telecasting games likeElden Ringfollow the formula established decades ago by tabletop RPGs , and several other standardized rubric play along case . These games keep an eye on the mould of classic tabletop RPGs likeDungeons and Dragonsto get players engaging worlds full of adventure , secrets , and choices .   Tabletop RPGs have inspired movies and telecasting as well , like   Amazon’sThe Legend of Vox Machina .

Though these entertainment properties based on tabletop games are popular , there are also several RPGs based on beloved , lover - favourite television show . Some of them permit players recreate noted instant from their favorite properties , and others allowed the plot party to create new experience in a familiar world .

Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game

Avatar Legendstechnically has not been released as it keeps getting delayed due to shortage of theme . The RPG is hotly anticipate , though ,   and became the highest - fund tabletop game of all time onKickstarter . The game is based on Nickelodeon’sThe Last AirbenderandLegend of Korratelevision show . A quickstart book has been resign with more heroic rules hold up .

The serial has released previews to scarf out fan ' appetites , and most fans seem to agree that the RPG is good fun . The book features detailed descriptions and tone about characters and locations from theAvataruniverse as well as five different eras . There are three classes , soldierly artist , technological expert , and benders , so players can orient a character to their preferred playstyle .

Doctor Who Roleplaying Game

This adventure game is also known asDoctor Who : dangerous undertaking in Time and Space . It shift its name after its recent second edition , which will be receiving a physical handout later this class . This version drastically alter the rules , which is a bragging shake - up compared to former update that were largely decorative . AsDoctor Whois a show featuring a political party of adventurer , a tabletop   plot is a utter equal for the lore .

The stats in the game are difficultness based , show how much   trouble a case will have with sure action . However , players can earn fib points to affect the world more substantially . Guidebooks have been released to help player run adventures in the dash of every era of the show .

Firefly Role-Playing Game

FireflyRole - Playing Gameis a direct successor to theSerenity Role Playing Game . While both are free-base on the same universe , theSerenitygame had to avoid mention episode - specific plotlines . Like its predecessor , it uses the Cortex System , which has been upgraded to the Action Cortex Plus System . It was upgraded further to the Cortex Prime system after a crowdfunding campaign .

The game has been nominated for multiple awards include , the honored ENnie Judge ’s Spotlight award . This was give to its postscript , Echoes of War : Thrillin ’ Heroics . The game features a bowl and keep die arrangement that is easy for tyro . The game also feature plot point for move the quad westerly forward .

Prime Directive

Star Trekhas taken multiple shot at the tabletop genre , and perhaps the most interesting isPrimeDirective , a secret plan with two incarnation . The first was published by Task Force Games in 1993   and utilise the D6 system for a job - based secret plan that draw comparisons toShadowrunand more ofthe best sci - fi RPGs .

Task Force Games eventually went bankrupt and their licence was acquired by Amarillo Design Bureau . As they were in the first place a wargame company , they were mislay until they decided to fusePrime Directivewith theGURPS , orGeneric Universal RolePlaying System . TheGURPSPrime Directivewas popular enough to receive six additional books .

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Role-Playing Games

Two   of several games based on Joss Whedon properties , Buffy the Vampire SlayerandAngelare refer to as theBuffyverse Role - Playing Games , conjointly . They were both published by Eden Studios and used their Unisystem plot locomotive engine . The games were praised for their approachability , as the rules were relatively prosperous for new thespian to understand .

The Buffy RPG let the thespian play as either a White Hat , Hero , or Experienced Hero . While the latter classes are strong , the White Hat receives extra drama points . These point can be used to change the flow of the action . The roleplaying games are also considered canyon to the telly universes , which is uncommon among tabletop games .

Battlestar Galactica Role-Playing Game

Another space opera house , Battlestar Galactica , tender a middlepoint betweenStar TrekandStar Wars . The serial ’ aughts adaptation boosted its popularity enough to get it a tabletop adventure in 2007 . There is an invade enemy force in the Cylons but also plenty of political dramatic play . The game also serves as a midpoint between   the popularStar WarsandStar Trektabletop game .

The biz was created by Margaret Weis Productions at Gen Con . It utilized their Cortex System for tabletop which use plot points . Unfortunately , the game was a fond victim of securities industry over - saturation . Battlestar Galacticawas the first of three game let go over three years utilizing   the same system ,   so the playerbase was a bite dual-lane .

Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game

Dramas are n’t the only television shows to receive tabletop adaptations . TheRocky and Bullwinkle Showbizarrely received a tabletop adaptation in 1988 from TSR . It also featured characters from its section shows such as Mr. Peabody . The game featured basic automobile mechanic meant as an introduction to RPGs .

The game awarded point based on humour . It also featured a thread maker or else of die . These elements make it feel more like a storytelling biz than a right tabletop RPG . However , fans did enjoy it , especially since it came with ten hand puppet of the characters .

Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game

There are several tabletop RPGs based on anime and manga , but they are usually either base on unknown serial publication or mecha . Most well - known series either do n’t have tabletop game or never leave Japan . In the late 90 ’s R. Talsorian Games tried to desexualize that . They releasedDragon Ball Z : The Anime - Adventure Gameto fairly low review article .

Not every licence tabletop is die to be a smasher , but this game did have the welfare of tend onFuzion . Fuzionis a generic roleplaying organization often used for anime - like action . The systems focus on acquirement and character options might have seemed like a instinctive fit for a show with tons of powersand god - like beings likeDBZ . Unfortunately , the game received critique for suffer a ruleset that many felt were too loose .

Leverage: The Roleplaying Game

TNT ’s great action - dramatic play television showseriesLeveragemay seem like an rum filling for the tabletop . However , the " pig and shepherd’s crook " set - up get for raw and fun playing experience . The secret plan utilise the Cortex Plus system to produce a   group of up to six conmen . The resulting adventures seem very much like a heist movie .

The game was praise for its unique flashback mechanic . Players earn “ plot points ” throughout the game that they can spend on mechanics . One of these mechanics is a flashback that countenance the player to change up the context of a scene . It ’s an extremely interesting machinist that realize the game a lot of attention when it follow out in 2010 .

Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game

Undoubtedly the weirdest changeover from show to tabletop isDallas . The show is a easy lay opera that aired from the 70 ’s to 90 ’s about the drama of spread and rock oil company possess category , the Ewings . The show was praise for its on-going storylines and suspense , but it still seemed odd to translate to tabletop . The game was an attempt by Simulations Productions to find a new hearing .

Unfortunately , it only seems to have alienated their   keystone audience of war games . The role player take the role of characters from the show and have a variety of stats like investigation and seduction . The biz master becomes the “ scriptwriter , ” leaning into the television broadcast slant of the game . The game was n’t very successful and is often lampoon in tabletop lap , but it was a novel attempt .

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Picard and Riker in season 1

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The thirteenth Doctor points her Screwdriver with Daleks and other monsters behind her.

An expansive cast shot of the Browncoats in the Firefly Role-playing game.

Star Trek’s box art for the original Prime Directive and its GURPs version.

Buffy and Angel’s casts appear on their tabletop game boxes.

Battlestar Galactica’s two leads are shown on a red backdrop.

Bullwinkle and Rocky and all their supporting cast appear on a orange backdrop.

Dragon Ball Z’s anime adventure rpg guidebook artwork shows Goku charging a blast.

The tabletop cover based on the TNT show leverage shows a heist in action.

The characters of Dallas appears with text around them describing the tabletop game.

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