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Role-Playing Games Trivia Quiz

Can you identify these tabletop role-playing games? We aren't talking video games here. This is for those gamers who do it the old fashioned way.

A multiple-choice quiz by Maligo. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Maligo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
34,281

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3495

Last 3 plays: doc_astro (9/10), Guest 82 (8/10), Triviaballer (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Chaosium role-playing game is based on the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft? Hint

'Boot Hill'

'Deadlands'

'Call of Cthulhu'

'Planescape'

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Question 2 of 10

2. What role-playing game was released in its reworked 3rd Edition by its new parent company, Wizards of the Coast? Hint

'Dungeons and Dragons'

'Earthdawn'

'Tunnels and Trolls'

'Vampire: The Masquerade'

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Question 3 of 10

3. What game is commonly believed to be set in the 'Shadowrun' game's past? Hint

'Middle-Earth'

'Earthdawn'

'Rifts'

'Mechwarrior'

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Question 4 of 10

4. What game is named after the sword of Michael Moorcock's 'Elric'? Hint

'Alternity'

'Vor'

'Stormbringer'

'Chill'

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Question 5 of 10

5. What game is set in the 'Weird West'? Hint

'Werewolf: The Apocalypse'

'Boot Hill'

'Deadlands'

'Gamma World'

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which of the following games is the Game Master referred to as the Storyteller? Hint

'Marvel Super-Hero Adventure Game'

'Top Secret'

'Mage: The Ascension'

'Star Frontiers'

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which game had a special section on creating mutant animal heroes like the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'? Hint

'DC Heroes'

'Champions'

'Heroes Unlimited'

'CyberAge Role-playing Game'

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Question 8 of 10

8. What 'Dungeons and Dragons' campaign setting has been popularized by the best-selling author R.A. Salvatore? Hint

'Forgotten Realms'

'Dragonlance'

'Greyhawk'

'Ravenloft'

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Question 9 of 10

9. What Steve Jackson Games' product is designed to allow you to use one set of rules in all genres? Hint

'Traveller'

'Paranoia'

'GURPS'

'Heroes Unlimited'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Tough One: What does the 'H.O.L.' stand for?

Answer: (It's in the trash.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Chaosium role-playing game is based on the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft?

Answer: 'Call of Cthulhu'

'Call of Cthulhu' is based off the work of Lovecraft and other contributors to his Cthulhu Mythos.

2. What role-playing game was released in its reworked 3rd Edition by its new parent company, Wizards of the Coast?

Answer: 'Dungeons and Dragons'

Wizards of the Coast released the 3rd edition of 'Dungeons and Dragons' in 2000 after buying out its original publisher, TSR Inc.

3. What game is commonly believed to be set in the 'Shadowrun' game's past?

Answer: 'Earthdawn'

'Earthdawn' and 'Shadowrun' (both originally published by FASA) have been linked to a shared history by numerous hints including common characters, legends and game company comments.

4. What game is named after the sword of Michael Moorcock's 'Elric'?

Answer: 'Stormbringer'

'Stormbringer' is the name of Elric's blade and also the role-playing game based on his universe.

5. What game is set in the 'Weird West'?

Answer: 'Deadlands'

'Deadlands', published by Pinnacle Entertainment, is set in a fantastic alternate history referred to as the 'Weird West'.

6. In which of the following games is the Game Master referred to as the Storyteller?

Answer: 'Mage: The Ascension'

The Game Master in 'Mage: The Ascension', and all of White Wolf's games set in the World of Darkness are called Storytellers. For this reason, this series of games are often referred to as the Storyteller games.

7. Which game had a special section on creating mutant animal heroes like the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'?

Answer: 'Heroes Unlimited'

Heroes Unlimited included sections for designing a variety of heroes using different criteria for each type. One to these section included turning turtles (or other animals) into crime-fighting heroes.

8. What 'Dungeons and Dragons' campaign setting has been popularized by the best-selling author R.A. Salvatore?

Answer: 'Forgotten Realms'

R.A. Salvatore's novels based in 'Forgotten Realms', especially his Drizzt books, have fueled interest in this 'Dungeons and Dragons' world.

9. What Steve Jackson Games' product is designed to allow you to use one set of rules in all genres?

Answer: 'GURPS'

'GURPS' stands for Generic Universal Role Playing System.

10. Tough One: What does the 'H.O.L.' stand for?

Answer: Human Occupied Landfill

'H.O.L.' stands for Human Occupied Landfill. The game takes place in one big trashpit where you exchange living currency and avoid the Sodomy Bikers. The entire game book is handwritten and claims to have been written at the 'International House of Pancakes'. I can believe it.

Source: Author Maligo

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