The Square One Podcast

SQUARE ONE PODCAST SHOW NOTES
Episode: 2
Air Date: October 7, 2007
Subject: Genres of role-playing games

Links to RPGs and other sites mentioned in the episode:

Fantasy RPGs
Dungeons & Dragons: www.wizards.com/dnd
Earthdawn: www.earthdawn.com
Tunnels & Trolls: www.flyingbuffalo.com/tandt.htm
Burning Wheel: www.burningwheel.org
Mazes & Minotaurs: storygame.free.fr/MAZES.htm (Note that Bill mistakenly says “Mazes and MONSTERS,” rather than “Mazes and MINOTAURS” at one point.)

Horror / Modern RPGs
World of Darkness: www.white-wolf.com/worldofdarkness
Call of Cthulhu: tinyurl.com/2jyzfa

Superhero RPGs
Marvel Super Heroes: www.marvelrpg.com
Champions: www.herogames.com
Capes: www.museoffire.com/Games
With Great Power: tinyurl.com/2vy9h5
Truth & Justice: www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/tj.asp

Historical RPGs
Spirit of the Century: www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=103
Adventure!: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_%28role-playing_game%29
World of Darkness historical settings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wolf,_Inc.#Historical_variants
GURPS Sourcebooks: www.sjgames.com/gurps
Grey Ranks: Bully Pulpit Games RPG.net entry
GURPS Alternate Earths: www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/AltEarths/ - www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/altearths2/

Sci-Fi RPGs
Traveller: www.travellerrpg.com - www.sjgames.com/traveller
Star Wars d6: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_role-playing_game_(WEG)
Star Wars d20: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Roleplaying_Game_(Wizards_of_the_Coast)
Star Wars Saga: www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/rpgsagaed
Serenity: www.serenityrpg.com
Burning Empires: www.burningempires.com
Gamma World: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_World

Unclassified RPGs
Torg: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torg
Prime Time Adventures: www.dog-eared-designs.com/games.html

Cross-Genre RPGs
Shadowrun: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun
Deadlands: www.peginc.com/games

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION SECTION
Be sure to visit our other sites and projects:

Sam Chupp
The Bear’s Grove Podcast: www.bearsgrove.com
Dragonkin Podcast: dragonkin.bearsgrove.com
Heart of the Hunter: www.heartofthehunter.com

Bill Walton
The Escapist: www.theescapist.com
BeQuest: www.theescapist.com/bequest
The Young Person’s Adventure League: www.theescapist.com/ypal

Miranda Thomas
The Signal: http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/
Firefly Talk: Firefly Talk
The 9th: Heroescast http://www.heroescast.com/

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