''The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game'' is a science fiction

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 ...

published by

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 ''Parano ...

in 2002 and 2009. It is based on ''

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 magazi ...

'' from '' 2000 AD'' comic.

Publication history

In 2002,

having acquired the rights to publish games set in the worlds created by ''2000AD'', released ''The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game''. Based on the

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, 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

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References

External links

Mongoose's page for their game

''2000AD'' profile for the Mongoose gameRPGGeek page for the game
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