Group SNE is a Japanese company founded in 1987 by the current president Hitoshi Yasuda, which produces

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s and

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Ryo Mizuno is a Japanese author and game designer. Mizuno created '' Record of Lodoss War'', ''Sword World RPG'', '' Legend of Crystania'', '' Rune Soldier'', '' Starship Operators'', '' Record of Grancrest War'', and was the general supervisor of '' Gal ...

was one of the founding members. Group SNE's name comes from syntax error, the programming language

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's term. The most famous product of Group SNE is ''

Record of Lodoss War is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based on the work he originally created for a world called '' Forcelia'' as a rules-free setting for role-playing games (RPGs).Yasuda, Hitoshi. Afterword. . By Ryo Mizuno. Ka ...

'', which is well known for its

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adaptation. Moreover, there are several anime adaptations based upon Group SNE's products such as '' Legend of Crystania'', '' Mon Colle Knights'' and '' Rune Soldier''. Group SNE's products are published by several publishers including

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, Shinkigensha, JIVE,

Enterbrain , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on January 30, 1987, as . Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strate ...

and Hobby Base.

Products

Group SNE's products include: *'' Forcelia'' campaign setting **''

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Sword World RPG is a Japanese tabletop role-playing game created by Group SNE. 10 million copies of the related books including rulebooks, novels and Tabletop role-playing games in Japan#Replays, replays have been sold. The game was first published in 1989; the ...

'' **'' Legend of Crystania'' **'' Rune Soldier'' *'' Sword World 2.0'' *'' Monster Collection'' **'' Rokumon Sekai RPG'' - RPG version of ''Monster Collection'' **'' Mon Colle Knights'' *''

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'' Japanese products **''GURPS Busin kourin'' -

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**''GURPS Cocoon'' - comical fantasy **''GURPS Damned Stalker (Gurps Youma Yakou/Hyakki Yasyou)'' **''GURPS Dragon Merc'' - crossover of multi-planes **''GURPS Power up'' **'' GURPS RebornRebirth'' **'' GURPS Runal/Yuel'' *'' Daikatsugeki'' -

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*''

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'' - TRPG version of From Software's ''

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'' *'' Demon Parasite'' - superhero *''

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'' - Arabian fantasy *'' Ghosthunter RPG'' - horror, RPG version of ''Laplace no Ma'' *'' Hyper Tunnels & Trolls'' - original modified edition of ''

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'' *'' Laplace no Ma'' - computer RPG *''

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'' - China-like fantasy *''

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'' (Mega CD) - computer RPG version of ''

'' *'' Silver Rain RPG'' - based upon PBW RPG *'' Wizardry RPG'' - RPG version of ''

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'' **'' Shin Wizardy RPG'' - 2nd edition of ''Wizardry RPG'' *Translated games **''

Advanced Fighting Fantasy ''Advanced Fighting Fantasy'' (AFF) is a British roleplaying game based on the ''Fighting Fantasy'' and '' Sorcery!'' gamebooks, first published in 1989. Just as the gamebooks, AFF is set in the world of Titan. A second edition of AFF was publish ...

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Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

Rules Cyclopedia'' **''

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'' 1st edition **''

'' 3rd and 4th edition **''

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2nd edition'' **'' Stormbringer'' 2nd, '' Elric!'' and 5th edition **''

'' 5th and 7th edition **''

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'' 1st edition

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