Role-playing game software, as opposed to role-playing video games, is a software intended to assist in developing and running of role-playing games. It does not allow the game to be played entirely within the computer. Such software assist in the drawing of maps, player character and non-player character creation, generation of monsters, and provision of dice rolls and their results. The software may be specific to a single role playing game system, or flexible enough to be applied to multiple game models.
Year | Title | Developer | Publisher | Setting | Platform | Notes | |
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1981 | The Imperial Data Recovery System | Traveller[1] | |||||
1985 | Erik Brynjolfsson, Steven Bergstein | Magicware | Various[2] | Apple, Commodore, IBM Personal Computer | |||
1988 | Character Creator | SandBar Software[3] | |||||
1988 | AD&D Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume I: Encounters | ||||||
1989 | AD&D Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume II: Characters & Treasures | SSI | |||||
1993 | Campaign Cartographer
| ProFantasy Software | Various | Microsoft Windows | |||
1996 | Advanced Dungeons & Dragons CD-ROM Core Rules | ||||||
1996 | TableMaster | ||||||
2000 | PCGen | Bryan McRoberts et al. | Various | Cross platform | Won gold at the 2005 ENnies for Best Electronic Product.[4] | ||
2002 | D&D e-Tools: Character and Monster Generator | Code Monkey Publishing | Various | Microsoft Windows | |||
2002 | AutoREALM | Andy Gryc | Various | Microsoft Windows | |||
2003 | TOS+ (The Only Sheet Plus) | The Only Sheet | Fantasy | Microsoft Windows | |||
2004 | Fantasy Grounds | SmiteWorks | Various | Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, Linux | |||
2007 | D&D Insider | ||||||
2007 | Virtual Table beta | Wizards of the Coast | Promised feature for D&D Insider. Canceled in 2012 | ||||
2012 | Roll20 | The Orr Group | Various | Website, mobile app | |||
2019 | Black Cat DMs Familiar | D. Halliday | D&D 5E | Microsoft Windows | freeware | ||
2020 | Forgotten Maps | D&D 5E | Website, Mobile | freeware |