It’s probably not controversial to say that the Dungeons & Dragons game from 1974 was the most important and influential game in the whole genealogy of all RPGs. Every game that followed was either an attempt to make a game that improves on D&D or make a game that is different from D&D. They were either a direct response to D&D, or expanded on a game system that was.

The real question is, what other games can be considered hugely influential on how people design game systems today?

  • El Dado Inquieto@diyrpg.org
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    1 year ago

    It could depend on which game systems are more famous in your country. Games like Call of Cthulhu and Runequest , both using BRP (a percentile system) were very famous and played in Spain for many years in direct competition of Dungeons & Dragons.