Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Magic systems go hand and hand with most RPGs, or at least the ones that are based on fantasy adventures. For example, it can make all the difference in unlocking a new spell in classic games like ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

The last five years have seen a tremendous resurgence of role-playing games, from the turn-based masterpieces of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, to the action-packed Final Fantasy 7 ...

The best RPGs with town management offer some cosy respite after you risk life and limb to save the world. In these kinds of games, building and running a town isn’t the central element of a game like ...

The '90s was an excellent decade for role-playing games, not just in terms of real-time action RPGs, but especially when it came to turn-based gameplay experiences. From fantasy RPGs continuing to ...

The past few years have felt like an embarrassment of riches when it comes to RPGs, and so expectations were high going into 2025. Thankfully, the last 12 months certainly lived up to such a bar.

Defining a role-playing game in 2025 is more complicated than it’s ever been. Pretty much every game has RPG elements these days, so if you squint hard enough, you can make the case for a lot of games ...

The long-delayed Level-5 RPG Decapolice may finally see a 2026 release. Originally planned for 2023, the game has you play as a newcomer detective named Harvard. In turn-based battles, he takes down ...