Role Playing Games

A role-playing game (RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development.

Role-playing is sometimes called gaming.
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He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
He Who Fights With Monsters 8 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #8)
He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)
He Who Fights with Monsters 9 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #9)
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 10 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #10)
The Primal Hunter 2 (The Primal Hunter, #2)
The Primal Hunter 4 (The Primal Hunter, #4)
The Primal Hunter 8 (The Primal Hunter #8)
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Core Rulebook (Pathfinder, 1st Edition)
Vampire: The Masquerade Revised
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying (Call of Cthulhu RPG)
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5rd Edition)
Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5rd Edition)
Xanathar's Guide to Everything (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
Fate Core System
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd Edition)
The World of Darkness (Main Rulebook)
Blades in the Dark
Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition
Shadowrun
The Wandering Inn by PirateabaNascent by Tony CordenThe Luckless by A.M. SohmaSiphon by Jay BoyceTemple of Sorrow by Carrie  Summers
LitRPG with a female heroine
231 books — 193 voters
Of Dice and Men by David M. EwaltPlaying at the World by Jon PetersonEducational Game Design Fundamentals by George KalmpourtzisDesigners & Dragons by Shannon AppelclineDesigners & Dragons by Shannon Appelcline
Best Books on RPGs
76 books — 37 voters

Acid Death Fantasy by Luke GearingFronds of Benevolence by Andrew WalterVery Pretty Paleozoic Pals by Evey LockhartSlow Sleigh to Plankton Downs by Ezra ClaverieThe Ruinous Palace of the Metegorgos by Evey Lockhart
Troika! Supplements
6 books — 1 voter
Dark Heresy RPG by Owen BarnesWarhammer 40,000 Roleplay by Owen BarnesThe Inquisitor's Handbook by Alan BlighDark Heresy RPG by Ross WatsonDark Heresy by Alan Blight
Dark Heresy RPG
19 books — 1 voter

Alone on Halloween by Scott David AniolowskiHorror on the Orient Express by Geoff GillanThe Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep by Larry DiTillioS. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters by Sandy PetersenDelta Green by Dennis Detwiller
Call of Cthulhu Books
74 books — 8 voters
Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering by Robin D. LawsKobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns by Margaret WeisMy Guide to RPG Storytelling by Aron ChristensenAugmented Reality by Paul D. GallagherMörk Borg by Pelle Nilsson
The GM's Bookshelf
18 books — 8 voters


It’s one of the game’s slogans: 'there are no status quos in Apocalypse World. ...more
D. Vincent Baker, Apocalypse World

Even the most outspoken of the critics must admit that long before we had print and film media to "spread the word," mankind was engaged in all forms of cruel and despicable behavior. To attribute war, killing, and violence to film, TV, and role-play games is to fly in the face of thousands of years of recorded history. ...more
Gary Gygax, Role-Playing Mastery

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