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This is a list of notable tabletop role-playing games. It does not include computer role-playing games, MMORPGs, play-by-mail/email games, or any other video games with RPG elements.
Cortex is an extendable and modifiable game, but with some consistent mechanics. Characters are described with a number of trait sets, such as attributes, skills, relationships, or powers. Each trait within each set is rated with a die size. For example, a strong but unintelligent character might have Brawn d10 and Brains d4.
A tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG or TRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a kind of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech and sometimes movements.
This is a list of campaign settings published for role-playing games.Since role-playing games originally developed from wargames, there are many historical and alternate-history RPGs based on Earth.
Theatrix applies cinematic concepts to role-playing: the players are "Actors" and the GM is the "Director". The Director attempts to frame adventures as if they were screenplays, with a pre-structured plot that consists of a number of agreed-upon acts, scenes, and "pinch-points".
The following is a timeline of tabletop role-playing games.For computer role-playing games see here.. The publication year listed here is the year of the first edition in the original country.
Fudge is a generic role-playing game system for use in freeform role-playing games. [1] The name "FUDGE" was once an acronym for Freeform Universal Donated (later, Do-it-yourself) Gaming Engine [2] and, though the acronym has since been dropped, that phrase remains a good summation of the game's design goals.
The initial version of OSRIC was released in 2006. The OSRIC rules are free to download from the game's site in PDF form. [5] OSRIC v. 2.0 was released in 2008. [6] In June 2009, hard copy versions of the rules became available from the Lulu print-on-demand service. Additionally, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing together released ...