Timeline of tabletop role-playing games

1970s

• Dungeons & Dragons
• Rules to the Game of DUNGEON

• Boot Hill
• Empire of the Petal Throne
• En Garde!
• Tunnels & Trolls

• Bunnies & Burrows
• Knights of the Round Table
• Metamorphosis Alpha
• Monsters! Monsters!
• Starfaring

• Arduin
• Chivalry & Sorcery
• Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo
• The Realm of Yolmi
• Space Patrol, later renamed Star Patrol
• Space Quest
• Superhero: 2044
• Traveller

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
• Bifrost
• The Complete Warlock
• Gamma World
• High Fantasy
• John Carter, Warlord of Mars
• Legacy
• PrinceCon System
• RuneQuest
• Starships & Spacemen
• Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier
• What Price Glory?!

• Adventures in Fantasy
• Buccaneer
• Bushido
• Commando
• Gangster!
• Heroes
• Ironhedge
• Villains and Vigilantes
• Ysgarth

1980s

• Archaeron
• Basic Role-Playing
• Beasts, Men & Gods
• Castle Perilous
• Dallas
• DragonQuest
• The Fantasy Trip
• Land of the Rising Sun
• Melanda
• The Morrow Project
• Odysseus
• Skull and Crossbones
• Space Opera
• Supergame
• Thieves' Guild
• Top Secret

• Aftermath!
• Call of Cthulhu
• Champions
• Crimefighters
• Fantasy Wargaming
• Heroes of Olympus
• The Mechanoid Invasion
• Merc
• Midgard (German RPG)
• The Spawn of Fashan
• Star Rovers
• Stormbringer
• Universe
• Wild West
• Wizards' Realm

• Alma Mater
• Behind Enemy Lines by FASA
• Daredevils
• Drakar och Demoner (Dragonbane)
• Fringeworthy
• FTL:2448
• Gangbusters
• Inner City
• Knights and Berserkers and Legerdemain
• Man, Myth and Magic
• Pirates and Plunder
• Recon
• Rolemaster
• Space Infantry
• Starfleet Voyages
• Star Frontiers
• Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
• Swordbearer
• Worlds of Wonder

• Droids
• Element Masters
• Espionage!, later renamed Danger International
• James Bond 007
• Lands of Adventure
• Légendes (French RPG)
• Lords of Creation
• L'Ultime Épreuve (French RPG)
• Mach: The First Colony
• Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes
• Other Suns by FGU
• Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
• Powers and Perils
• Privateers and Gentlemen
• Stalking the Night Fantastic
• Star Quest
• Super Squadron
• Superworld
• Timeship
• To Challenge Tomorrow
• The Valley of the Pharaohs
• Victorian Adventure
• Warhammer The Mass Combat Fantasy Role-Playing Game
• Witch Hunt by StatCom Simulations

• The Adventures of Indiana Jones
• The Atlantean Trilogy (also known as The Arcanum)
• Chill
• Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye)
• DragonRaid
• Elfquest
• Fighting Fantasy - The Introductory Role-Playing Game
• Flashing Blades
• Golden Heroes
• Heroes Unlimited
• Justice, Inc.
• Kata Kumbas
• Maelstrom
• Marvel Super Heroes
• Mega (French RPG)
• Middle-earth Role Playing
• Mutant
• Paranoia
• Phantasy Conclave
• Psi World
• Ringworld
• Skyrealms of Jorune
• Star Ace
• Swords & Glory
• Time & Time Again
• Timemaster
• Toon
• Twilight 2000

• Challengers
• Conan Role-Playing Game
• DC Heroes
• Dinky Dungeons
• The Doctor Who Role Playing Game
• Dragon Warriors
• Dragonroar
• Fantasy Hero
• Hawkmoon
• Hidden Kingdom
• Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game
• Maléfices
• Mekton
• Midnight at the Well of Souls Role-Playing System
• Pendragon
• Sandman - Map of Halaal
• Space Master
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness

