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List of Japanese role playing games by genre

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List of Japanese role-playing games by genre

This is a list of role-playing games made in Japan. It does not include Japanese role-playing video games, which are listed at Chronology of console role-playing games and Chronology of computer role-playing games.

Contents

Fantasy

  • Alshard - official site, fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy or Star Wars
  • Alshard fortissimo (2nd Edition)
  • Alshard Gaia - official site, contemporary fantasy with Alshard system
  • Animum Saxis TRPG
  • Arabesque Unmei no kaze Fortuna Ventus
  • Arianrhod RPG - official site, system & world are similar to MMORPG
  • Beast & Blade Power Book
  • Blade & Word
  • Acoustic Leaf
  • Blade of Arcana - epic fantasy like medieval period's Europe
  • Blade of Arcana The 2nd Edition
  • Blade of Arcana The 3rd Edition
  • Crystania
  • Crystania Companion
  • Crystania RPG
  • Dragon Arms Bahamut Howling - action by robots in fantasy
  • Dragon Half RPG
  • Dragon Shell RPG
  • Echo in Eternity
  • Elgenesis
  • Souseiki Elgenesis
  • Shinseiki Elgenesis
  • Gakuen Sengoku Elgenesis
  • Souseiki Elgenesis Zwei
  • Embrio Machine RPG - action by robots in fantasy
  • Eternal Moon
  • Fortune Quest RPG
  • Fortune Quest Companion
  • Fortune Quest RPG (published by MediaWorks)
  • Fortune Quest RPG (published by chara-ani.com)
  • Gear Antique - steampunk
  • Gear Antique Renaissance (2nd Edition)
  • Gehenna - publisher's site, Arabian dark fantasy
  • Gehenna Anastasis (2nd Edition)
  • Gensou Senki Ru/Li/Lu/Ra - action by robots in fantasy
  • Gensou Senki Ru/Li/Lu/Ra Newestart (2nd edition)
  • Glorius Saga
  • Gunmetal Blaze - official site
  • Hyper Tunnels & Trolls - original modified edition of Tunnels & Trolls in Japan
  • ITHA WEN Ua
  • Ikai Senki Chaos Flare
  • Ikai Senki Chaos Flare Second Chapter - 2nd edition
  • Infinity Fantasia
  • Kaiser Legion
  • Kyosin Senki Gigantomachia - action by robots in fantasy
  • Legend of Double Moon RPG
  • Legend of Fairyearth
  • Lemlican Masketers
  • Luna Varga RPG
  • Mars
  • Mars 2nd
  • Magical Land RPG
  • Magician's Academy RPG
  • Meikyu kingdom - official site, members of tiny kingdom's court explore dungeons
  • Monster Maker RPG
  • Nekketsu Senyou
  • Nirvana
  • Phantasm Adventure
  • Advanced Phantasm Adventure
  • Powerplay
  • Powerplay Progress
  • Ringverse
  • Record of Lodoss War
  • Record of Lodoss War Companion
  • Lodoss RPG
  • Roads to Lord
  • Beyond Roads to Lord
  • Far Roads to Lord
  • RokumonSekai RPG - publisher's site
  • RokumonSekai RPG second edition
  • RuneQuest '90s - original modified edition of RuneQuest in Japan
  • Ryuutama
  • Sacred Dragoon
  • Scrapped Princess RPG
  • Seiju Densetsu Perlseed
  • Seven Fortress - official site
  • Seven Fortress Advanced (2nd Edition)
  • Seven Fortress V3 (3rd Edition)
  • Seven Fortress MOBIUS (4th Edition)
  • Shin'en
  • Shin'en 2nd edition
  • Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica RPG
  • Sword World RPG - publisher's site, the most popular RPG in Japan
  • Sword World RPG Complete Edition (2nd Edition)
  • Sword World Card RPG
  • Sword World RPG Basic (digest of Complete Edition)
  • Sword World 2.0 - official site
  • Tales of... - RPG
  • Terra the Gunslinger - western, use playing cards instead of dice
  • Tenra War - crossover product based both on Tenra Bansho and Terra the Gunslinger
  • Traders!
  • VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire RPG
  • Wares Blade - action by robots in fantasy
  • Wares Blade The Renewal
  • Seikoku1092 RPG
  • Wares Blade d20 - d20 system version
  • Wizardry RPG
  • Another Wizardry RPG
  • Advanced Wizardry RPG
  • Ys　
  • Ys TRPG
  • Ys2 TRPG

