''Judge Dredd'' has been the inspiration for four

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systems. These games are based on the fictional world of the ''

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 '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running c ...

'' series from the British

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'' 2000AD''. The role-playing games are unrelated to each other except for the setting.

Games Workshop

The first, ''Judge Dredd'' roleplaying game, was published under license by

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in 1985, and used a rules system created specifically for the game, which resembled GW's

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Mongoose Publishing

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 ''Paranoi ...

produced two versions of a ''Judge Dredd'' roleplaying game. In 2002, they acquired the rights to publish games set in the worlds created by ''2000AD'', and quickly released ''

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 Dread'' from '' 2000 AD'' comic. Publication history In 2002, Mongoose Publishing having a ...

'', which used the d20 rules system. In 2009, they released a new version of ''Judge Dredd'', using their Traveller rules set. Mongoose announced that their license was ending in late 2016.

EN Publishing

In February 2017,

EN Publishing EN World, also known as Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG News, is a British-owned tabletop role-playing game news and reviews website founded in 2000, which grew from the earlier "Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News" site (which was activ ...

announced the new ''Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD Tabletop Adventure Game'' using the What's OLD is NEW (WOIN) roleplaying game system. The first releases were the ''Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD'' core rulebook, and ''The Robot Wars'' adventure/sourcebook in early 2019. In November 2021, the company announced that their license to create 2000 AD products had come to an end.

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