• 2300 AD
• 9th Generation
• Arena
• By the Gods
• The Challenges Game System
• Delta Force: America Strikes Back!
• Eternal Soldier
• Ghostbusters
• Freedom Fighters
• GURPS
• HârnMaster
• Hunter Planet: The All Australian Role Playing Game
• MechWarrior
• Mythworld
• Phoenix Command
• The Price of Freedom
• Robotech
• Robot Warriors
• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
• Year of the Phoenix

• Ars Magica
• Beyond the Supernatural
• Cyborg Commando
• Enforcers
• Expendables
• Future Worlds
• Living Steel
• MEGA Role-Playing System
• Miekka ja magia
• Night of the Ninja
• Ninjas & Superspies
• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games
• Talislanta
• Teenagers from Outer Space
• Robotech II: The Sentinels
• Timelords
• TWERPS

• Animonde
• Albedo
• Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game
• Cyberpunk 2013
• High Colonies
• Justifiers RPG
• Macho Women with Guns
• Manhunter
• Phantasia
• Second Dawn
• Space: 1889
• SpaceTime
• Woof Meow

• Advanced Fighting Fantasy
• Adventurers of the North - Kalevala Heroes
• Batman Role-Playing Game
• Blackwatch
• The Confederate Rangers
• Cyberspace
• In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas
• It Came From the Late, Late, Late Show
• Lace & Steel
• Mutazoids
• Omnigon
• Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game
• Shadowrun
• Star Hero
• Sword World RPG

1990s

• Age of Ruin by Cutting Edge Games
• Aquelarre (Spanish RPG)
• Attack of the Humans
• Battlelords of the 23rd Century
• Buck Rogers XXVC
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
• CORPS
• Fifth Cycle
• Hero System
• Morpheus
• Nightlife
• Reich Star
• Rifts
• Ruf des Warlock (German RPG)
• Torg
• Worlds Beyond

• Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
• Aliens Adventure Game
• Dark Conspiracy
• Kult
• Lord of the Rings Adventure Game
• Lost Souls
• Millennium's End
• Tales from the Floating Vagabond
• Time Lord: Adventures through Time and Space
• Vampire: The Masquerade
• Warp World
• The World of Synnibarr

• Dangerous Journeys
• Dream Park: The Roleplaying Game
• Duel by Nightshift Games
• Fanhunter, el juego de rol épicodecadente
• Fudge
• Fuzzy Heroes by Inner City Games Designs
• Nephilim
• Over the Edge
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse

• Amazing Engine
• The Beast Within
• Earthdawn
• Fate of the Norns
• Forgotten Futures
• High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game
• Kryształy Czasu
• Macross II: The Role-Playing Game
• Mage: The Ascension
• Manhunter
• Mutant Chronicles
• Nexus: The Infinite City
• Pandemonium!
• Prime Directive
• Risus
• Shatterzone
• SLA Industries
• Space Gothic (German RPG)
• Theatrix (role-playing game)
• Underground
• The Whispering Vault

• 3D&T
• Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth
• Castle Falkenstein
• Don't Look Back
• Gardásiyal: Adventures on Tékumel
• GateWar by Escape Ventures
• HoL
• Immortal: The Invisible War
• Inferno by Death's Edge Games
• Masterbook
• Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game
• The World of Bloodshadows
• The World of Indiana Jones
• Wraith: The Oblivion

• Changeling: The Dreaming
• Cybergeneration
• The End by Scapegoat Games
• Everway
• Heavy Gear
• Nightbane
• Project A-ko
• The World of Necroscope
• The World of Tank Girl

• Blood Dawn
• Bubblegum Crisis
• CJ Carella's WitchCraft
• Conspiracy X
• The D6 System: The Customizable Roleplaying Game
• Deadlands
• Dragonlance: Fifth Age
• Fading Suns
• Feng Shui
• Gatecrasher
• Hong Kong Action Theatre!
• Infinite Domains by Infinite Concepts
• Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar: The New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser
• Vampire: The Dark Ages
• The World of Tales from the Crypt

