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* Evil Genius Games' ''Everyday Heroes'' RPG (a remake/update of TabletopGame/D20Modern using the mechanics of Fifth Edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'') has multiple licensed mini-settings/rules expansions for films including ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', ''Film/UniversalSoldier'', ''Film/PacificRim'', ''Film/TheCrow'', ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' and ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. They also have announced others to come late in 2023 including ''Film/FirstBlood'', plus additional adventures in the settings.

* ''Skyfarer'' is a short RPG from Rowan, Rook and Decard, based on the ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' setting.

* ''Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game'', based on ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', was the first pen-and-paper RPG to use UsefulNotes/{{dice}} pools.

** ''TabletopGame/SandyPetersensCthulhuMythos'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}}-funded setting for ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition 5th Edition]] from Petersen Games.

* Paizo published the ''The World of Vampire Hunter D'' supplement for the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' roleplaying game as one of the Website/{{Kickstarter}} stretch goals for the ''Literature/VampireHunterD: Message from Mars'' campaign.

* Ravendesk Games used Website/{{Kickstarter}} to fund ''Herald: Lovecraft & Tesla the Tabletop Roleplaying Game'' based on ''ComicBook/HeraldLovecraftAndTesla'' series from Action Lab Comics.

* ''Legendlore'' for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/legendlore-rpg-setting-for-5th-edition-fantasy-roleplaying-0 funded supplement]] based on ''ComicBook/TheRealm''.

* ''Nahual'' is a ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' funded game based on ''ComicBook/OperacionBolivar'' by Creator/EdgarClement using ''MediaNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse''.

* Paizo published the ''Niobe'' supplement for ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' as one of the stretch goals for the Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''ComicBook/NiobeSheIsLife'' by Creator/AmandlaStenberg.

* Margaret Weis Productions' ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' is a Cortex System game based on Creator/DeadGentlemenProductions' ''Demon Hunters'' and ''Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake'' films. A MediaNotes/{{FATE}} game called ''Demon Hunters: A Comedy of Terrors'' waas funded through Website/{{Kickstarter}}.

* ''Wet Hot American Summer: Fantasy Camp'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game where you play as campers or counsellors at Camp Firewood from ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' published by Devastator Press.

* ''Camp Myth: The RPG'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded RPG based on ''Literature/CampMyth'' by Chris Lewis Carter using a modified version of Third Eye Games' Pip System, called "Mythic Pips".

* Arion Games used Website/{{Kickstarter}} to fund ''Crown & Dragon RPG'' for ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' based on ''For the Crown and the Dragon'' by Creator/StephenHunt.

** ''ComicBook/LittleFearsCthulhusTales'' ComicBook and {{Sourcebook}} for Mythos to use with ''TabletopGame/LittleFears'' was [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hirukoa/little-fears-cthulhus-tales funded]] through Website/{{Kickstarter}}.
** ''Raiders of R'lyeh'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} game that uses a variant of the system used in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.

** ''[=DemonWars=]: Reformation'' was funded through ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' with its own custom system and released in 2014.

* A Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign was held for [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1169263915/destiny-aurora-starfinder-sci-fi-rpg a supplement]] based on the ''Literature/DestinyAurora'' books and comic books for use with ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}''.

* Goodman Games [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/dcc-rpg-fred-saberhagens-empire-of-the-east used]] ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' to fund an ''Literature/EmpireOfTheEast'' sourcebook for their ''TabletopGame/DungeonCrawlClassics'' line.

** Goodman Games funded ''DCC Lankhmar'' through ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' as part of their ''TabletopGame/DungeonCrawlClassics'' line.

* Chris Fox used ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' to fund ''The Magitech Chronicles Roleplaying Game'' in 2020 based on his ''Literature/MagitechChronicles'' series.

* The ''Powder Mage Roleplaying Game'' based on ''Literature/ThePowderMageTrilogy'' using the ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' system was funded through ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}''.
* ''Punktown: A Setting Book for Call of Cthulhu and Basic Roleplaying'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded supplement that adapts Jeffrey Thomas' ''Literature/{{Punktown}}''.

* Battlefield Press, Inc. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/battlefieldpress/terry-mancours-spellmonger held a]] Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''Literature/TheSpellmongerSeries'' setting books for use with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' or ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds''.

* Ravendesk Games funded a RPG based on ''Literature/{{Vurt}}'' through Website/{{Kickstarter}} using the ''TabletopGame/{{Cypher}}'' System.

** Gallant Knight Games funded ''Zorro: The Roleplaying Game'' through Website/{{Kickstarter}} using the second edition of West End Games D6 system.

* ''Devil's Run Roleplaying Game'' from Red Scar Publishing is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game for ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' and 2d20 based on Word Forge Games' ''TabletopGame/DevilsRun'' vehicular combat board game.

* ''Kings of War The Roleplaying Game'' from Red Scar Publishing is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game based on Creator/ManticGames' ''TabletopGame/KingsOfWar'' strategy game.

* A Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikegnade/maximum-apocalypse-rpg was held]] for an RPG based on ''TabletopGame/MaximumApocalypse'' using a [=d100=] percentage system.

* Dice Up Games' ''The North Sea Epilogues: A Roleplaying Game'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game set in the viking-era setting of Garphill Games' ''TabletopGame/NorthSeaTrilogy'' BoardGames.

* Magpie Games held a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to fund ''Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game'' set in the world of Creator/LederGames' ''TabletopGame/{{Root}}: A Game of Woodland Might and Right'' BoardGame.

