This is a list of the ten best pen and paper roleplaying games ever created. This list was generated by votes from the roleplaying community. It was not a scientific poll, but it is a general opinion and consensus among RPG fans and enthusiasts around the world.
10 - Gamma World - A science fantasy roleplaying game that was first published by TSR in 1978. This game was the first roleplaying game to be created in the post-apocalyptic genre. So far, it has seen publication in six different editions over more than thirty years of gaming.
9 - Vampire the Masquerade - Some may argue which is the best World of Darkness product. But Vampire the Masquerade was the game that put White Wolf on the map. Vampire the Masquerade has also become the number Live Action Roleplaying Game in the world. Go LARP'ers!
8 - RuneQuest - Many years ago, this game was recognized as one of the 'Big Three' roleplaying games with the largest market share, the other two being Dungeons ... Dragons and Traveller. Over time, RuneQuest lost some of its market share but still remains one of the most popular fantasy roleplaying adventure games of all time.
7 - Champions - Comic books and super heroes defined this game. It was the first roleplaying game to allow the player to play a comic book super hero. Some of them were heroes that the players were already familiar with, and others were super heroes of their own design.
6 - Tunnels ... Trolls - Right after D...D was T...T. Tunnels ... Trolls was the second roleplaying game ever created. The game was created as an alternate, and hopefully easier to play, version of Dungeons ... Dragons.
5 - GURPs - The Generic Universal RolePlaying System is able to adapt itself to any game environment. Any setting you can think of has been created for the system. Its creator, Steve Jackson, is one of the most well-known game designers in the industry because of this game.
4 - Star Wars - Based on the movies carrying the same name, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game was first created by West End Games using the d6 system. Eventually it moved on to other companies and saw some play time under the d20 system, and then finally the Saga Edition. It is the premiere sci-fi, or space opera, themed roleplaying game due to George Lucas dominating the minds of nerds all over the world.
3 - Traveller - It was the original space opera roleplaying game, but it definitely isn't necessarily the most well known. That distinction belongs to a product George Lucas created. Despite this, Traveller was one created in 1977 making it one of the first roleplaying games ever made.
2 - Call of Cthulhu - The most famous horror-themed pen and paper roleplaying game. This setting is based off the horror fiction writings of H.P. Lovecraft. This game has many different editions, using many different systems, and has won multiple awards.
1 - Dungeons ... Dragons - Love it or hate it. If you've gamed, odds are you've played it. There are editions wars over rapid roleplaying fans. But one thing they can all agree on is that Dungeons ... Dragons is the grandfather of all roleplaying games. Even people that have never roleplayed in their life have heard of Dungeons ... Dragons.
This list tends to be a little bit more biased towards older games. If you split up the different editions and counted each edition, for each game, as a separate game, this list would look very different. Overall, it gives you a good idea of the general popularity of specific pen and paper roleplaying games since the creation of pen and paper roleplaying games many years ago.
10 - Gamma World - A science fantasy roleplaying game that was first published by TSR in 1978. This game was the first roleplaying game to be created in the post-apocalyptic genre. So far, it has seen publication in six different editions over more than thirty years of gaming.
9 - Vampire the Masquerade - Some may argue which is the best World of Darkness product. But Vampire the Masquerade was the game that put White Wolf on the map. Vampire the Masquerade has also become the number Live Action Roleplaying Game in the world. Go LARP'ers!
8 - RuneQuest - Many years ago, this game was recognized as one of the 'Big Three' roleplaying games with the largest market share, the other two being Dungeons ... Dragons and Traveller. Over time, RuneQuest lost some of its market share but still remains one of the most popular fantasy roleplaying adventure games of all time.
7 - Champions - Comic books and super heroes defined this game. It was the first roleplaying game to allow the player to play a comic book super hero. Some of them were heroes that the players were already familiar with, and others were super heroes of their own design.
6 - Tunnels ... Trolls - Right after D...D was T...T. Tunnels ... Trolls was the second roleplaying game ever created. The game was created as an alternate, and hopefully easier to play, version of Dungeons ... Dragons.
5 - GURPs - The Generic Universal RolePlaying System is able to adapt itself to any game environment. Any setting you can think of has been created for the system. Its creator, Steve Jackson, is one of the most well-known game designers in the industry because of this game.
4 - Star Wars - Based on the movies carrying the same name, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game was first created by West End Games using the d6 system. Eventually it moved on to other companies and saw some play time under the d20 system, and then finally the Saga Edition. It is the premiere sci-fi, or space opera, themed roleplaying game due to George Lucas dominating the minds of nerds all over the world.
3 - Traveller - It was the original space opera roleplaying game, but it definitely isn't necessarily the most well known. That distinction belongs to a product George Lucas created. Despite this, Traveller was one created in 1977 making it one of the first roleplaying games ever made.
2 - Call of Cthulhu - The most famous horror-themed pen and paper roleplaying game. This setting is based off the horror fiction writings of H.P. Lovecraft. This game has many different editions, using many different systems, and has won multiple awards.
1 - Dungeons ... Dragons - Love it or hate it. If you've gamed, odds are you've played it. There are editions wars over rapid roleplaying fans. But one thing they can all agree on is that Dungeons ... Dragons is the grandfather of all roleplaying games. Even people that have never roleplayed in their life have heard of Dungeons ... Dragons.
This list tends to be a little bit more biased towards older games. If you split up the different editions and counted each edition, for each game, as a separate game, this list would look very different. Overall, it gives you a good idea of the general popularity of specific pen and paper roleplaying games since the creation of pen and paper roleplaying games many years ago.
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