Similarly, an article ( written from an in-universe perspective ) in the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game speculates that it may be a corruption of Abd Al-Azrad, which it claims translates to The Worshipper of the Great Devourer.

The Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game created and written by Erick Wujcik, set in the fictional universe created by author Roger Zelazny for his Chronicles of Amber.

* Antwerp ( Quest For Glory ), a monster in the Quest for Glory computer role-playing game series

* Aberration ( Dungeons & Dragons ), a creature type in the role-playing game

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the amphisbaena is depicted as in traditional myth as a giant serpent with a head at both ends.

Rules can range from the very simple, as in tic-tac-toe, to those describing a game universe in great detail, as in Dungeons & Dragons ( although most of the latter are role-playing games where the board is secondary to the game, helping to visualize the game scenario ).

Basic Role-Playing ( BRP ) is a role-playing game system which originated in the fantasy-oriented RuneQuest role-playing game rules.

The BRP was notable for being the first role-playing game system to introduce a full skill system to characters regardless of their profession.

Bunnies & Burrows ( B & B ) is a role-playing game ( RPG ) inspired by the novel Watership Down.

It introduced several innovations to role-playing game design, being the first game to allow players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems.

Originally published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1976, only two years after the first role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was published, this edition is now long out of print.

As such, the game emphasized role-playing over combat for, according to Steffan O ' Sullivan, " You're playing a rabbit, after all – how much combat do you want to do?

Bunnies & Burrows was the first role-playing game to allow for non-humanoid play.

In addition, it was also the first role-playing game to have detailed martial arts rules ( known as " Bun Fu ") and the first attempt at a skill system.

The mechanics of the role-playing game system were created specifically for Bunnies & Burrows, common at the time of its original publishing.

Although newer systems have updated game mechanics significantly, the ideas presented in Bunnies & Burrows created the framework for modern role-playing games.

Although the game had " incredible role-playing potential ", the concept of role-playing rabbits can be viewed as bizarre, and as such at least one commentator believes that " most people thought it was stupid " when it was first released.

For example, Strange Company uses Take Over GL Face Skins to add more facial expressions to their characters filmed in BioWare's 2002 role-playing video game Neverwinter Nights.

Jonathan Tweet is a game designer who has been involved in the development of the role-playing games Ars Magica, Everway, Over the Edge, Talislanta and the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, as well as the Collectible Miniatures Game Dreamblade.

* Over the Edge ( game ), a role-playing game

Over the decades since, fantasy role-playing has evolved and expanded tremendously, even developing its own sub-genres.

In the RPG ( role-playing game ) Over the Edge, tulpas are used as background characters ( NPCs ).

Over the Edge is a surreal role-playing game of secrets and conspiracies, taking place on the mysterious Island of Al Amarja.

While Vampire has achieved far more popularity, Over the Edge has distinguished itself with critical acclaim and has been acknowledged as a major source for the indie role-playing game movement.

Tweet has stated that he designed Over the Edge to be more improvisational and open-ended than other role-playing games.

Some of Tekken characters have been featured as guest characters in other video games, such as Digimon World Re: Digitize, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Pac-Man Fever, Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, Soulcalibur II, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Ridge Racer 6 and Urban Reign, as well as in some crossover role-playing video games, including Cross Edge, Namco × Capcom and the upcoming Project X Zone.

Phoenix Command was a role-playing game system published by Leading Edge Games, and copyrighted by Barry Nakazono and David McKenzie.

It was the first publication to focus solely on role-playing games.

Don Daglow wrote an enhanced version of the program called Ecala on a PDP-10 mainframe computer at Pomona College in 1973 before writing what was possibly the second or third computer role-playing game, Dungeon ( 1975 ) ( The first was probably " dnd ", written on and for the PLATO system in 1974, and the second may have been Moria, written in 1975 ).

EverQuest ( EQ ), is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG ) that was released on the 16th of March, 1999.

At the time Fudge was conceived, it was stylish to give role-playing games acronyms for names ( for instance, GURPS and TWERPS ) and originally the usenet design project referred to the game as SLUG, for " Simple Laid-back Universal Game ".

FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001.

In a role-playing game context, it was first used by Flying Buffalo in the 1975 game Tunnels and Trolls, with previous usage in a wargaming context including Guidon Games 1973 ruleset, Ironclad.