    • Japan

  • Bakumatsu Ryouiden MI BU RO - Bakumatsu period
  • Daikatsugeki - Edo period
  • Ōedo RPG Ayakashi
  • Sengoku Ryouiden
  • Taitei no Ken RPG - uses the Basic Role-Playing, Sci-fi Jidaigeki
  • Tenra Bansho
  • Tenra Bansho Zero - English web site, samurai fantasy with cyber medieval age like Japan

    • Other Asian

  • Blue Forest Story - fantasy world like south-east Asia
  • Blue Forest Story The Designer's Edition (2nd Edition)
  • Fusou Bukyouden - official site, fantasy world like China
  • Ouka Housin - fantasy world like China
  • Ouka Housin RPG - 2nd edition
  • Ouka Housin RPG 3rd edition - official Doujin publishing edition
  • Sangokushi Engi - RPG of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    • Modern/Near Future

  • Aitsu wa Classmate! - He is a classmate!
  • Alshard Gaia
  • Alphonse - Patlabor's RPG
  • Angel Gear - official site, action by robots inspired by Evangelion or Gunparade March
  • Banchou Gakuen!! RPG (ja)
  • Banchou Gakuen!! Daiginjou revival edition
  • Beast Bind - superhero's action by demon, angel, etc.
  • Beast Bind New Testament (2nd Edition) - official site
  • Blue Rose - O-Parts Hunter, It's different of Green Ronin's same title.
  • Clamp Gakuen TRPG
  • Comical RPG Trouble Aliens
  • Demon Parasite (ja)
  • Onimitama - Alternate edition of Demon Parasite
  • Parasite Blood (ja)
  • Double Cross - official site,English site superhero
  • Double Cross The 3rd Edition
  • Ghost Hunter RPG (ja) - horror
  • Ghost Hunter RPG02 (2nd Edition)
  • Golden Sky Stories (ja)
  • Gundog (ja) - official site, gun-action
  • Gundog Zero - 2nd edition
  • Himegami Daisakusen Tokyo Noir City - Taisho Era's Japan
  • Houkago Kitan RPG (ja)
  • Hourai Gakuen no Bouken!! (ja)
  • Hourai Gakuen no Bouken!! Revised Edition
  • Inou Tsukai - official site, superhero's action on Japanese legend or ethnic
  • Ken'ou Densetsu
  • Koutetsu no Niji (Rainbow of Steel) Panzer Märchen RPG (ja)
  • Maid RPG (ja)
  • Meikyu Days - modern-day version of Meikyu kingdom
  • MetalHead - cyberpunk
  • MetalHead Maximum - 2nd edition
  • MetalHead d20 - d20 system version
  • MetalHead Extreme -3rd edition
  • Nechronica (ja)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG NERV Hakusho
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG Shito Kourin
  • Nightmare Hunter (ja)
  • Nightmare Hunter Deep - 2nd edition
  • Night Wizard! - official site, wizards in contemporary
  • Night Wizard! The 2nd Edition
  • Peek-a-boo
  • SATASUPE Remix+ - official site, Asian pank action
  • Savage Science
  • Shanghai Taimakou (ja)
  • Shin Megami Tensei RPG
  • Shin Megami Tensei II TRPG Tanjouhen
  • Shin Megami Tensei TRPG Kakuseihen
  • Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne TRPG Tokyo Jutai
  • Shin Megami Tensei TRPG Mato Tokyo 200X
  • Silver Rain RPG - based upon PBW
  • SUKUPANI school days' panic
  • Tokumei Tenkousei
  • Tokyo Monster Busters
  • Tokyo NOVA - cyberpunk, urban action, use playing cards instead of dice
  • Tokyo NOVA The 2nd Edition
  • Osaka MOON
  • Kamui STAR
  • Tokyo NOVA The Revolution (3rd Edition)
  • Tokyo NOVA The Revolution REVISED (3.5th Edition)
  • Tokyo NOVA The Detonation (4th Edition)
  • Trinity x Venus SRS
  • Rinne Senki Xenoscape
  • Rule the World
  • Yakyū TRPG Ball Park! - baseball (yakyū) RPG
  • Yozakura Ninpouchou - ninja in modern-day
  • Yuuyake Koyake (ja)

