RPGs I Played: 1983-2003
Monday, May 17, 2010
Making the GO PLAY game list the other day got me thinking about all the RPGs I've ever played. So, I made a list (151 games counted so far). Jonathan Walton (rightly) said that the list was no good until I made an infographic for it, so that's what I did.
It was a real challenge fitting them all in there. And that's only 59 games! I think I'll need a new format for the 2003 - Present graphic, which is 92 games.
So, what about you? I know some of you are making your own lists. I'd love to see them.
Labels: rpg theory
10 Comments:
Wow. Did you just freehand that in Illustrator or something? Also, if radius is years played, does the portion of the circumference indicate how much you played a game in that year?
The Polar Grid tool is my friend. And yes.
As prophecied.
Now you need to make an online tool that will produce a similar graphic based on users entering their Games Played data.
That's beautiful! I don't understand what one quanta of game or its relative position within a given year represents, though.
Yeah, that's because it's a very sloppy chart. :)
I just sort of eyeballed the number of units a given game got, based on my very rough recollection of playing the game "a lot" or whatever in that year. The relative positions are a result of fitting issues. It would be cool if the quadrants of the circle meant something, though.
Okay, at first, looking at the thumbnail, I was like "wha-what?" but when I looked at the full size thing it conveys a surprising amount of information easily. Neat.
Um, also, I found it interesting that HERO system was played for so long but was rated as "not very influential", whereas the other long running games were at least green.
Ha! I made my own: http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/fairplay/2010/05/18/thank-john-harper/
Did the Fudge portion include Force 9? :)
It's interesting to see how some less-influential games got played a lot (Gamma World) or for a long time (Hero), and some super influential games got played only briefly (Puppetland, Pandemonium, Nexus, Toon, Amber, Prince Valiant, Riddle of Steel).
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