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Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus designed a role-playing game called Chevalier, which they brought to Gen Con IX in 1976 with hopes to sell it to TSR; after witnessing Gary Gygax berate a staff member, Simbalist decided not to approach Gygax about the game.
Daredevils — subtitled "Roleplaying Action and Adventure in the Two-Fisted Thirties" — is a role-playing game set in a historically accurate Earth of the 1930s that is meant to recall the adventures of pulp magazine characters such as Doc Savage, Sam Spade, Allan Quatermain, and The Shadow, [1] as well as detective novels and film noir detective films of the 1930s and 1940s.
The first game released by Palladium Books was The Mechanoid Invasion in 1981, followed by the first-editions of The Palladium Role-Playing Game in 1983 and Heroes Unlimited in 1984, with The Valley of the Pharaohs released between the two. Other popular titles include adaptations of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1985) and Robotech (1986).
Heroes Unlimited features superheroes fighting supervillains in a comic book-like world.The game's introduction states that the game was designed to be a "thinking man's" superhero role-playing game where the characters were vulnerable and could not amass an incredible number of skills or abilities. [1]
Skull & Crossbones (role-playing game) Space Marines (wargame) Space Opera (role-playing game) Star Explorer; Starship: The Game of Space Contact; Starships & Spacemen; Swordbearer (role-playing game)
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Webs of Intrigue, written by Robin Waterfield (2 books) Which Way Books, written by Roland Gregory Austin, Edward Packard and Michael J. Dodge and others (24 books) Wizards, Warriors & You, written by R. L. Stine and others (18 books) World of Lone Wolf, written by Ian Page and Joe Dever (4 books) Zaltec, written by Yehuda Shapira (2 books)
Chivalry & Sorcery is a fantasy role-playing game (FRP) first published in 1977 by Fantasy Games Unlimited.Created by Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus in 1977, Chivalry & Sorcery (C&S) was an early competitor to Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). [1]