The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 1 – When Tables Were Top
Part 1 of UGP's Growing Up On RPGs series—Dungeons & Dragons and where it all began.
15 December 2020
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
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The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 2 – The Adventure Game
In part 2, Crispin looks at how RPGs begin to transition from the table-top to the computer screen.
29 January 2021
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 3 – Going Rogue
RPGs are visually stunning but what about in the 1980s? Part 3 in the series looks at the dawn of graphics in role-playing games.
26 February 2021
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 4 – Here Comes the JRPG
Enter Japan—or, more aptly, the Japanese RPG. Now synonymous with the role-playing game genre, Part 4 of the series explores the birth of the JRPG.
26 March 2021
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 5 – Mastering Dungeons
In part 5 of our Growing up on RPGs series, Crispin explores what was going on in the West while the NES games brought Japanese role-playing ideas to the world.
30 April 2021
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 6 – Pointing and Clicking
Point and click adventure games are a mainstay of the RPG genre. In part 6, Crispin delves into their origins.
4 June 2021
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 7 – A Burst of RPGs
The 90s was an epic decade for game development—none more so than for the RPG genre. Some of the best RPGs ever made came in the first few years of the 1990s.
12 July 2021
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
The Complete History of Role-Playing Games (RPGs): Part 8 – Stuck in the MUD
In part 8, MUD & the advent of playing with real people and the beginning of what eventually becomes the Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.
14 August 2021