• Æon/Trinity
• Armageddon: The End Times
• Armored Trooper Votoms
• Big Eyes, Small Mouth
• Blue Planet
• Champions: New Millennium
• Dzikie Pola (Polish RPG)
• Fuzion
• In Nomine
• Jovian Chronicles
• Legend of the Five Rings
• Men in Black
• Multiverser
• Neverwhere by Postmortem Studios
• Puppetland
• Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game
• Werewolf: The Wild West

• Alternity
• Blood of Heroes
• Deadlands: Hell on Earth
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Hercules & Xena
• Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade
• Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game
• QAGS
• Runeslayers
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game
• Tribe 8
• Tribes by Steve Jackson Games
• Unknown Armies

• 7th Sea
• Aberrant
• Agone (French RPG)
• All Flesh Must Be Eaten
• Brave New World
• Continuum
• DC Universe Roleplaying Game
• Dominion Rules (online)
• Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game
• Furry Pirates
• Hunter: The Reckoning
• Lejendary Adventure
• Nobilis
• Powerkill
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Role Playing Game
• Star Trek: The Original Series Role-playing Game
• Violence
• Weird War Two: Crusade for Europe

2000s

• Age of Heroes by Brian Gleichman
• Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium
• Hero Wars (later renamed HeroQuest)
• Orkworld
• Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Wizards of the Coast
• World Tree

• Action! System
• Adventure!
• After the Bomb
• De Profundis
• The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game
• Exalted
• Forbidden Kingdoms
• Gear Krieg
• Godlike
• HackMaster
• Little Fears
• The Metabarons Roleplaying Game
• Mummy: The Resurrection
• Sorcerer
• Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine
• The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game
• The Witcher (Polish RPG)

• Active Exploits
• Arcane Codex (German RPG)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game
• The Burning Wheel
• Call of Cthulhu (d20)
• Cartoon Action Hour
• Children of the Sun
• d20 Modern
• Demon: The Fallen
• Engel
• Discworld Roleplaying Game
• Donjon
• Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium
• EverQuest Role-Playing Game
• Farscape Roleplaying Game
• InSpectres
• The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
• Mechanical Dream
• Mutants & Masterminds
• Silver Age Sentinels
• Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes
• Spaceship Zero
• Spycraft
• Star Trek Roleplaying Game
• Terra Primate
• Steve Perrin's Quest Rules
• Transhuman Space
• Victorian Age: Vampire

• Angel Roleplaying Game
• Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game
• D6 Adventure
• Dead Inside
• Deliria
• Diana: Warrior Princess
• EABA
• F.A.T.A.L.
• FATE
• Fates Worse than Death
• Grimm
• High Adventure Role Playing
• Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game
• My Life With Master
• Neuroshima
• Orpheus
• Savage Worlds
• Silhouette CORE
• Sine Requie
• Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game
• Tri-Stat dX
• Unisystem
• Victoriana

• Castles & Crusades
• Chronicles of Darkness
• Conan: The Roleplaying Game
• Dogs in the Vineyard
• D6 Fantasy
• D6 Space
• Fireborn
• Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game
• Monastyr
• Paranoia XP
• Primetime Adventures
• The Shadow of Yesterday
• Tibet: The Roleplaying Game
• Vampire: The Requiem

• A+ Fantasy
• Anima: Beyond Fantasy (Spanish RPG)
• Army of Darkness
• Artesia: Adventures in the Known World
• Atlantis: The Second Age
• Blue Rose
• Capes
• City of Heroes by Eden Games
• Dawning Star
• Dread
• Etherscope
• A Game of Thrones
• Hollyworld
• Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game
• Mage: The Awakening
• The Mountain Witch
• Omni System
• Serenity
• Spycraft 2.0
• Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game
• Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne
• True20
• Truth & Justice
• Usagi Yojimbo by Sanguine Productions
• Werewolf: The Forsaken
• World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game

