{"id":1809,"date":"2013-02-07T18:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:32:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:32:37","slug":"tabletop-rpg-games-by-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/07\/tabletop-rpg-games-by-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabletop RPG Games by Genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dungeons_and_Dragons_game.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"A D&amp;D game session in progress\" alt=\"A D&amp;D game session in progress\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/87\/Dungeons_and_Dragons_game.jpg\/300px-Dungeons_and_Dragons_game.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A D&amp;D game session in progress (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of several RPGs and the genres fit into. Some games are harder to classify than others, so you may not agree with my placement; as always, YMMV. Also, a few games fit more than one genre. In this case, I&#8217;ve placed them in all genres I feel are appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Animals (You play animals)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bunnies and Burrows<\/li>\n<li>Critter Commandos<\/li>\n<li>Furry Pirates<\/li>\n<li>Justifiers<\/li>\n<li>Mouseguard<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anime<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Big Eyes, Small Mouths<\/li>\n<li>In Nomine: Anime<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers From Outer Space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cartoon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game<\/li>\n<li>Elfquest<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<li>Toon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fantasy (also called &#8220;High Fantasy&#8221;, &#8220;Straight Fantasy&#8221;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7th Sea<\/li>\n<li>AGE<\/li>\n<li>Amber Diceless RPG<\/li>\n<li>Arcanum<\/li>\n<li>Arduin<\/li>\n<li>Aria<\/li>\n<li>Ars Magica<\/li>\n<li>Burning Wheel<\/li>\n<li>Castles &amp; Crusades<\/li>\n<li>Chivalry and Sorcery<\/li>\n<li>Conan<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Journeys<\/li>\n<li>DragonQuest<\/li>\n<li>DragonRaid<\/li>\n<li>Dungeons and Dragons (all editions)<\/li>\n<li>Earth Dawn<\/li>\n<li>Elfquest<\/li>\n<li>Elric<\/li>\n<li>Empire of the Petal Throne<\/li>\n<li>Everway<\/li>\n<li>Exalted<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy Hero<\/li>\n<li>Furry Pirates<\/li>\n<li>HackMaster<\/li>\n<li>Harn<\/li>\n<li>Iron Claw<\/li>\n<li>Lace and Steel<\/li>\n<li>Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>One Ring<\/li>\n<li>OSRIC<\/li>\n<li>Man, Myth, and Magic<\/li>\n<li>Middle Earth Role Play<\/li>\n<li>Palladium<\/li>\n<li>Pathfinder<\/li>\n<li>Pendragon<\/li>\n<li>RoleMaster<\/li>\n<li>RuneQuest<\/li>\n<li>Talislantia<\/li>\n<li>Top Secret<\/li>\n<li>Tunnels and Trolls<\/li>\n<li>Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay<\/li>\n<li>Ysgarth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Historical (includes SF and fantasy firmly grounded in a historical periods)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adventure (1920&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>Ars Magica (Medieval; Fantasy)<\/li>\n<li>Bushido (Feudal Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Call of Cthulhu (1920&#8217;s; Horror)<\/li>\n<li>Castle Falkenstein (Victorian; Fantasy)<\/li>\n<li>Gangbusters (1920&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>Gaslight (Victorian)<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Jones (1920&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>Lace and Steel (Cavalier)<\/li>\n<li>Legend of the Five Rings (Feudal Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Mouseguard (Medieval)<\/li>\n<li>Pendragon (Medieval)<\/li>\n<li>Qin (China, Warring States period)<\/li>\n<li>Space 1889 (Victorian; SF)<\/li>\n<li>Vampire: Dark Ages<\/li>\n<li>various GURPS supplements, including Japan, Russia, China, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Victoriana (Victorian)<\/li>\n<li>Werewolf: Wild West<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Horror<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All Flesh Must Be Eaten<\/li>\n<li>Call of Cthulhu (and it&#8217;s off-shoots such as Cthulhu by Gaslight, Cthulhupunk, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Chill<\/li>\n<li>Deadlands<\/li>\n<li>GURPS Horror<\/li>\n<li>It Came From the Late, Late Show<\/li>\n<li>Kult<\/li>\n<li>Little Fears<\/li>\n<li>Necroscope<\/li>\n<li>Nephilim<\/li>\n<li>Nocture<\/li>\n<li>Ravenloft (AD&amp;D and d20)<\/li>\n<li>Unknown Armies<\/li>\n<li>Whispering Vault<\/li>\n<li>World of Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Zombi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Humor<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullwinkleand Rocky Role-Playing Party Game<\/li>\n<li>Bureau 13<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters RPG<\/li>\n<li>HoL<\/li>\n<li>Macho Women with Guns<\/li>\n<li>Murphy&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>Pandemonium<\/li>\n<li>Paranoia<\/li>\n<li>SLUG<\/li>\n<li>Stuporpowers<\/li>\n<li>Tales of the Floating