Basic Roleplaying powers some of the most influential and well-loved games in role playing such as Rune Quest, Call of Cthulhu and Pendragon Dungeons & Dragons turns fifty years old this year. Many ...

The re-release of the Basic Roleplaying ruleset under the ORC is the latest fallout from Wizards of the Coast’s attempt to revoke the OGL, a separate game license that provided a legal framework for ...

Shigeru Miyamoto still thinks about games that aren't about exercise, as evidenced by this patent for an unused DS RPG discovered by Siliconera. The concept is simple, but sounds like a lot of fun: it ...

Seb takes a magnfying glass to the rpg genre to find out what its truly made of. What makes a roleplaying game? The genre—at least in the realm of videogames—has become quite diluted. Games as diverse ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Skyrim by Bethesda is an accessible entry point into WRPGs with its world, mechanics, and quality-of-life features. Gothic may seem daunting, but beneath its rough exterior lies a deep and immersive ...