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Free and shareware RPGs


Category: Free and shareware RPGs

  • -= Era Online =-   Era Online is a fun, free, MMORPG (Massively Muliplayer Online RPG)
  • 7th Heaven   A fun rpg where you have your own mutant television. Endless things to do!
  • 8th Expeditionary Fleet   A Star Trek PBEM RPG set in the Beta Quadrant in the year 2383.
  • FUDGE   (Universal)
    The classic "free" roleplaying game. FUDGE is a "universal" game system that uses a
  • A free rpg from Lugaru   Free, fast and fun, this d6 rpg offers unlimited options to create pc's realism with minimal rolls
  • a/state   a/state is a free rpg setting, combining horror and science fiction in a tangled urban landscape
  • ADEPT RPG   Online RPG. you will create your religion :)
  • Age of Heroes   A detailed tactical fantasy roleplaying system, designed for multi-generational campaigns.
  • Agency 13   A game of sixties TV spies fighting a secret war against the undead
  • AIF   AIF is a science fiction role playing game which takes place about 3000 years into our future.
  • Air Hero's Studio   A full service illustration studio with 23+ years experience in ALL types of illustration and cartoo
  • Alternacy  
    This universal roleplaying system uses a unique "talent" concept to replace the traditional attr
  • Alternative Roleplaying Concept (ARC)   A diceless Open Content role playing game. Drama is valued over "realism".
  • Anarchy  
  • Appleseed D6   D6 role-playing in the world of Masamune Shirow's cyberpunk manga "Appleseed".
  • Appleseed Fuzion   The Appleseed Fuzion Sourcebook provides you with all the materials you need to play in the epic cyb
  • Archeus   (formerly "Mirage")
    A fantasy roleplaying game in the classic vein. Fairly comprehensive, but r
  • Arena of Darkness   Arena of Darkness is a RPG/Campaign based in a Tech Fantasy Setting.
  • Aspera   A 3e D&D PBM set in a series of artificial "world modules."
  • Aurea   The Aurea rpg system is a free ruleset geared towards realistic gameworlds.
  • Avalar Online   Avalar Online is a free mmorpg currently in alpha development stage. *Looking for testers*
  • Ballad_Fantasy   A fantasy RPG based on Xd6 mechanics
  • Bamf   (Freeform)
    (looking for playtesters) A cooperative science fiction setting for gamemasters.
  • Big Breasts, Small Waist   The one and only, amazingly original, Hentai Roleplaying Game! (may be down)
  • Black Sun Games   Home of the Drahyr RPG, an occult game of urban mysteries on an unknown world.
  • Blarpo En Garde!   Be a gentleman in France in the 1600s: dueling, debauchery, intrigue, and all else that is fun!
  • Blood Bath   A Medieval Fantasy Role-playing Game of Massive Carnage
  • Blue Submarine 6 RPG Project   An atempt to create a RPG conversion of the anime, using the FUZION system.
  • Bookworms and Bastards   Rules-lite fantasy with inspiration from Conan and Cthulhu.
  • Borderline Publications   Home of the Spy-Fi RPG, and a Pirates and Dr Who RPG
  • Bostonia  
    A fantasy setting and roleplaying system set in a world with a shattered ancient technological p
  • Cardea: Through the Gateway and Beyond   A place of magic and adventure, roleplay and strategy. Your destiny awaits you in Cardea!
  • Cartography Unlimited for RPGs   Individual and sets of Generic Maps for Role Players. Transforming hand-drawn maps for use on compu
  • Chase   Try it and see!
  • Clandestyne  
  • Coppervale   Medieval/fantasy text based RPG. We have several different races and professions to choose from.
  • Coron's Sources of Free RPGs  
  • Crestfallen  
    A bronze age fantasy game with heavy celtic overtones. Set on a world which is facing destructio
  • Cthulhu Dark Ages   Supplement for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu - sets the clock of Lovecraftian horror back 1000 years!
  • Dagenthir   English
  • Dark Ages 2   (Fantasy)
  • Dark Manor   Dark Manor, a true online RPG experience. It's all free too! Join today, and start playing.
  • Darker Days  
    Cyberpunk
  • Destiniem  
  • Dick Tracy, the roleplaying game   Plunge head-first into the four-colored world of America's most recognized sleuth! From busting up c
  • Dominion Games   Makers of Dominion Rules, arguably the web's leading free fantasy roleplaying system.
  • Dragon Fist   Dragon Fist is a free martial Arts RPG from the good people of WOTC
  • Dragon-net   (Fantasy)
    "DragonNet is an ongoing Internet volunteer project to develop a licensed freeware rol
    (may be down)
  • Dragonwizards   Free fantasy rpg game system consisting of a graphic rpg card deck, played with pen, paper and dice.
