Role Playing Games - The Early(ish) Years

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1. I can't start this quiz off without a reference to the original - what was the very first published Dungeons and Dragons supplement? World of Greyhawk Eldritch Magic Hall of the Elven King Dwarves of Rockmoor

2. This Science Fiction RPG was minimalist in appearance, lacked blasters and lightsabres but had Newtonian physics, starship combat and a character creation system that could notably kill your character before (s)he had ever been played. What was this RPG's name? Metamorphosis Alpha Space Opera Traveller Starships and Spacemen

3. Following very close on the heels of D&D, this game was similar in feel but arguably took itself less seriously. Published by Flying Buffalo, it had spells like 'Poor Baby' and 'Yassa Massa', was translated into at least five languages and is now in its fifth edition. What's it called? Tunnels and Trolls The Fantasy Trip Legacy Chivalry and Sorcery

4. This was possibly the first science fiction RPG. Set on a giant, dying generation starship, players could be pure humans, mutant humans or mutant animals (or I seem to remember, mutant plants. Now that's a role-playing challenge). The vast decks of the ship offered a range of environments from urban to rural, and a range of foes from cavemen to space rangers. It is named...? Dagorhir Starships and Spacemen Metamorphosis Alpha Gamma World

5. This was the first of Fantasy Games Unlimited's very complex games with (it seemed at the time) a rule for everything. It was a fantasy game set in the High Medieval period and had, among many others, supplements called 'Arden' and 'Destrier' and was called...? Muskrats and Muskets Cursed Empire Midgard Chivalry and Sourcery

6. This one was produced by a well-known company and had a lavish production budget. It was set in a world of glamour and espionage focussing on a very famous spy. It was published between 1984 and 1987 when the licence arrangement for the game's eponymous character lapsed. What game was it? Commando James Bond 007 Top Secret Ninjas and Superspies

7. This early, early fantasy RPG was set on the world of Tekumel, many hundreds of centuries in the future. The players were adventuring on the world of Tekumel, in a society that felt like a mix of ancient India and the Aztecs. Over a dozen alien races shared Tekumel with man against a backdrop of history that went back 50,000 years. Gods were real - there were twenty of them - metal was scarce and riding animals were virtually unknown in which game? Empire of the Petal Throne Pax Draconis Stormbringer Arduin

8. The Red Army has invaded the USA in this VERY Eighties RPG. You played as a member of a band of freedom fighters, taking on the Soviet occupiers in much the same way as the Wolverines did in the (ahem) classic movie 'Red Dawn'. What was the game called? The Morrow Project The Russians Are Coming! The Price of Freedom Amerika

9. This was another fairly early RPG. In mechanics it was almost a complete departure from the D&D model, being percentile based and featuring a detailed campaign background from the start. If I told you the name of the world this game was set in, it would make the quiz too easy, but I will say it gave the world the Dragonewt, the Gorp and the warrior Duck. What was it called? Runequest Dragonquest The Fantasy Trip World of Synnibarr

10. Finally, this was what I was playing when my chosen decade ended. It was a much-criticised post-apocalypse game, apparently somehow in more dubious taste that any OTHER post-apocalypse game. Players were cast-adrift NATO soldiers, struggling to survive after a failed offensive in WW3 Poland. Among others, which game had supplements called 'Free City of Krakow', 'Pirates of the Vistula' and 'The Black Madonna'? The Morrow Project Aftermath Twilight 2000 Exodus