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In 1993, Naoto Oshima, renowned for his role in crafting Ristar, embarked on a visionary journey with Atari to birth the "Breath of the Sun" series. The inaugural game, released on the Atari Genesis, introduced players to Tatsu, a young boy awakening to his latent dragon powers. As the narrative...

In a world where Winston Churchill successfully lead a Military Coup in 1933 and cut off ties to continental affairs, what could happen? Me and my friends play an alt history rpg we made and this is the background I am playing off of. Any tips? Thoughts?

DUST is an alternate history RPG by Paolo Parente which features a World War II setting with anime-style elements including dieselpunk style mecha. According to game designers, "DUST Adventures RPG is a rules-light exciting roleplaying game set in Paulo Parentes DUST Universe and inspired by the...

There's really no reason that tabletop role-playing games like the iconic Dungeons & Dragons had to be developed in the 20th century. When you get right down to it, all the technology needed for it (writing tools, dice, figurines, etc.) has existed since the Bronze Age. And it's not like the...

In Japanese RPG games and some similarly themed Western video games (for example the JRPG "Chrono Trigger" or the Hungarian Manga RPG "Amnézia") the world presented before the player has a kind of syncretism of Medieval Japan and Medieval Europe, with some common Modern elements also added in...

I will try to use this as a beginning to finally finish up my own worldbuilding of Amra, sadly I lack skills in mapmaking or drawing pictures for characters, so I'll try my best, but I might need help with such if anyone is willing to do so. Amra after the first millennium after the Burning...

Believe it or not, the upcoming video game "The Outer Worlds" is an alternate timeline. According to its creators, "This is an alternate history,” says co-director Leonard Boyarsky. “There was a point where the timeline split off. It was at a certain point, around the time of Einstein. There was...

Okay, so I'm working on a RPG setting for a FATE/GURPS/SEWASFR (Something Else With A Similarly Flexible Ruleset) Campaign, and I need to know how to make it realistic enough to be semi-beleiveable. The timeline will have several different PODs from all over the world instead of a single one...

Dinosaurs still roam forgotten corners of the land. Alien influences operate from the skies. Mystics wield ancient powers. Strange new sciences promise to change the world. The dead rise from the grave. All the while, modern movements sweep the globe, and bold explorers venture deep into the...

Here is the sixty-fifth draft of the ATL so far. Please feel free to add your PODs to the mix: POD: On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated at Trinity Site in New Mexico. The explosion ripped a hole in the fabric of space. Doctor Robert Oppenheimer's words "I am become death...

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/soviet-victory-in-the-cold-war-cultural-change.419540/ - In this topic, much was devoted to a culture of peace where the USSR emerged a conqueror from the Cold War. Here I wanted to discuss a more specific topic - Role-playing Games. Two questions...