• Basic Fantasy
• Big Bang Comics
• Cadwallon
• Chronicles of Ramlar
• Corporation
• Cold City
• Crystalicum
• Don't Rest Your Head
• Heroic Visions
• Hollow Earth Expedition
• Lacuna
• Mortal Coil
• Nemesis - Roleplaying in Worlds of Horror by Arc Dream Publishing
• OSRIC
• Promethean: The Created
• Shab-al-Hiri Roach
• Spirit of the Century
• Wild Talents
• The Zantabulous Zorcerer of Zo

• Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier
• Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
• Changeling: The Lost
• The Esoterrorists
• Fear Itself
• Grey Ranks
• Labyrinth Lord
• Monte Cook's World of Darkness
• Reign
• Scion
• Star Wars Saga Edition
• Tenra War
• Witch Hunter: The Invisible World

• CthulhuTech
• Dark Heresy
• Dead Reign
• Demon Hunters Role Playing Game
• Ghosts of Albion by Eden Studios, Inc.
• Houses of the Blooded
• Hunter: The Vigil
• Innocents
• Hot War
• Legend of the Burning Sands
• Monsters and Other Childish Things
• Mouse Guard
• Mutant Future
• Starblazer Adventures
• Swords & Wizardry
• Trail of Cthulhu

• A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying
• Diaspora
• Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space
• Eclipse Phase
• Fantasy Craft
• Fiasco
• Geist: The Sin-Eaters
• Mutant City Blues
• Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
• Rogue Trader
• Supernatural: The Role Playing Game

2010s

• Apocalypse World
• Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul
• Dark Dungeons
• Dark Harvest - The Legacy of Frankenstein
• DC Adventures
• Deathwatch
• Dragon Age
• The Dresden Files
• Eden: l'Inganno (Italian RPG)
• Lamentations of the Flame Princess
• The Laundry
• Legends of Anglerre
• Leverage: The Roleplaying Game
• Smallville Roleplaying Game
• Stars Without Number

• Abney Park's Airship Pirates
• Arcanis
• Ashen Stars
• Black Crusade
• Fabled Lands
• The Kerberos Club (Fate)
• The One Ring Roleplaying Game

• Dungeon Crawl Classics
• Dungeon World
• Iron Kingdoms
• Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
• Michtim: Fluffy Adventures
• Monster of the Week
• Night's Black Agents
• Only War
• Space: 1889 (Ubiquity)
• Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Fantasy Flight
• Tephra: The Steampunk RPG
• Wolsung (Polish RPG)

• 13th Age
• Blueholme
• Mummy: The Curse
• Numenera

• Atomic Robo
• Demon: The Descent
• Demonworld
• Firefly Role-Playing Game
• Splittermond (German RPG)
• The Strange

• Catalyst
• Cornerstone System
• Cypher System
• Night Witches
• Narosia by Legendsmiths
• Shadow of the Demon Lord

• Adventures in Middle-earth
• Classic Fantasy
• Beast: The Primordial
• Bubblegumshoe
• Degenesis
• Delta Green
• Masks: A New Generation by Magpie Games
• No Thank You, Evil!

• Blades in the Dark
• City of Mist by Son of Oak Game Studio
• Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of
• Monsterhearts 2
• Paranoia: Red Clearance Edition
• Starfinder Roleplaying Game
• Tales from the Loop by Free League Publishing
• Vurt
• Zweihänder

• Ironsworn by Shawn Tomkin
• John Carter of Mars by Modiphius
• Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG by Tuesday Knight Games
• Tails of Equestria by River Horse
• Suzerain Legends by Savage Mojo
• The Witcher by R. Talsorian Games

• Alien by Free League Publishing
• Never Going Home by Wet Ink Games
• Quest by The Adventure Guild

2020s

2020

2021

2022

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