  • Dream Steeds  
  • Drones  
    Another surprising roleplaying concept -- roleplaying members of a young men's club in the 1920'
  • Dune: Foldspace!   Dune: Foldspace is a consent-based, free-form RPG on the net.
  • DWG Dungeon Card Game   Dungeon is a free dungeon-crawl card game. It's Bloody. It's Fun.
  • Dystopia: America 2155AD   The corporate class has pushed the common man down for far too long...
  • Elsewhere   A free, human moderated web storytelling game of whimsical fantasy. Set in the city of Zehazel, a ne
  • EPIC  
    A fantasy roleplaying game in the classic vein, with tables, charts, and an interesting IQ test
  • Epix   (French) (Universal)
  • Epsilon Fleet PBEM RPG   A Star Trek Play By E-Mail Role Playing Game
  • Era Online   Era Online is a fun, free, MMORPG (Massively Muliplayer Online RPG)
  • Eternally Mortal Role Playing Interface   Eternally Mortal is a Sci-Fi / Fantasy pencil and paper role playing game. Features include online u
  • Evil Hunters: Fighting the Darkness   The darkness is coming. Only the Hunters can stop the world from falling into total chaos.
  • Evolution  
    This game is not a traditional roleplaying game. Instead, multiple players create an evolving w
  • Extraordinary Individual RPG   A superhero RPG: includes the game rules and ideas for adventures and campaigns in the genre.
  • Fantasized Adventures   (RPG with miniatures)
    An ambitious fantasy roleplaying game designed to be played with miniature
  • Feudal Realms   An all-original medieval fantasy roleplay mud set in the world of Kirganthis.
  • Flame of Tar Valon   A text-based role playing site based on Robert Jordan's fantasy series, the Wheel of Time.
  • Force 9  
    Fudge Based sci-fi combat rpg
  • Forgotten Futures  
    "The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game, a tabletop RPG based on Victorian and Edwardian scien
  • Freebooter  
    Pirate larp rules! A live-action roleplaying game of pirates and buccaneers. Presented with won
  • Freeplay Roleplaying   Simple but realistic system, with plenty of flexibility. Uses three six-sided dice.
  • Frenzy/Sheryl Crow RPGs   Frenzy: Fast Action is an 8-page condensed version of the 1995 British RPG Frenzy, in professional q
  • Frontier Horizons   Completely New Science Fiction RPG! Complete 335 page book. See web site for support and material. (may be down)
  • Fudgified Interactive History   (Historical Fantasy)
  • Future Shadows Sci-Fi RPG   Science Fiction Role-Playing game set in a good human Empire. Mega-Corporations reign, while a incr
  • GAMMA FORCE: THE VIRUS OF TETRA   The Allied governments gather an exceptional unit of specialists for a vital mission.
  • Generic Roleplaying All Purpose Engine   A free one-page totally generic RPG that doubles as a description of roleplyaing games. With lots o
  • Gestalt  
  • GRAPE: Generic Roleplaying All Purpose Engine  
    Universal
  • Green Goblin Games   Home of free games such as Flatware™ and Green Goblin: Gagmar's Crag™, plus more coming soon.
  • Grey Ghost Press, Inc. Home of Fudge   Home of Grey Ghost Press, the Fudge publishers. Download the Fudge roleplaying game, browse through
  • Heroes of Delphi   An historical Classical Greek setting for the D20 rules.
  • Heroic Do-Gooders & Dastardly Deed-doers   (Superhero) (may be down)
  • Heroic Do-Gooders RPG   Pseudo Super-Hero role playing game
  • i-Kore   The official web page fot i-Kore ans Void, a new Sci-fi miniatures game. >From there you can downloa
  • Icar RPG   Icar is a Free Tabletop Science Fiction Roleplaying game, available for download. Includes artwork,
  • Igen Könnyű Szerepjáték - Very Easy RPG (Hungarian)   This is just a glue because RPGnet people didn't put a 'change entry' field to those pages
  • IGS Games Solutions for Fantasy Roleplaying   The Human Interface Fantasy Roleplaying System, name generator, free downloads
  • IKSZ - Very Easy Role Playing Game (Hungarian)   This is a free, easy, multi-genre, module-based Role Playing Game in Hungarian language. Its worlds
  • Imagination's Toybox  
    Links to lots of free RPGs.
    (may be down)
  • Into The Shadows RPG   Into The Shadows is a free Horror/Adventure RPG created using the D6 Role-Playing System from West E
  • Ironclaw - Anthropomorphic Fantasy Roleplaying   Anthropomorphic Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Innovative point based system using a floating curve dice
  • JAGS. Its not Just Another Role Playing System   Universal. Flexible. Highly Supported. Play Anything and have it Work. (may be down)
  • Jaystorm   A simple method of rolling - using only 6 siders - this site has all the rules and details. (may be down)
  • Kaboom!  
