Index to Games

This article collects games discussed on this site. The term “family” is very broad and includes actual publisher families or “strong inspirations”, or even systems — sometimes it is hard to draw a line here.

Note

This list is not comprehensive and is highly biased to my own preferences/research interests!

File	published	designer	family	system
Mausritter Expanded Edition (2020)	-	Isaac Williams	Odd-likes	-
GLOG -1.0 (2016)	-	-	-	-
Errant (2022)	-	Ava Islam	-	-
Dungeons & Dragons (1974)	1974	Gary Gygax Dave Arneson	D&D	-
Empire of the Petal Throne (1975)	1975	M. A. R. Barker	-	-
Metamorphosis Alpha (1976)	1976	James M. Ward	-	-
AD&D 1e (1977)	1977	Gary Gygax	D&D	-
Basic D&D (1977)	1977	J. Eric Holmes	D&D	-
The Arduin Grimoire (1977)	1977	David Hargrave	Arduin	-
Traveller (1977)	1977	Marc Miller Frank Chadwick John Harshman Loren Wiseman	-	-
Bifrost (1977)	1977	-	-	-
The Complete Warlock (1978)	1978	-	-	-
Gamma World (1978)	1978	Gary “Jake” Jaquet	-	-
RuneQuest 1e (1978)	1978	Steve Perrin	RuneQuest	-
Bushido (1979)	1979	Robert N. Charrette Paul Hume	Bushido	-
RuneQuest 2e (1979)	1979	Steve Perrin Ray Turney	RuneQuest	-
Basic Roleplaying 2e (1980)	1980	-	-	Basic Roleplaying
B-X D&D (1981)	1981	Tom Moldvay Dave Cook	D&D	-
Bushido 2e (1981)	1981	-	Bushido	-
Call of Cthulhu (1981)	1981	Sandy Petersen	Call of Cthulhu	Basic Roleplaying
The Arduin Adventure (1981)	1981	David Hargrave	Arduin	-
BECMI D&D (Mentzer, 1983)	1983	Frank Mentzer	D&D	-
Chill (1984)	1984	-	-	-
Rolemaster 2e (1984)	1984	-	-	-
RuneQuest 3e (1984)	1984	Steve Perrin Greg Stafford Steve Henderson Lynn Willis	RuneQuest	-
Pendragon 1e (1985)	1985	Greg Stafford	Pendragon	-
Ghostbusters (1986)	1986	Sandy Petersen Lynn Willis Greg Stafford	Ghostbusters	D6 System
GURPS 1e (1986)	1986	-	GURPS	-
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (1986)	1986	-	WFRP	-
MegaTraveller (1987)	1987	-	-	-
Star Wars - The Roleplaying Game (1987)	1987	-	Star Wars - The Roleplaying Game	D6 System
AD&D 2e (1989)	1989	Dave Cook	(Advanced) D&D	-
Advanced Fighting Fantasy (1989)	1989	Marc Gascoigne Pete Tamlyn	-	-
Ghostbusters International (1989)	1989	Aaron Allston Douglas Kaufman	Ghostbusters	-
Shadowrun 1e (1989)	1989	Bob Charrette Paul Hume Tom Dowd	Shadowrun	-
Pendragon 3e (1990)	1990	Greg Stafford	Pendragon	-
D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991)	1991	Aaron Allston	(Basic) D&D	-
Vampire - The Masquerade 1e (1991)	1991	Mark Rein-Hagen Tom Dowd	Vampire: The Masquerade	Storyteller System
Shadowrun 2e (1992)	1992	Tom Dowd	Shadowrun	-
Vampire - The Masquerade 2e (1992)	1992	Mark Rein-Hagen	Vampire: The Masquerade	-
Star Wars 2e (1992)	1992	-	Star Wars - The Roleplaying Game	-
Pendragon 4e (1993)	1993	Greg Stafford	Pendragon	-
Castle Falkenstein (1994)	1994	Michael Alyn Pondsmith	-	-
GURPS 3e revised (1994)	1994	-	GURPS	-
Fudge (1995)	1995	Steffan O’Sullivan	-	-
Theatrix (1995)	1995	-	-	-
Star Wars 2e rev (1996)	1996	-	Star Wars - The Roleplaying Game	-
