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A role-playing game system is a set of game mechanics rules used in a role-playing game. Many role-playing games use their own, custom system; this category is for articles about systems used in multiple games, or otherwise notable systems.
Players typically refer to various story genres by the name of the HERO System genre book most prominently or most recently associated with it as follows: Champions: Comic-book style superheroes. This is the genre most closely associated with the HERO System, and was also the title of the first HERO System game in 1981.
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. Most of these games are tabletop role-playing games; other types of games are noted as such where appropriate.
Provides rules for player characters in the Eberron campaign setting, including three player races and a new class. 160: 978-0-7869-5100-0: Eberron Campaign Guide: James Wyatt: July 21, 2009: Describes the campaign setting of Eberron, which combines a fantasy tone with pulp elements and steam-age technology. 288: 978-0-7869-5099-7: Dark Sun ...
Phoenix Command is a combat-oriented role-playing game system published by Leading Edge Games in 1986. Variations of its rules system have also been used in other military games such as Morning Star Missions , Living Steel , and Aliens Adventure Game .
The development of the Hero System (1989) from the superhero role-playing game Champions [1] also had a profound influence in popularizing the concept. It truly became a dominant subject in RPG design with the release of the Third Edition of Dungeons & Dragons (2000) and the d20 System along with the creation of the Open Gaming License (OGL).
13th Age was designed to be familiar in terms of setting concepts to D&D players, so it is a class-based game with the main rulebook containing standard D&D classes.It is also level-based, with ten levels grouped into three tiers. 13th Age was designed from the ground up to not use miniatures or a grid, and instead uses abstract distances and positioning.
List of D6 System books is a listing of commercially released books from West End Games, its successors, and licensees for the D6 System role-playing game. This does not include various free downloads, fan-made works or forthcoming releases. Accessories such as card decks, screens and miniatures are also not listed.