MGibster
Legend
I tend to think that genres are mostly used by publishers to market their books. In most stores, you'll find Richard Bachman's The Running Man in the literature or horror section even though it's science fiction. I'm not one to get into great debates over whether something is part of a genre or not. I roll my eyes when someone argues that Alien is horror and not science fiction and vice versa. Urban fantasy seems like such a broad genre that just about any game with fantastical elements set in an urban environment qualifies. I wouldn't have thought of Call of Cthulhu or Vampire the Masquerade as urban fantasy in a million years, but, like I said, arguing about whether something belongs in a particular category isn't a hill I'm going to die on.
From what I can tell, just about any game set in an urban environment in the modern world that includes supernatural elements qualifies as urban fantasy.
From what I can tell, just about any game set in an urban environment in the modern world that includes supernatural elements qualifies as urban fantasy.