melniboné
DragonMechA cross between fantasy and mecha
DragonQuestA now out-of-print RPG, suppressed by TSR
DragonRaidDick WulfA Christian RPG
Dragonroar
DragonscalesFireside CreationsWard Card SystemFantasyDesigned by Stephen A Lee and James M. Ward
DragonstarWhere science fiction and fantasy blend
Dragon Storm
Dragon WarriorsAn easy-to-use RPG system published in paperback format
Drakar och Demoner Swedish fantasy RPG
Dread RPG
'Rafael Chandler
Dream Craft
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The Dresden filesA variant of the FATE gameUrban fantasyBased on the books by Jim Butcher
Droids
Last Unicorn2000Supposedly limited to 3000 copies
Dungeons & DragonsCreated by Dave Arneson and E. Gary Gygax, further editions by TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast
Dungeon WorldSage Kobold ProductionsPowered by the ApocalypseDungeon fantasy
Durance
Dust Devils
Dying EarthBased on the stories of Jack Vance
Dzikie Pola Set in 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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Fading SunsHolistic Design
Faery's TaleFirefly GamesAn interactive storytelling game of fairy folklore suitable for younger players
'Burning Games LTDRPC542015Hard science fiction
FaldonIllusory Studios
FanhunterSpanish game based on the series of comics of the same name
Fantasy CraftCrafty GamesMastercraft
Fantasy EarthZody Games1994Includes Fantasy Earth: Basic Rules, Fantasy Earth: The Book of Magic, and The Essential Fantasy Earth
Fantasy Heartbreaker Roleplaying GameSubCellar GamesD20
Fantasy Hero
Fantasy ImperiumShadowstar Games, Inc.An interactive storytelling game of historical fantasy
The Fantasy TripSteve Jackson, published by Metagaming ConceptsThe precursor to GURPS
The Fantasy SagasE-RPG SystemA Player's Guidebook for Ironwood Omnimedia
Fantasy WargamingA project by dissatisfied British Dungeons & Dragons players, it was considered incomplete and insufficient yet featured noteworthy elements and qualities that are still yet unseen in most role-playing games
Farscape Roleplaying GameAlderac Entertainment Group
FastlaneTwisted Confessions
Roulette2004+Generic DissipationThe first role-playing game designed around the roulette wheel.
F.A.T.A.L.Byron HallCustom2001-2004FantasyAdult-oriented role-playing. "Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery"
Fate CoreEvil HatFate SystemGenericFantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine. No longer an acronym. There are other games that use the Fate engine.
Fate of the NornsAndrew ValkauskasRunic Game System - Previous editions used a 2D10 based systemViking Historical/Fantasy
Fates Worse than DeathVajra Enterprisescyberpunk-influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080
Fear Itself
Feng ShuiHong Kong martial arts movies
FiascoBully Pulpit GamesCustom2009Various
Field Guide to Encounters
Fifth Cycle
Fight the Evil PowerA role-playing game designed for people who haven't played before
'Based on the Fighting Fantasy book series.
FirebornFantasy Flight Games
FireflyMargaret Weis ProductionsCortex+2014-2015FireflyA separate game from Serenity due to licensing issues despite the same company producing both at different times.
FirelightHobbyHorse Games, LLC2017World of 'Firelight'A card-based role-playing game due for launch on Kickstarter in July 2017 and wide release in 2018. Attempts to simplify traditional RPG mechanics in order to make the genre more accessible.
Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo
Flashing Blades
Forbidden Kingdoms
Forgotten FuturesMarcus L Rowland
Freedom Fighters
Fragged EmpireDesign Ministries2015Post-Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi.
Friendly WarsUndecided Studios
FringeworthyTri Tac Games
Tri Tac Games
FUBARVulpinoid Studio
FUDGESteffan O'SullivanFUDGE"Free, Universal, Do-it-Yourself Gaming Engine"
Furry Outlaws
Furry Pirates
FusionHøst og SønNear FutureA Danish RPG
Future Worlds
FuzionR. Talsorian Games and Hero GamesModified from R. Talsorian's Interlock System and Hero Games' Hero SystemA simple and customizable generic open gaming system

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GamePublisherSystemDatesSettingNotes
A Game of ThronesA Game of Thrones
Gamma WorldTSR, Inc.Modified D&DDifferent versions are based on different versions of D&D
GangbustersTSR, Inc.1930s urban crime adventure
GanghedgeEmpire Wargames
Gangster!
GatecrasherA tongue-in-cheek science-fiction & fantasy setting
GaterunnerBased on the novel Gatecrash
Gear Antique
Gear Krieg
'White WolfStorytellingNew World of Darkness
1986, 1990Future, 2193 ceSmall-press former makers of the science fiction RPG Genesis. The First version was produced in 1986 and sold only 200 copies mostly around Calgary. The Second version was mass-produced in 1990 and sold all 2000 copies. The Third unreleased version has sat on shelves / in boxes / in a garage for the past 13 years. It is now being published at medium.com
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GhostbustersWest End GamesGhostbusters film seriesFirst RPG to use a dice pool system.
Ghosts of AlbionEden StudiosBased on the Ghosts of Albion animations and novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden.
Godbound
GodlikeHawthorn Hobgoblynn Press
Golden HeroesGames Workshop
Gossip Beverly HillsBased on the Gossip Girl TV series
The Great Commissiond20A Christian RPG
Grey RanksJason Morningstar
Grimm
GuardiansStarChilde Publications
GUMSHOE System
Gunslingers and GamblersThe American Wild West of 1876
Guns Of Santa TorinaWild West theme set in an alternate historical timeline
GURPSSteve Jackson GamesGURPSGenericGurps is an acronym for"Generic Universal Role Playing System"

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