    Really cool wargame
  • Legione  
    A superheroes RPG in Italian
  • Lego Wars   (Wargame)
    It included easy to read rules and charts and downloadable character sheets.
  • Lost Dermion   Create a character to join the others in a world of adventure, action and fighting and more!!!!
  • Lost Gods   A game about gods in a modern setting, where very few people believe in them anymore
  • Malcontent Games   Publisher of the English-language version of Ręve de Dragon, a popular French RPG by Denis Gerfaud
  • MARS   Exploration and discovery on the Red Planet. Hard SF. (may be down)
  • Melice RPG   This is a homebrew RPG based in a Tech Fantasy world.
  • Middan-Geard   free roleplaying game and roleplaying aids
  • Minds eye Publishing   For gamer by gamers ! the next generation rpg system MEP
  • Mithlund   (Fantasy)
  • Mystic Arena the American League   Calling all future gladiators for free pbem gaming!
  • Mystical Realms   An extensive Free-Form Fantasy Role-Playing Community. People can play by chat or play by post.
  • MythLore   Classic, rules-light sword & sorcery game engine with minimal fuss and maximum room for adventure
  • Nacked Lunch RPG   A game in the world of Burroughs and Cronenberg. Exterminate all rationnal thought ! (In French)
  • NC  
    A free set of fantasy roleplaying rules, primarily intended to correct perceived weaknesses in D
  • Neisenwand   (not in English)
    No link?
  • Neon Twilight   (Cyberpunk)
  • Odyssey   Odyssey is a Graphical rpg that has quests guilds and many other good features.
  • Open Dice RPG.   Free RPG. Multi Genre - preview super rules - SPATLite
  • Other than Fantasy   Light on the rules, heavy on the role-playing (may be down)
  • Outlanda Games   Moved to http://www.outlanda.com
  • Outlanda Games A medieval fantasy role playing (RPG) site   Outlanda Games is a medieval fantasy role-playing site. It's main
  • Outlaws of the Water Margin   (Chinese RPG)
    A fantasy roleplaying system set in the legends and myths of Chinese fantasy. Int
  • Paradigm Shift  
    "Paradigm Shift is a set of multi-genre/meta-genre role playing rules usable for almost every ga
  • Pathwanderer Freeware RPG   Free generic RPG - Computerised Character Sheet for easy generation. Works for all milieux.
  • Pike City Arena   A game of televised mecha carnage set in the far future. Teams of giant armoured vehicles fight agai
  • Post Mortem Studios   (Steampunk)
    This site actually contains two free roleplaying games. The first, Iron Empire, is
  • Powergame   (Superheroes)
    A free superhero roleplaying game (complete with testimonials!), currently in its
  • Quicksilver  
    A generally standard fantasy roleplaying setting, with the notable inclusion of "Quicksilver, "
    (may be down)
  • RAJR  
    A fantasy roleplaying game written in French.
  • Real   A diceless, numberless, statisticless RPG.
  • René le Jeu de Rôle Romantique   (French)
  • Returner Final Fantasy RPG   A freeware RPG based on the popular Final Fantasy game series
  • RIP  
    Actually a series of roleplaying games that are primarily fantasy-oriented, but which can be con
  • RolePlay On-Line!   RolePlay On-Line is a free web based message board system that anyone can create a game on. It supp
  • RPG Professionals   Home of The Original Wing Commander RPG, BID-IT Diceless RPG and Milieu Role Playing System (MRPS).
  • rpgonlinegames   robotech, cyberpunk and d &d online role playing
  • Runebearer   **replaces old listing for Bostonia** Magic and religion clash in the ruins of an ancient world
  • SAGE (The Simple Anachronistic Gaming Engine)   Complete, Universal Role-playing system and settings (may be down)
  • Siege Wars : Gates of Atlantis   Siege Wars : Gates of Atlantis is a free turn based strategy wargame set in dragons and magic.
  • sixsixsix   subreal humour and free rpg
  • SmartMonsters, Inc.   Triad City is new kind of free online, multiplayer RPG
  • Soap! - the game of completely illogical emotional pain...   Soap! allows you to play a character in your favorite soap opera. A New Style game
  • Spiritual Warfare the RPG   An elegant Christian tabletop RPG that rivals the mainstream RPG's. Destroy Satan in his wiles!
  • Star Saga   (Traveller-esque web SF RPG)
    An attempt to improve upon several mentioned published science fict
  • Star Trek: Final Frontier Fleet   Iconia Station, the newest platform for Final Frontier Fleet, opens
  • Star Trek: Stone Fleet   Post-VGR Trek-based RPG
  • StarGuild   (science fiction, with campaign setting, char gen, and other fun bits)
    A science-fiction rolepla
  • Stellae Cognita  
    A painstakingly developed, comprehensive science fiction/fantasy setting with its own rules set.