Golden Heroes is a superhero role-playing game that was originally written and published on an amateur basis in 1982.

Various later editions of RuneQuest, the narrative role-playing game HeroQuest ( the first edition of which was published as Hero Wars ), and the video game King of Dragon Pass were also set in Glorantha, as were several prominent fan efforts.

The first edition of the role-playing game RuneQuest was released in 1978.

Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008 ) was an American writer and game designer best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons ( D & D ) with Dave Arneson.

In 2005, Gygax was involved in the Castles & Crusades role-playing game, which was conceived as a hybrid between D & D's third edition and the original version of the game conceived by Gygax.

It was superseded by the magazine Challenge, which took up its numbering scheme and ran from issue 25 onwards with a broader role-playing game focus.

Kult was originally published by the company Target Games in 1991 as a Swedish role-playing game, and has later been translated into several other languages.

Many of the elements in EverQuest have been drawn from text-based MUD ( Multi-User Dungeon ) games, particularly DikuMUDs, which in turn were inspired by traditional role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons.

Forgotten Futures is a role-playing game created by Marcus Rowland to allow people to play in settings inspired by Victorian and Edwardian science fiction and fantasy ( i. e. Steampunk ).

The cartoon inspired role-playing game Toon calls its GM the " animator ".

The first LARPs were run in the late 1970s, inspired by tabletop role-playing games and genre fiction.

After releasing several unsuccessful games for the Famicom, Square relocated to Ueno, Tokyo in 1987 and developed a role-playing video game titled Final Fantasy, inspired by Enix's success with the genre, Dragon Quest ( later released in North America as Dragon Warrior ).

Wuthering Heights has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works, including films, radio, television dramatisations, a musical by Bernard J. Taylor, a ballet, three operas ( by Bernard Herrmann, Carlisle Floyd, and Frédéric Chaslin ), a role-playing game, and the 1978 chart-topping song by Kate Bush.

In TaleWorlds ' historical fantasy role-playing video game Mount & Blade: Warband, the lords of the Kingdom of Vaegirs, a fictitious kingdom inspired by Slavic cultures, are titled Boyars.

Wizardry inspired many clones and served as a template for role-playing video games.

Chill is a horror role-playing game inspired by Shelley, Stoker, and Poe, where usual foes are vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, goblins, and ghouls.

The name and background of the castle have inspired Castle Falkenstein ( abbreviated CF ), a steampunk-themed fantasy role-playing game ( RPG ) designed by Mike Pondsmith and originally published by R. Talsorian Games.

They were very successful among players of role-playing games and inspired many imitators.

Many of the original authors were also inspired by a long-running Albuquerque, New Mexico campaign of the role-playing game Superworld, gamemastered by George R. R. Martin, and many modeled their characters on their in-game persona.

Many popular multiplayer online games were developed on PLATO during the 1970s and 1980s, such as Empire ( a multiplayer game based on Star Trek ), Airfight ( a precursor to Microsoft Flight Simulator ), Panther ( a vector graphics based tankwar game, earlier than, but similar in many respects to Atari's BattleZone ), the original Freecell, and several games inspired by the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, including dnd and Rogue.

Times of Lore was inspired by role-playing video games and action-adventures, particularly The Legend of Zelda.

Regarding role-playing games it has published Godlike under the name Hobgoblynn, Unhallowed Metropolis ; a game of neovictorian horror, and Weapons of the Gods ; a Wuxia game inspired by the comic of the same name.

Metal Gear Acid ( 2004 ) blurs the line between a stealth game, a genre the Metal Gear series is normally known for, along with tactical role-playing inspired by the likes of Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics, infused with card gameplay found in games like Konami's own Yu-Gi-Oh series.

Most early role-playing video games were inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, but were restricted to single player due to the technology of the era.

* Mickey's Toontown inspired an online role-playing game called Toontown Online, which was released in 2003.

The displacer beast in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game was inspired by the coeurl — the two have the same idea of tentacles coming from the shoulders, as well as a feline appearance, and the displacer beast uses " vibrations " to confuse its enemies.

Another RPG example is tri-Ace's Star Ocean series, where instead of having the storyline affected by moral alignments like in other role-playing games, it instead uses a relationship system inspired by dating sims, with its storyline affected by the friendship points and relationship points between each of the characters.