RPG Systems Family Tree?

[Wolfpack48]

Has anyone ever done a family tree for RPGs over time similar to the ones done for computer programming languages awhile back? It’d be an interesting visual.

 

[Retreater]

Flowchart Maker & Online Diagram Software

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I found this online. Looks interesting...

 

[Joshua Randall]

Queue a lot of debates about what influenced what and so forth!

The PBTA/FITD space should be much bigger! Why isn’t Gumshoe more prominent!

 

[darjr]

Not a flowchart but Alyssa Faden did the Cosmology of Role Playing Games originally in Gygax Magazine. I think she's updated it since. I think you can get prints of it.

Alyssa Faden on Instagram: "THE COSMOLOGY OF ROLEPLAYING GAMES --- GARYCON SPECIAL RELEASE In 2013 I was honored by drawing a map for James Carpio's article "The Cosmology of RPGs" for GYGAX Magazine #1. Here, 10 years later, we mark the 50th ann

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[Wolfpack48]

Flowchart Maker & Online Diagram Software

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I found this online. Looks interesting...

Just what I was thinking. VERY cool.

 

[Theory of Games]

Clearly the "PbtA branch" grew from FUDGE. That and the influence of The Fantasy Trip is often understated IMO.

 

[Alzrius]

Not a flowchart but Alyssa Faden did the Cosmology of Role Playing Games originally in Gygax Magazine. I think she's updated it since. I think you can get prints of it.

Alyssa Faden on Instagram: "THE COSMOLOGY OF ROLEPLAYING GAMES --- GARYCON SPECIAL RELEASE In 2013 I was honored by drawing a map for James Carpio's article "The Cosmology of RPGs" for GYGAX Magazine #1. Here, 10 years later, we mark the 50th ann

102 likes, 6 comments - alyssa_faden on February 28, 2024: "THE COSMOLOGY OF ROLEPLAYING GAMES --- GARYCON SPECIAL RELEASE In 2013 I was honored by drawing a map for James Carpio's article "The Cosmology of RPGs" for GYGAX Magazine #1. Here, 10 years later, we mark the 50th anniversary of...

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I keep meaning to buy the updated version; I framed the original and hung it up, I liked it so much.

 

[Wolfpack48]

Not a flowchart but Alyssa Faden did the Cosmology of Role Playing Games originally in Gygax Magazine. I think she's updated it since. I think you can get prints of it.

Alyssa Faden on Instagram: "THE COSMOLOGY OF ROLEPLAYING GAMES --- GARYCON SPECIAL RELEASE In 2013 I was honored by drawing a map for James Carpio's article "The Cosmology of RPGs" for GYGAX Magazine #1. Here, 10 years later, we mark the 50th ann

102 likes, 6 comments - alyssa_faden on February 28, 2024: "THE COSMOLOGY OF ROLEPLAYING GAMES --- GARYCON SPECIAL RELEASE In 2013 I was honored by drawing a map for James Carpio's article "The Cosmology of RPGs" for GYGAX Magazine #1. Here, 10 years later, we mark the 50th anniversary of...

www.instagram.com

Is there any way to get to it without Instagram?

 

[GMMichael]

Huh. I'm thinking a tree would be more informative than the cosmology, but I didn't start the thread. Anyway, D&D is the trunk of our tree , and the next branches might be rules-moderated (GM-less), diceless, or outdoor (you're welcome, you dirty LARPers).

Who wants to start the ENWorld wikipage for the tree?

 

[Committed Hero]

I would say that Ars Magica is a progenitor of the d20 system as well. Jonathan Tweet worked on both, and the universal resolution is pretty similar.