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|2016-
|2016-
|1159
|1159
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An alternate history rpg set in 12th-century Medieval England during "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchy The Anarchy]" in which the throne of Henry II has fallen to the late King Stephen’s son Eustace I.
|An alternate history rpg set in 12th-century Medieval England during "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchy The Anarchy]" in which the throne of Henry II has fallen to the late King Stephen’s son Eustace I.
|[http://medievalengland.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://medievalengland.jcink.net/ Yes]
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|2019-
|2019-
|1509
|1509
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An alternate history rpg set in 16th-century Tudor England.
|An alternate history rpg set in 16th-century Tudor England.
|[https://loyaltybindsus.jcink.net/index.php Yes]
|[https://loyaltybindsus.jcink.net/index.php Yes]
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|2018-
|2018-
|1546
|1546
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An alternate history rpg set in 16th-century Medieval England in which the Tudor Dynasty and the Arthurian legends co-exist.
|An alternate history rpg set in 16th-century Medieval England in which the Tudor Dynasty and the Arthurian legends co-exist.
|[http://untobritannia.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://untobritannia.jcink.net/ Yes]
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|2018-
|2018-
|1582
|1582
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A fantasy rpg set in 16th-century Feudal Japan during the Warring States period.
|A fantasy rpg set in 16th-century Feudal Japan during the Warring States period.
|[http://setsunai.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://setsunai.jcink.net/ Yes]
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|2018-
|2018-
|1720
|1720
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A Regency-era rpg set in the West Indies during the "Golden Age of Piracy". Sequel to the popular long-running "[http://beforethemast.jcink.net/ Before the Mast]".
|A Regency-era rpg set in the West Indies during the "Golden Age of Piracy". Sequel to the popular long-running "[http://beforethemast.jcink.net/ Before the Mast]".
|[http://caribbeandawn1720.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://caribbeandawn1720.jcink.net/ Yes]
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|2019-
|2019-
|1766
|1766
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A Regency-era rpg set in the American colonies during the French and Indian War.
|A Regency-era rpg set in the American colonies during the French and Indian War.
|[http://roarofthewarcry.proboards.com/ Yes]
|[http://roarofthewarcry.proboards.com/ Yes]
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|2016-
|2016-
|1793
|1793
|phpBB
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|phpBB
|A Regency-era rpg set in the Italian city-state of Venice during the French Revolution.
|A Regency-era rpg set in the Italian city-state of Venice during the French Revolution.
|[http://venicerp.com/ Yes]
|[http://venicerp.com/ Yes]
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|2017-
|2017-
|1797
|1797
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A Regency-era rpg set in the East India Company-occupied city of Visakhapatnam during the British colonization of India.
|A Regency-era rpg set in the East India Company-occupied city of Visakhapatnam during the British colonization of India.
|[http://untotheday.jcink.net/index.php?act=idx Yes]
|[http://untotheday.jcink.net/index.php?act=idx Yes]
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|2017-
|2017-
|1812
|1812
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A Regency-era rpg set in the city of London during the Napoleonic Wars.
|A Regency-era rpg set in the city of London during the Napoleonic Wars.
|[http://toth.jcink.net/index.php?showuser=1 Yes]
|[http://toth.jcink.net/index.php?showuser=1 Yes]
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|2019-
|2019-
|1812
|1812
|Proboards
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Proboards
|A Regency-era rpg set in the  Ravencarr during the Napoleonic Wars.
|A Regency-era rpg set in the  Ravencarr during the Napoleonic Wars.
|[http://winnocvalley.proboards.com/ Yes]
|[http://winnocvalley.proboards.com/ Yes]
|-
|Romantic Ideals
|2025-
|1834
|Group IO
|Play-By-Post
|A late Regency-era rpg set in England soon the begin of the early Victorian period.
|[http://romanticregencyrpg.pbworks.com/ Yes]
|}
|}


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|2016-
|2016-
|1850
|1850
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|A drama rpg set in the city of London, England during the Victorian-era.
|[http://absinthe.jcink.net/ Yes]
|-
|Del Fuego
|2019-
|1864
|Jcink
|Jcink
|A drama rpg set in the fictional city of London, England during the Victorian-era.
|Play-By-Post
|[http://absinthe.jcink.net/ Yes]
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Stevensville, Montana.
|[https://ofthefire.jcink.net/ Yes]
|-
|-
|Heart Of The West
|Heart Of The West
|2018-
|2018-
|1869
|1869
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Coalchapel, Wyoming.
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Coalchapel, Wyoming.
|[http://heartofthewest.jcink.net/index.php?showuser=1 Yes]
|[http://heartofthewest.jcink.net/index.php?showuser=1 Yes]
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|2017-
|2017-
|1872
|1872
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Sherman, Wyoming.
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Sherman, Wyoming.
|[http://sohp.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://sohp.jcink.net/ Yes]
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|2011-2016 <!-- August 2016 -->
|2011-2016 <!-- August 2016 -->
|1873
|1873
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Buffalo Creek, Colorado.
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Buffalo Creek, Colorado.
|[http://circlethewagons.b1.jcink.com/ Yes]
|[http://circlethewagons.b1.jcink.com/ Yes]
|-
|Million Dollar Trail
|2019-
|1874
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|An Old West rpg set in the fictional town of Silverton, Colorado.
|[http://milliondollartrail.jcink.net/ 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.
|[https://www.sagaswildwest.com/ 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.
|[https://hiddenkiss.net/west Yes]
|-
|-
|Moorland Manor
|Moorland Manor
|2016-
|2016-
|1899
|1899
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A horror rpg set in the fictional village of Madsmoor, England during the Victorian-era.
|A horror rpg set in the fictional village of Madsmoor, England during the Victorian-era.
|[http://www.tatterdemalion.org/moorland/index.php Yes]
|[http://www.tatterdemalion.org/moorland/index.php 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.
|[https://runawaytocircus.jcink.net/ Yes]
|-
|-
|Downstairs, Upstairs
|Downstairs, Upstairs
|2019-
|2019-
|1919
|1919
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A drama rpg set in the fictional village of Downton, England during Interwar Britain-era.
|A drama rpg set in the fictional village of Downton, England during Interwar Britain-era.
|[http://downup.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://downup.jcink.net/ Yes]
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|2018-
|2018-
|1924
|1924
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|An organized crime rpg set in the fictional town of Roscoe, New Jersey during the Prohibition-era.
|An organized crime rpg set in the fictional town of Roscoe, New Jersey during the Prohibition-era.
|[http://bythegunrp.jcink.net/index.php?act=idx Yes]
|[http://bythegunrp.jcink.net/index.php?act=idx Yes]
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|2014-
|2014-
|1924
|1924
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A supernatural rpg set in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana during the Prohibition-era.
|A supernatural rpg set in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana during the Prohibition-era.
|[http://swampfever.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx Yes]
|[http://swampfever.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx 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).
|[http://behindenemylines.jcink.net/ Yes]
|-
|-
|Dreamland
|Dreamland
|2017-
|2017-
|1957
|1957
|Jcink
|Play-By-Post
|Play-By-Post
|Jcink
|A sci-fi rpg set in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1950s.
|A sci-fi rpg set in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1950s.
|[http://dreamlandlasvegas.jcink.net/ Yes]
|[http://dreamlandlasvegas.jcink.net/ Yes]
|}
|}
[[Category:Lists]]

Latest revision as of 19:21, 1 January 2026

This is a list of historical role-playing games.

List[edit]

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
Romantic Ideals 2025- 1834 Group IO Play-By-Post A late Regency-era rpg set in England soon the begin of the early Victorian period. 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
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