Shadowrun 3e (1998)	1998	-	Shadowrun	-
Vampire - The Masquerade rev (1998)	1998	-	Vampire: The Masquerade	-
RuneQuest - Slayers (1998)	1998	Christopher Lawrence J. C. Connors	RuneQuest	-
Adventure! (2001)	2001	-	Trinity Universe	Storyteller System
Exalted 1e (2001)	2001	-	Exalted	Storyteller System
Basic Roleplaying 3e (2002)	2002	-	-	Basic Roleplaying
FATE 1e (2003)	2003	Rob Donoghue Fred Hicks	-	-
Dogs in the Vineyard (2004)	2004	-	-	-
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2e (2005)	2005	-	WFRP	-
Shadowrun 4e (2005)	2005	-	Shadowrun	-
Pendragon 5e (2005)	2005	Greg Stafford	Pendragon	-
Spirit of the Century (2006)	2006	-	-	Fate System
RuneQuest 4e (2006)	2006	-	RuneQuest	-
Exalted 2e (2006)	2006	-	Exalted	Storyteller System
Swords & Wizardry (2008)	2008	-	-	-
Diaspora (2009)	2009	-	-	-
RuneSlayers rev (2009)	2009	J. C. Connors Christopher Lawrence	RuneQuest	-
RuneQuest 5e (2010)	2010	-	RuneQuest	-
The One Ring (2011)	2011	-	-	-
Dungeon Crawl Classics (2012)	2012	-	-	-
RuneQuest 6e (2012)	2012	-	RuneQuest	-
Dungeon World (2012)	2012	Adam Koebel Sage LaTorra	-	PbtA
World of Dungeons (2012)	2012	John Harper	-	PbtA
Lasers & Feelings (2013)	2013	John Harper	-	-
13 Age 1e (2013)	2013	-	-	-
Fate Core System (2013)	2013	-	-	Fate System
Shadowrun 5e (2013)	2013	-	Shadowrun	-
Whitehack 1e (2013)	2013	-	Whitehack	-
Into the Odd (2014)	2014	Chris McDowall	Odd-likes	-
Call of Cthulhu 7e (2014)	2014	Sandy Petersen	Call of Cthulhu	-
Maze Rats 0.1 (2015)	2015	-	-	-
Shadow of the Demon Lord (2015)	2015	Robert J. Schwalb	-	-
Whitehack 2e (2015)	2015	-	Whitehack	-
The Black Hack v1.2 (2016)	2016	David Black	-	-
Maze Rats 4.3 (2016)	2016	Ben Milton	-	-
Coriolis 1e (2016)	2016	-	-	Year Zero Engine
Blades in the Dark (2016)	2016	John Harper	-	-
Low Fantasy Gaming (2016)	2016	-	-	-
Exalted 3e (2016)	2016	-	Exalted	Storyteller System
Symbaroum (2016)	2016	-	-	-
7th Sea 2e (2016)	2016	John Wick	-	-
Macchiato Monsters (2018)	2018	Eric Nieudan	-	-
Knave Rats (2018)	2018	-	-	-
Knave 1e (2018)	2018	Ben Milton	-	-
Forbidden Lands (2018)	2018	-	-	Year Zero Engine
Spiked Goblin Punch (2018)	2018	Skerples	-	-
Mothership 0e (2018)	2018	Sean McCoy	-	-
Best Left Buried (2018)	2018	-	-	-
Ironsworn (2018)	2018	Shawn Tomkin	PbtA	-
RuneQuest 7e (2018)	2018	-	RuneQuest	-
Mörk Borg (2019)	2019	Pele Nilsson	-	-
Old School Essentials (2019)	2019	-	-	-
Mausritter (2019)	2019	Isaac Williams	Odd-likes	-
Maze Rats 5.3 (2019)	2019	Dreaming Dragonslayer	-	-
Five Torches Deep	2019	Ben Dutter Jessica Dutter	5SR	-
Troika! (2019)	2019	-	-	-
Neoclassical Geek Revival (2019)	2019	Zzarchov Kowolski	-	-
Electric Bastionland (2020)	2020	Chris McDowall	Odd-likes	-
Cairn 1e (2020)	2020	Yochai Gal	Odd-likes	-
Maze Knaves (2020)	2020	-	-	-
The Lavender Hack (2020)	2020	-	-	-
Basic Roleplaying 4e - Gold (2020)	2020	-	-	Basic Roleplaying
Whitehack 3e (2021)	2021	Christian Mehrstam	-	-
The One Ring (2021)	2021	-	-	-
Whitehack 4e (2023)	2023	Christian Mehrstam	Whitehack	-
Maze Rats Revised (2024)	2024	Ben Milton	-	-