lasko@regina.DEC (11/03/84)
Well, a little late, but here it is ...
Before anyone flames at me for putting AD&D at the top, note that the list
is in alphabetical order. Chronological order may have been more interesting,
but when I started the list in 1981, I didn't do the research then.
Enjoy.
tim lasko, DEC, Maynard, Mass.
{decvax,allegra,ihnp4,seismo, et.al.}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-regina!lasko
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - TSR Games (then later, TSR, Inc.)
Advanced Melee/Advanced Wizard/In the Labyrith
(the newer Fantasy Trip) - Metagaming
Aftermath - FGU
Alma Mater - Oracle Games, Ltd.
Arduin Grimoire (three books) - Grimoire Games
Basic Role Playing - Chaosium
Behind Enemy Lines - FASA, now owned by (does someone remember?)
Boot Hill (1st edition 5x8 brown booklet) - Tactical Studies Rules
Boot Hill (2nd edition, boxed) - TSR, Inc.
Bunnies and Burrows - FGU (Yes, Watership Down...)
Bushido (1st edition) - Tyr Gamemakers, then Phoenix Games
Bushido (2nd edition) - FGU
Call of Cthulhu - Chaosium
Car Wars - Steve Jackson Games
Cassiopeian Empire - Norton Games
Champions - Hero Games
Chill - Pacesetter, Ltd.
Chivalry and Sorcery (1st edition) - FGU
Chivalry and Sorcery (2nd edition) - FGU
DC Heroes Role Playing Game (this may still be unreleased) - Mayfair Games
Dallas - SPI (Yes, how can we forget that?)
Daredevils - FGU
Dawn Patrol (well, *they* call it a role-playing game) - TSR Games
Dr. Who RPG (coming soon, only title I could get was "Timelord")
- Games Workshop
Dragonquest (1st edition) - SPI
Dragonquest (2nd edition) - SPI (now owned by TSR, Inc.)
Droids - Integral Games
Dungeons & Dragons (the original brown, and later white boxed set and
four supplements) - Tactical Studies Rules
Dungeons & Dragons (the short-lived "blue book" basic, boxed edition)
- also TSR Games
Dungeons & Dragons (the current, soft-cover, Basic/Expert/Companion/...
version) - TSR, Inc.
Element Masters - Escape Ventures
Elfquest - Chaosium
Empire of the Petal Throne - Tactical Studies Rules, now owned by Adventure Games
En Garde - GDW
Espionage! (soon to be re-released as Danger International) - Hero Games
FTL:2448 - Tri-Tac
Flash Gordon and the Warriors of Mongo - FGU
Fringeworthy - Tri-Tac
Future World (part of Worlds of Wonder) - Chaosium
Galactic Conquest - FGU
Gamma World (1st edition) - Tactical Studies Rules
Gamma World (current edition) - TSR, Inc.
Gangbusters - TSR, Inc.
Gangster! - FGU
Golden Heroes - Games Workshop
Heroes Unlimited - Palladium Games
Heroes of Olympus - Task Force Games
High Fantasy - Twinn-k Inc., then Fantasy Productions
James Bond - The 007 Role Playing Game - Victory Games
Judge Dredd RPG (coming soon, couldn't get a title) - Games Workshop
Justice, Inc. - Hero Games
Land of the Rising Sun - FGU
Lands of Adventure - FGU
Laserburn - Tabletop Games
Legacy - Legacy Press
Lords of Creation - Avalon Hill
Mach - Alliance Publications
Magic World (still another part of Worlds of Wonder) - Chaosium
Man, Myth, and Magic - Yaquinto
Marvel Super Heroes - TSR, Inc.
Melanda: Land of Mystery - Wilmark Dynasty
Melee/Wizard (The Fantasy Trip) - Metagaming
Merc - FGU
Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes - Blade
Metamorphosis: Alpha - Tactical Studies Rules
Middle Earth Role Playing (subset of Rolemaster rules) - Iron Crown Enterprises
Monsters! Monsters! (I think this is the only FRPG that actually had you
playing the bad guys!) - Flying Bufallo
Morrow Project - TimeLine, Ltd.
