
       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.

