List of historical role-playing games

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This is a list of historical role-playing games.

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Ancient World[edit]

Name Years active Based in Host Type Notes Website
Aeipathy 2018- 670 BC Proboards Play-By-Post An historical rpg set in the Ancient World. Yes
Cry Havoc 2018- 44 BC Jcink Play-By-Post An alternate history rpg set in the Roman Empire shortly after the assassination of Julius Caesar. Yes
Aeterna Roma 2008- 74 AD Jcink Play-By-Post An alternate history rpg set in the Roman Empire a decade after the assassination of Caligula. Yes

Middle Ages[edit]

Name Years active Based in Host Type Notes Website
Saints Sleep 2016- 1159 Jcink Play-By-Post An alternate history rpg set in 12th-century Medieval England during "The Anarchy" in which the throne of Henry II has fallen to the late King Stephen’s son Eustace I. Yes
Loyalty Binds Us 2019- 1509 Jcink Play-By-Post An alternate history rpg set in 16th-century Tudor England. Yes
Unto Britannia 2018- 1546 Jcink Play-By-Post An alternate history rpg set in 16th-century Medieval England in which the Tudor Dynasty and the Arthurian legends co-exist. Yes
Setsunai 2018- 1582 Jcink Play-By-Post A fantasy rpg set in 16th-century Feudal Japan during the Warring States period. Yes

Early modern[edit]

Name Years active Based in Host Type Notes Website
Caribbean Dawn 2018- 1720 Jcink Play-By-Post A Regency-era rpg set in the West Indies during the "Golden Age of Piracy". Sequel to the popular long-running "Before the Mast". Yes
War Cries 2019- 1766 Jcink Play-By-Post A Regency-era rpg set in the American colonies during the French and Indian War. Yes
Memento Mori 2016- 1793 phpBB Play-By-Post A Regency-era rpg set in the Italian city-state of Venice during the French Revolution. Yes
Sufficient Unto The Day 2017- 1797 Jcink Play-By-Post A Regency-era rpg set in the East India Company-occupied city of Visakhapatnam during the British colonization of India. Yes
Tenderness Of The Heart 2017- 1812 Jcink Play-By-Post A Regency-era rpg set in the city of London during the Napoleonic Wars. Yes
Within The Winnoc Valley 2019- 1812 Proboards Play-By-Post A Regency-era rpg set in the Ravencarr during the Napoleonic Wars. Yes

Modern[edit]

Name Years active Based in Host Type Notes Website
Absinthe 2016- 1850 Jcink Play-By-Post A drama rpg set in the city of London, England during the Victorian-era. Yes
Del Fuego 2019- 1864 Jcink Play-By-Post An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Stevensville, Montana. Yes
Heart Of The West 2018- 1869 Jcink Play-By-Post An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Coalchapel, Wyoming. Yes
Shadows of the High Plains 2017- 1872 Jcink Play-By-Post An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Sherman, Wyoming. Yes
Circle the Wagons 2011-2016 1873 Jcink Play-By-Post An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Buffalo Creek, Colorado. Yes
Million Dollar Trail 2019- 1874 Jcink Play-By-Post An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Silverton, Colorado. Yes
Sagas of the Wild West 2019- 1875 Self hosted Play-By-Post An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Kalispell, Montana. Yes
Home on the Prairie 2020- 1878 Self-hosted Play-By-Post Rural everyday life and homesteading in the Old West. Set in a fictionalized Burns, a small rural village in south-west Minnesota. Yes
Moorland Manor 2016- 1899 Jcink Play-By-Post A horror rpg set in the fictional village of Madsmoor, England during the Victorian-era. Yes
Under the Big Top 2019- 1905 Jcink Play-By-Post An historical rpg which follows a fictional circus troupe during the early-20th century. Yes
Downstairs, Upstairs 2019- 1919 Jcink Play-By-Post A drama rpg set in the fictional village of Downton, England during Interwar Britain-era. Yes
By The Gun 2018- 1924 Jcink Play-By-Post An organized crime rpg set in the fictional town of Roscoe, New Jersey during the Prohibition-era. Yes
Swamp Fever 2014- 1924 Jcink Play-By-Post A supernatural rpg set in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana during the Prohibition-era. Yes
Remains 2019- 1940 Jcink Play-By-Post An historical rpg set in World War II during the German occupation of the Channel Islands (Guernsey). Yes
Dreamland 2017- 1957 Jcink Play-By-Post A sci-fi rpg set in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1950s. Yes