Role Playing Games / Genre

<p>Pulse-pounding adrenaline and daring deeds are the hallmarks of this material.</p>

<p>Material where the world of mobsters, smugglers, speakeasies, nightclubs, or gang infighting all take center stage.<…

<p>Games and game supplements involving ships, the ocean, and underwater or island adventures.</p>

<p>Material in the diverse settings featured in pulp magazines of the 1920s through 1950s. Focus is on the brazen adven…

<p>Material set in the world of athletes, competitive games, and the pageantry and culture that surround them.</p>

<p>Material where people endowed with extraordinary powers battle evil-doers. Whether their powers are acquired through…

<p>It's pure bravado and adventure, whether on land, on horseback, swinging from the chandeliers or boarding a ship wit…

<p>This game is suitable only for adults who can handle mature content and themes. Obviously there is violence and adul…

<p>This is for games where the player characters are animals. While every human conception of an animal is to some deg…

<p>Material with animal player characters that have very human-like characteristics: they have opposable thumbs, use we…

<p>Material set in a world of drawings, illustrations, or art come to life.</p>

<p>Material set in the world of Japanese anime (video animation) and manga (comic books).</p>

<p>Material drawn from the world of newspaper cartoons and comic books.</p>

<p>Material focusing on the world of kids--toys, playgrounds, games, school, bullies, and dealing with adults.</p>

<p>Material intended to entertain through humor, satire, or parody.</p>

<p>Material where the world may be held under the sway of mega-corporations, following their capitalistic and perhaps d…

<p>Material where breaking or enforcing the law is the name of the game. Everything from petty larceny to murder to sta…

<p>Material set in a world where mysterious agents are advancing vast unknown agendas. Where uncovering one answer only…

<p>Material set in a world where the players act either as criminals out to break the law or as agents of law and order…

<p>Material set in an environment where the players are confronted with some mysterious circumstances, a murder, or dar…

<p>Material set in the world of government organizations, secret agents, and the little-known but often violent clashes…

<p>Material set in or about a specific real-world culture.</p>

<p>Material set in East Asia in and around Japan, China, and southeast Asia including ninja and samurai campaigns as we…

<p>Material set in a world in which anything is possible. Impossible traits are powered by a mysterious force, or magic…

<p>Material set in the worlds created by Scheherazade in the book A Thousand and One Arabian Nights, from Aladdin, to A…

<p><strong>King Arthur</strong> was a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led t…

<p>Fantasy material that is epic in nature, has strong good versus evil themes, glorifies personal bravery or heroism, …

<p>Material is less fantastical and closer to "real-world". This material focuses more on realism, typically downplayin…

<p>Material that blends traditional faerie or folk tales, magic, and a modern, urban environment. It's the magical with…

<p>"Science fantasy is a mixed genre of stories which contain some science fiction and some fantasy elements."</p> <p><…

<p>Fantasy material featuring an emphasis on personal battles, often entwined with magic, the supernatural, a hint of r…

<p>Material not tied to any one specific genre, material about roleplaying in general, or accessories that are not intr…

<p>Material based on a specific time in the history of the world.</p>

<p>Material that supposes one or more key events in history had happened differently. What if Germany had won World War…

<p>Material set in the Old West, with cowboys, bandits, sheriffs, Indians, steam trains, telegraphs, saloons, and all t…

<p>Material for settings involving the discovery of the native peoples of North and South America. Such games might in…

<p>Material set in the time of the great empires--Greek, Roman, Persian, Egyptian, and the Mongol Horde. It is the time…

<p>Material set in the historical British Isles, from the early days of barbarian invasions, to the Druidic orders, to …

<p>Material for settings placed in the context of European history.</p>

<p>Dealing with the Middle Ages of Europe: roughly the 5th through 15th centuries.</p>

<p>Material set in the time before recorded human history. This might include the time of the dinosaurs or the Stone Ag…

<p>Material set in the 1830s to early 1900s, characterized by prosperity, Gothic Revival architecture, stiff fancy clot…

<p>Material set in the time of the Viking explorations, invading with their longboats across the sea, and even explorin…

<p>A game or, especially, sourcebook or scenario that features "in real life" Holiday themes or components. This does …

<p>Material set in an environment of palpable, spine-tingling, skin-crawling fear. Someone may be out to get you, or yo…

<p>Any material based upon the settings, ideas, and feeling created and described in the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Often…

<p>Material relating to the supernatural world and supernatural folklore. Includes ghosts, haunted houses, vampires, we…

<p>Material relating to zombies, in the modern horror sense (rather than the mind-controlled living human sense). These…

<p><em>From wikipedia:</em></p> <p>Kaiju (怪獣, kaijū, from Japanese "strange beast") is a Japanese genre featuring giant…

<p>This game is suitable for the younger generation to play.</p> <p>It does not necessarily mean you <em>must</em> play…

<p><em>From wikipedia:</em></p> <p><em>Magical Girl</em> is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media (including anime, mang…

<p>Material focused on personal military prowess, often in forms of unarmed combat. Includes ninjas, kung fu masters, k…

<p>"The world of big robots both animated and not. Often associated with Anime/Manga but not tied to that genre.</p> <p…

<p>Material about or relating to life in the late 20th and early 21st century.</p>

<p>Material that is on the threshold of becoming science fiction. It focuses on things that might happen in the next da…

<p>Material centering around television, film, music, fashion, Hollywood, and the current trends and fads.</p>

<p>Material set in large urban locations, where the city itself is a primary focus.</p>

<p><em>User summary:</em></p> <p><em>Monster Hunter</em> games are primarily fantasy-action focused. Players usually ta…

<p>Material around a setting that emphasizes distinct play areas that vary widely in theme, technology, culture, or gen…

<p>Material about creation stories, the reason the world behaves the way it does, or all-powerful beings, whether drawn…

<p>Material dealing with the kind of stories popularized by the Brothers Grimm, as well as fairy folklore from across E…

<p>Material dealing with the world of the paranormal intruding on the "real" world, dealing with spiritual realities be…

<p>Material dealing with extraordinary powers or forces, such as that claimed by witches, shamans, voodoo priestesses, …

<p>Material covering all things having to do with the power of the mind--telepathy, telekinesis, Extra Sensory Percepti…

<p>Material focusing on the world of symbols, runes, divinatory Tarot and the mystical forces surrounding them.</p>

<p>Material set in the arcane world of governments and politics, where getting things done might require shaking the ri…

<p>Material based on a religion or faith, such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Scientology, Shinto…

<p>Material that extrapolates from the known science of today and projects forward what might be true in the future. As…

<p>Material set in a gritty projection of the future where nanotechnology, virtual worlds, and electronic data are the …

<p>Material set in a futuristic world where incredible attention has been paid to getting the scientific details correc…

<p>Material set in the wake of the destruction of civilization as we know it. Perhaps caused by human self-destruction …

<p>Material in a futuristic setting that follows mythic traditions, such as the Hero's Journey. Typically involves a sw…

<p>Material about traveling to different times or alternate versions of the present reality. Sometimes just people trav…

<p>Material that involves a heavy dose of dealing with society and the social aspects of life (friendship, dating, marr…

<p>Material set in a slightly dystopian world where different technologies became predominant, such as the steam engine…

<p>Material set against the backdrop of a vast conflict between tribes, nations, or even planets. Tensions have boiled …

<p>Material that is just "out there" and hard to classify in any logical way.</p>