Vagabond<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers From Outer Space<\/li>\n<li>Toon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Modern<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bureau 13<\/li>\n<li>Dream Park<\/li>\n<li>Dresdan Files<\/li>\n<li>Etherscope<\/li>\n<li>Feng Shui<\/li>\n<li>Gumshoe<\/li>\n<li>Immortal<\/li>\n<li>In Nomine<\/li>\n<li>James Bond 007<\/li>\n<li>Macho Women with Guns<\/li>\n<li>Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Ninjas and Superspies<\/li>\n<li>Nobilis<\/li>\n<li>Over the Edge<\/li>\n<li>Pandemonium<\/li>\n<li>Scion<\/li>\n<li>Stargate SG-1<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<li>Twilight 2000<\/li>\n<li>World of Darkness (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Wraith\/Ghost, Changeling, Hunter, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Unknown Armies<\/li>\n<li>X-Crawl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Near Future<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aberrant<\/li>\n<li>Cybergenereation<\/li>\n<li>Cyberpunk<\/li>\n<li>Judge Dredd<\/li>\n<li>Shadowrun<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers From Outer Space<\/li>\n<li>Trinity<\/li>\n<li>Underground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-Apocolyptic<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aftermath!<\/li>\n<li>Darwin&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>Gamma World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Science Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2300 AD<\/li>\n<li>Alternity<\/li>\n<li>Blue Planet<\/li>\n<li>Darwin&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Who<\/li>\n<li>Fading Suns (D&amp;D)<\/li>\n<li>Gamma World<\/li>\n<li>HoL<\/li>\n<li>Jovian Chronicles<\/li>\n<li>Justifiers<\/li>\n<li>Mekton<\/li>\n<li>Murphy&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>Paranoia<\/li>\n<li>Serenity<\/li>\n<li>Skyrealms of Jorune<\/li>\n<li>SpellJammer (D&amp;D)<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars<\/li>\n<li>Tales of the Floating Vagabond<\/li>\n<li>Traveller<\/li>\n<li>Trinity<\/li>\n<li>Universe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spies (Espionage)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Bond 007<\/li>\n<li>Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Ninjas and Superspies<\/li>\n<li>Top Secret<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steampunk\/Victorian<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Castle Falkenstein<\/li>\n<li>Cthulhu by Gaslight<\/li>\n<li>Gaslight<\/li>\n<li>Space 1889<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Superhero<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aberrant<\/li>\n<li>Champions<\/li>\n<li>DC Heroes<\/li>\n<li>DC Universe Roleplaying Game<\/li>\n<li>Marvel Superheros<\/li>\n<li>Mutants and Masterminds<\/li>\n<li>Stuporpowers<\/li>\n<li>Villians and Vigilantes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Westerns<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boot Hill<\/li>\n<li>Deadlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Licensed Games (based on books, movies, or TV shows)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amber Diceless RPG (Amber series by Roger Zelazny)<\/li>\n<li>Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game<\/li>\n<li>Conan<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Who (Dr. Who TV series)<\/li>\n<li>Dresdan Files (Dresdan Files books and TV)<\/li>\n<li>Elfquest<\/li>\n<li>Elric<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters RPG<\/li>\n<li>Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>Middle Earth Role Play<\/li>\n<li>One Ring (Lord of the Rings)<\/li>\n<li>Serenity (Firefly TV series and Serenity movie)<\/li>\n<li>Space Opera<\/li>\n<li>Star Frontiers<\/li>\n<li>Stargate SG-1<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars (Star Wars franchise)<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<li>TWERPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Generic or multiple genres<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>d20<\/li>\n<li>Amazing Engine<\/li>\n<li>Dream Park<\/li>\n<li>FATE<\/li>\n<li>FUDGE<\/li>\n<li>GURPS<\/li>\n<li>Hero System<\/li>\n<li>Rifts<\/li>\n<li>Savage Worlds<\/li>\n<li>SLUG<\/li>\n<li>TORG<\/li>\n<li>TWERPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, this is by no means and exhaustive list. I concentrated on games available in the US, mostly because I&#8217;m not familiar with any others. Even so, I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve forgotten someone&#8217;s favorite game; if so, leave me a comment and I&#8217;ll include it in a revised list.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/5-tabletop-rpgs-you-can-download-for-free-muo-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Tabletop RPGs You Can Download For Free [MUO Gaming]<\/a> (makeuseof.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_a.png?x-id=10912cf7-ac45-4024-8025-3eb9cd8a65df\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a list of several RPGs and the genres fit into. Some games are harder to classify than others, so you may not agree with my placement; as always, YMMV. Also, a few games fit more than one genre. 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