    • Science Fiction

  • Armored Trooper Votoms RPG
  • Cregion
  • Donkey Commando
  • Enterprise - Role Play Game in Star Trek
  • Gundam Report of One Year War - All battle file
  • Gundam Sentinel RPG
  • Mobile Suit Gundam RPG
  • Mobile Suit Gundam RPG ADVANCED EDITION
  • Paradise Fleet RPG
  • Shinseikai Star Road
  • Space Opera Heroes
  • Star Legend - official site, space opera
  • StarOcean Till the End of Time TRPG
  • Star Quest
  • Trouble Aliens
  • Tsuiraku Sekai
  • Zieg Zeon

    • Universal Roleplaying Systems

  • Apple Basic (ja)
  • Hikari to Yami no Legend
  • Onegai Gosenzosama
  • Witch Quest (ja)
  • ASURA system (ja)
  • ASURA Fantasy
  • Detective Story
  • Fatman
  • Taima Senki
  • GURPS - Japanese publisher's site
  • GURPS Busin kourin
  • GURPS Cocoon
  • GURPS Damned Stalker (Gurps Youma Yakou/Hyakki Yasyou) - superhero of dark stalker
  • GURPS Dragon Merc
  • GURPS Power up
  • GURPS RebornRebirth
  • GURPS Ring Dream - female wrestling
  • GURPS Runal/Yuel - fantasy world with seven moons
  • Magic Circle of the A (ja) - its campaign setting is the world of Shikigami no Shiro and Gunparade March
  • Magic Circle of the A Gunparade March edition
  • MAGIUS (ja) - Multiple Assignable Game Interface for Universal System
  • Chounai Boueitai RPG
  • Deka Magi slayers!
  • Goryuutei RPG
  • Hourai Gakuen RPG
  • Lost Universe Geimu Ugomeku
  • Magic School Lunar! RPG
  • Martian Successor Nadesico RPG
  • MAZE Bakunetsu Jikuu RPG
  • Monster Maker Gakuen RPG
  • Pretty Sammy RPG
  • Rocket Girls RPG
  • Saber Marionette J RPG
  • Silent Möbius RPG
  • Slayers RPG
  • Space Battleship Yamamoto Yohko RPG
  • Tenchi Muyou! RPG
  • Tenchi Muyou! in LOVE RPG
  • Saikoro Fiction (ja)
  • Neighborhood Märchen TRPG: Peek a boo (ja)
  • Shinobigami (ja) (English official page)
  • Hunters Moon (ja)
  • Grimoire Great War TRPG:Magicalogia (ja)
  • Blood Crusade (ja)
  • Card Ranker (ja)
  • Multi genre horror TRPG: Insane (ja)
  • Reality Show RPG: Kill Death Business (ja)
  • Horror acthion TRPG: Blood moon - This rule integrated Hunters Moon with Blood Crusade.
  • KanColle RPG
  • Beginning Idol
  • Standard RPG System
  • Alshard
  • Alshard Gaia
  • Kaze no Stigma RPG
  • Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica RPG
  • Tenra War
  • Trinity x Venus SRS
  • Magician's Academy RPG
  • WARPS (ja)
  • Appleseed
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
  • The Castle of Cagliostro

    • Omnibus

  • TRPG Fukubukuro Series
  • TRPG Super Session Daikyouen

    • References

    List of Japanese role-playing games by genre Wikipedia
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