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The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game
''The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game'' is a science fiction role-playing game published by Mongoose Publishing in 2002 and 2009. It is based on ''Judge Dredd'' from '' 2000 AD'' comic. Publication history In 2002, Mongoose Publishing having acquired the rights to publish games set in the worlds created by ''2000AD'', released ''The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game''. Based on the d20 System, they published a total of 15 supplements. It was also supported by their in-house magazine, ''Signs & Portents''. In 2009, Mongoose released a new edition, using their Traveller rules set. It was announced that their license was ending in late 2016. Reception In a review of ''The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game'' in '' Black Gate'', Robert Rowe said "Overall, if you like Judge Dredd and don't absolutely hate the ''Traveller'' rules system, this is an excellent game packed with key information and well-laid out stats, all bound together in a very slick package." Reviews *''Pyramid A pyramid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Sprange
Matthew Sprange is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Matthew Sprange met with Alex Fennell in a Swindon, England pub in late 2000; Sprange offered to start a game company with him, but Fennell instead went to work for a 3G mobile communication company. Sprange spent the next six months working on the rules for what would be a miniatures game but when he realized that this game would cost too much to produce, he instead decided to form the game company Mongoose Publishing with Fennell to publish adventures using the d20 license from Wizards of the Coast. Sprange was inexperienced with writing adventure scenarios, and since many other companies were already publishing adventures, he decided to publish sourcebooks beginning with ''The Slayer's Guide to Hobgoblins'' (2001), the first in a series of "ecology" books focusing on types monstrous creatures. Thanks to good sales on that first book, Sprange started working for Mongoose full-time, join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing is a British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, publishing material since 2001. Its licenses include products based on the science fiction properties '' Traveller'', ''Judge Dredd'', and ''Paranoia'', as well as fantasy titles. History Mongoose Publishing was founded in Swindon, England, in 2001 by Matthew Sprange and Alex Fennell. Sprange initially wanted to publish a miniatures game, but he ultimately went with the less expensive alternative of using Wizards of the Coast's d20 System license. It grew out of the ''d20 System'' boom sparked by ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition. The first release, the ''Slayer's Guides'', concentrated on different monster types for the ''d20 system'', while the subsequent Quintessential books, detailed specific character classes. The latter was to span three years and thirty-six different titles. In 2003 the company released the magazine ''Signs and Portents'', a house organ aimed at suppleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D20 System
The d20 System is a role-playing game system published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, originally developed for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The system is named after the Dice#Common variations, 20-sided dice which are central to the core mechanics of many actions in the game. Much of the d20 System was released as the System Reference Document (SRD) under the Open Game License (OGL) as Open gaming, Open Game Content (OGC), which allows commercial and non-commercial publishers to release modifications or supplements to the system without paying for the use of the system's associated intellectual property, which is owned by Wizards of the Coast. The original impetus for the open licensing of the d20 System involved the economics of producing role-playing games (RPGs). Game supplements suffered significantly more diminished sales over time than the core books required to play the game. Ryan Dancey, Brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG or TTRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazine's longest-running character, and in 1990 he got his own title, the ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a "Judge (2000 AD), street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. Judge Dredd stories often satirise American and British culture, with a focus on authoritarianism and police brutality. Judge Dredd made his live-action debut in 1995 in ''Judge Dredd (film), Judge Dredd'', portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. Later, he was portrayed by Karl Urban in the 2012 adaptation ''Dredd''. In audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 AD (comics)
''2000 AD'' is a weekly British science fiction-oriented British comics, comic magazine. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue (known as "progs") and was first published by IPC Media, IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. Since 2000 it has been published by Rebellion Developments. ''2000 AD'' is most noted for its ''Judge Dredd'' stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon (comics), Mike McMahon, John Wagner, Alan Grant (writer), Alan Grant and Garth Ennis. Other series in ''2000 AD'' include ''Rogue Trooper'', ''Sláine (comics), Sláine'', ''Strontium Dog'', ''ABC Warriors'', ''Nemesis the Warlock'' and ''Nikolai Dante''. History ''2000 AD'' was initially published by IPC Magazines. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveller (role-playing Game)
''Traveller'' is a science fiction role-playing game first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop. Marc Miller (game designer), Marc Miller designed ''Traveller'' with help from Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, and Loren Wiseman. Editions were published for ''GURPS'', D20 system, d20, and other role-playing game systems. From its origin and in the currently published systems, the game relied upon six-sided dice for random elements. ''Traveller'' has been featured in a few novels and at least two video games. ''Traveller'' is a tabletop game where characters journey through star systems, engaging in exploration, ground and space battles, and interstellar trading. The game is influenced by various literary works and emphasizes commerce, sociological stratification, and a mix of low and high technology. The setting is centered around the human-dominated Third Imperium, a feudalistic interstellar empire. Despite the focus on humans, the ''Traveller'' universe is cosmopolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Gate (magazine)
''Black Gate'' is a fantasy magazine published by New Epoch Press. It was published in glossy print until 2011, after which it shifted online. History First launched in October 2000 using the slogan "Adventures in Fantasy Literature," ''Black Gate'' primarily features original short fiction up to novella length. It also features reviews of fantasy novels, graphic novels, and role playing game products. This is supplemented by columns and articles reflecting on fantasy literature's past as well as the occasional interview. Every print issue contained the comic ''Knights of the Dinner Table: Java Joint'' by Kenzer & Company of '' Knights of the Dinner Table'' fame. Much of the fiction is by lesser known or new authors, but noted contributors have included Michael Moorcock, Mike Resnick, Charles de Lint and Cory Doctorow. As a semi-regular feature, ''Black Gate'' reprinted rare adventure stories from earlier decades or work from more recent years that the editors feel has been n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (magazine)
''Pyramid'' was a US game, gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, and was published on the Internet from March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the first online version published new articles each week; the second online version was monthly, published until December 2018. ''Pyramid'' was headquartered in Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas. It replaced Steve Jackson Games' previous magazine ''Roleplayer (magazine), Roleplayer''. ''Pyramid'' published general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tended to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as ''GURPS'', it published articles on other games such as ''d20 System'', ''Talisman (board game), Talisma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Role-playing Games
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D20 System
The d20 System is a role-playing game system published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, originally developed for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The system is named after the Dice#Common variations, 20-sided dice which are central to the core mechanics of many actions in the game. Much of the d20 System was released as the System Reference Document (SRD) under the Open Game License (OGL) as Open gaming, Open Game Content (OGC), which allows commercial and non-commercial publishers to release modifications or supplements to the system without paying for the use of the system's associated intellectual property, which is owned by Wizards of the Coast. The original impetus for the open licensing of the d20 System involved the economics of producing role-playing games (RPGs). Game supplements suffered significantly more diminished sales over time than the core books required to play the game. Ryan Dancey, Brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