Naked Sword - Gamelords
Odysseus - FGU
Oregon Trail (whether this was really an RPG is debatable) - FGU
Other Suns - FGU
Outtime - Valhalla Simulation Games
Paranoia - West End Games
Pirates and Plunder - Yaquinto
Powers and Perils - Avalon Hill
Privateers & Gentlemen - FGU
Psi World - FGU
(WHAT, you say, no RPGs beginning with "Q"? Sad, but true.)
Recon - RPG, Inc.
Ringworld - Chaosium
Rolemaster (what Arms Law/Spell Law/Claw Law/Campaign Law are when put
together, other than heavy) - Iron Crown Enterprises
Roleplayer - Roleplayer Enterprises
Runequest (1st or 2nd editions) - Chaosium
Runequest (3rd edition) - Chaosium/Avalon Hill
Skull & Crossbones - FGU
Space Opera - FGU
Space Patrol/Star Patrol - Tactical Studies Rules
Sphinx - Seventh Scarab
Stalking the Night Fantastic - Tri-Tac
Star Frontiers - TSR, Inc.
Star Rovers - Archive Miniatures & Game Systems
Star Trek: Adventure Gaming on the Final Frontier - Heritage
Star Trek: The Role Playing Game - FASA
Starfleet Voyages - Terra Games
Starships and Spacemen - FGU
Stormbringer - Chaosium
Super Squadron - (Adventure Simulations)
Supergame - DAG Design
Superhero 2044 - Gamescience
Supervillains - Task Force Games
Superworld (1st edition, from Worlds of Wonder) - Chaosium
Superworld (2nd edition) - Chaosium
Swordbearer - Heritage
TOON - Steve Jackson Games
Taste My Steel! (my vote for the niftiest title!) - Phantasy Network
The Adventures of Indiana Jones - TSR, Inc.
The Archaeron Game System (brought out in several pieces, but I don't think
it was ever completed) - Archaeron Games, Ltd.
The Arduin Adventure (rewritten version of Grimoire) - Grimoire Games (?)
The Mechanoid Invasion - Palladium
The Official Superhero Game - Brian Phillips
The Palladium Role-Playing Game - Palladium Games
The Realm of Yolmi - West Coast Games
Thieves Guild (either the 9+ pieces, or the new complete game) - Gamelords
Thunderin' Guns - SGP
Time and Time Again (coming soon) - TimeLine, Ltd.
Timemaster - Pacesetter, Ltd.
Timeship - Yaquinto
To Challenge Tomorrow - Ragnarok
Top Secret (1st edition) - TSR Games
Top Secret (2nd edition) - TSR, Inc.
Traveller - GDW
Tunnels and Trolls - Flying Bufallo, Inc., now Blade
Universe - SPI
Valley of the Pharaohs - Palladum
Victorian Adventure - S.K.S. Distributors
Villains and Vigilantes (1st edition) - FGU
Villains and Vigilantes (2nd edition) - FGU
Warhammer - Games Workshop
Warlock - Balboa Game Co.
Wild West - FGU
Witch Hunt - Stat Com Simulations
Wizard's World - Fantasy Worlds Unlimited
Ysgarth Rules System - Ragnarok Enterprises
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And just some statistics here:
Time Period/Concept Number of Games
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Fantasy Role Playing 41
"Hard" Science Fiction Role Playing 27
Superhero 14
Conteporary (spy/merc) 10
Late Colonial Era (1500 - 1700) 6
(3 Pirate RPGs, 2 Victorian RPGs, and Witch Hunt)
1920's-1930's 6
Generic "era-less" RPGs 5
"Wild West" 5
Ancient History (Egypt, Greece, < 800 A.D.) 4
(2 Egypt, 2 Greece, 1 general Ancient History)
Post-Holocaust RPGs 4
Time Travel RPGs 4
Eastern Civilizations (feudal Japan) 3
1910's 1
1940's 1
Cartoon 1
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Total 132