  • Strip Battle: The quick and dirty race game.   A competitve drag racing rpg,
  • SURGE SYSTEM: RPG   SURGE SYSTEM ROLE PLAYING GAME, formerly of Merrymeeting Games
  • Syndicate  
    "Syndicate is a fast paced, action orientated cinematic simple role playing system. Life in near
  • System DL  
    Diceless Roleplaying
  • Tales of Adventure   Free-Form Roleplaying Community. Experience new friends, adventures, and creative writing.
  • Tales of the Carnelian Coast: The Game   Swords and sorcery roleplaying game
  • Tales of Wyn D'mere RPG   A new fantasy RPG with an inovative character creation system. Free Demo version avialable.
  • Terras   (Medieval fantasy)
  • The Art of Tyler Walpole   Some cool examples of this up-and-coming artist's work. Featuring many of his original fantasy piece
  • The Art Of Yanner   Kieran J. Yanner is a budding young artist who at age 19, his talent has to be seen to be believed.
  • The Cailore Campaign   The Cailore Campaign is an original fantasy setting for use with the d20 system.
  • The Chronicles of Olendiak   A rules-lite fantasy RPG.
  • The Earth of the Fourth Sun RPG   A free fantasy RPG with a unique magic system, open character creation and cinematic combat sytem. O
  • The Emerald City   An online all-encompassing chronicle for Seattle in the World of Darkness.
  • The Empire Of Caeily   A Free-Form, Play-by-Post RPG. Set in a growing world.
  • The Enclave   My up and coming website with various games being developed and miscellaneous RPG resources.
  • The Ladder   Forget attributes, skills and even numbers with this intuitive generic RPG (may be down)
  • The LATTICE -- FreeForm SciFi RPG   Built Billions Of Years Ago, Abandoned By Near-Godlike Aliens, An Infinite Grid Of Artificial Worlds
  • The Megabuster Homepage   Home of the Megabuster RPG system, a game universe inspired in "blockbuster" action movies
  • The Nameless RPG   The Fastest RPG in the West! Get this ridiculously rules-light RPG, example adventures, and more!
  • The Nekropolis: Roleplay City   A resource site for an online text-based Vampire roleplaying game, including stories of players, rev
  • The Official Thrash Homepage   Thrash is a book-and-dice RPG that seeks to simulate the action of fighting games and martial arts a
  • The Time Lord Support Page   An exclusive HTML version of Time Lord is here along with a supplement. (may be down)
  • Tigres Volants  
  • Time-Lords  
    Dr-Who, need I say more?
  • Toaster   Flexible, generic roleplaying game
  • Transcendence   (dark fantasy)
    A massive (120+ pages) dark fantasy role playing game, complete with a unique med
  • Twilight  
  • U.S.S. Sparta PBeM RPG -- an Experiment in Greatness   We are looking for officers at top-level positions. Email spirit_of_the_slayer@msn.com for more info
  • UCHRONIA 1890   free steampunk rpg (in French)
  • USS Picasso   A deep space exploration vessel for 8th Fleet Star Trek RPG
  • Vagrant Space RPG   A play-by-post Scifi RPG set in an original universe spanning three star systems.
  • Valence 592   A sci-fi RPG set in the 31st century, with everything you'd expect. Lots of support!
  • Vaporoare - Creations of Steam   A free steampunk rpg in 19th Century England
  • Vermin World  
  • Virus Hunter: A free cyber age role playing game.   A hobby in the future, collect old computer virii for money & trade.
  • Window, The   (Universal, Freeform)
    A "rules-light" system for those among us who simply can't abide charts an
  • Witch Slayer   A Christian-oriented RPG in which you slay hordes of evil, monstrous witches.
  • World of Bostonia  
    Post Apocalyptic Fantasy (Shannara, Dark Tower)
  • World of the Mob   Modern Day Mafia (may be down)
  • WorldForge   The WorldForge Project is developing a complete system for massively multiplayer online roleplaying
  • XtremeKombat   A fun and exciting role playing game that enables you to create and build a character as time goes o
  • YOU:  
    The RPG of Tomorrow
  • Zaibatsu - Japanese Cyberpunk   Ginson inspired mayhem on the streets of Tokyo 2030. A fast-play game
  • Zenobia - The Roman Empire Roleplaying Game   A fast-play RPG of Roman fantasy adventure centered on the Eastern Empire in 260AD.
  • [ closetland ] vers2.2   Portfolio site of the artist known as "hive".




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