Topics: Genres : Universal
Universal isn't as much a Genre as a category for RPGsystems that try to work in all genres.
Basic Roleplaying
Basic Roleplaying is the core roleplaying game system used by the small publishing company Chaosium, Inc.
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CORPS
The Complete Omniversal Roleplaying System from the Blacksburg Tactical Research Center -- or CORPS from BTRC for short.
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d20 System
A roleplaying system derived from Dungeons and Dragons and released under an Open Gaming license (similar to Open Source software licenses) to encourage the creation of compatible games.
Chats and Forums,
Dragonstar,
Foundation, The,
Publishers,
Spycraft,
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Free Systems
Free pen-and-paper roleplaying games designed to be used in a variety of gaming genres.
Bamf,
Risus,
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FUDGE
FUDGE, the Freeform, Universal, Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine, is a roleplaying system designed by Steffan O'Sullivan and published by Grey Ghost Games in 1995.
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Fuzion
Fuzion is a "meta-system" (developed from R. Talsorian's Interlock and Hero Games' Hero System) that allows gamemasters to customize the rules for specific genres through the use of modular rules "plug-ins".
Anime,
Bubblegum Crisis,
Champions,
Dragon Ball Z,
Usagi Yojimbo,
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GURPS
Steve Jackson Games' Generic Universal Role-Playing System is a skill-based universal RPG with no random elements in character creation.
Adventures,
Campaign Settings,
Directories,
GURPS Prime Directive,
Netbooks,
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Hero System
Hero Games' Hero System was the first universal roleplaying system, predating GURPS by several years.
Champions,
Fantasy Hero,
Original Settings,
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Rifts
Palladium Books' game set on a future Earth where the psychic energy released by casualties of a nuclear war has opened rifts to other worlds, allowing bizarre and powerful creatures (including characters from other Palladium games) to invade.
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SAGA
A card-based roleplaying game published by Wizards of the Coast.
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Silhouette
A dice-based rules system used by Dream Pod 9 for most of its roleplaying line.
Heavy Gear,
Jovian Chronicles,
Tribe 8,
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Torg
Torg takes place during the Possibility Wars, when extradimensional High Lords have invaded and transformed portions of the Earth into 'cosms' representing different gaming genres.
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Tri-Stat
Guardians of Order's "cinematic" multi-genre system, used mostly for games based on licensed television and movie characters.
Big Eyes, Small Mouth,
Sailor Moon,
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