* Happy Games Factory used Website/{{Kickstarter}} to fund ''Stygmata'' set in the world of their PostApocalyptic ''TabletopGame/{{Eden}}'' skirmish game.

* ''Zombicide Chronicles: The Roleplaying Game'' was [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/zombicide-2nd-edition funded]] as part of Creator/{{CMON}}'s Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''TabletopGame/{{Zombicide}}: 2nd Edition''.

* ''ADOM Roleplaying Game'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thomas-biskup/the-adom-ancient-domains-of-mystery-roleplaying-ga funded]] game based on ''VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery''

* Metal Weave Games held a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''Hyper Light Drifter: Tabletop Role-Playing Game'' based ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter''.
* A Hole in the Ground Terrain & Games used Website/{{Kickstarter}} to fund books based on ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheAncients'' for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition''.

* ''Unwritten: Adventures in the Ages of Myst and Beyond'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game using a version of the MediaNotes/{{FATE}} system that emphasis investigation and puzzle solving over combat to emulate the gameplay of the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series.

* ''The Fallen Veil'' setting from ''Webcomic/TableTitans'' has been used for the Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded adventures, ''The Terror of Haverford'' and ''Lake of Shadows''.

* ''The Magical Land of Yeld'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game about children who pass through a mysterious door and find themselves trapped in the fantasy world of Yeld from ''Webcomic/ModestMedusa''.

* ''Witchcraft: Magic of Hereva'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded supplement for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' based on ''Webcomic/PepperAndCarrot''.

* Creator/GreenRonin funded a RPG based on the ''Lost Citadel'' transmedia project through Website/{{Kickstarter}}.

* ''[[Franchise/EvilDead Army of Darkness]]'' got a UsefulNotes/{{Unisystem}} RPG.

* ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Unisystem}}, based on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The same company also released a roleplaying game for ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

* Eden Studios started developing a game based on ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' using their UsefulNotes/{{Unisystem}} but due to licensing issues, only a preview was released.

* ''Ghosts of Albion Roleplaying Game'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Unisystem}}, based on the ''WesternAnimation/GhostsOfAlbion'' animated films and books.

** ''TabletopGame/EldritchSkies'', a science fiction game for UsefulNotes/{{Unisystem}} and ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds''.

** ''TabletopGame/TrailOfCthulhu'', an investigation based game using the TabletopGame/{{GUMSHOE}} system.

* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo: The Roleplaying Game'' published by Evil Hat Productions using the UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} system.

* ''Nahual'' is a ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' funded game based on ''ComicBook/OperacionBolivar'' by Creator/EdgarClement using ''UsefulNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse''.

* ''Starblazer Adventures'' and it's fantasy based sequel, ''Legends of Anglerre'' are ''UsefulNotes/{{FATE}}'' based games published by Creator/Cubicle7 based on the British anthology ''ComicBook/{{Starblazer}}''.

* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' has ''Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game'' by Gold Rush Games, using the Instant Fuzion game system and ''Usagi Yojimbo: Role-Playing Game'' by Creator/SanguineGames, using a variant of the Cardinal system used in ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'' with the second edition using UsefulNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse.

* Margaret Weis Productions' ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' is a Cortex System game based on Creator/DeadGentlemenProductions' ''Demon Hunters'' and ''Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake'' films. A UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} game called ''Demon Hunters: A Comedy of Terrors'' waas funded through Website/{{Kickstarter}}.

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' got a UsefulNotes/{{FUDGE}} based RPG [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toyvaultinc/the-princess-bride-roleplaying-game fully funded through Kickstarter in 2018]].

* ''Casting The Runes'' is a supernatural investigation TabletopGame/{{GUMSHOE}} game from Design Mechanism based on the ghost stories and tales of the supernatural by Creator/MontagueRhodesJames.

** ''Tremulus'' is a ''UsefulNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse'' adaptation.

** ''The Deryni Adventure Game'' published by Grey Ghost Games using the ''UsefulNotes/{{FUDGE}}'' rules.

* The ''Gaean Reach'' setting of the Creator/JackVance books has been adapted as ''The Gaean Reach'' by Pelgrane Press using the TabletopGame/{{GUMSHOE}} system.

** ''Heroes of Oz'' for UsefulNotes/{{Fudge}}

* ''The Ministry Initiative'' is Galileo Games's UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} game set the world of ''Literature/TheMinistryOfPeculiarOccurrences'' by Creator/TeeMorris and Creator/PipBallantine.

* ''Wearing the Cape: The Roleplaying Game'', a UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} game based on ''Literature/WearingTheCape''.

* ''Uprising: the Dystopian Universe Roleplaying Game'' is a UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} game set in the same universe as ''TabletopGame/TheResistance'', ''TabletopGame/{{Coup}}'', and ''TabletopGame/OneNightRevolution'' from Indie Boards & Cards.
* ''TabletopGame/WarOfAshesFateOfAgaptus'' is Evil Hat Productions's UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} game based on the ''TabletopGame/WarOfAshesShieldwall'' strategy game.

* There exists a ''UsefulNotes/{{Fudge}}''-based [[http://www.oocities.org/krys_allokard/02FullThrottle/download.html fan-made RPG adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'', of all games.

* ''Unwritten: Adventures in the Ages of Myst and Beyond'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded game using a version of the UsefulNotes/{{FATE}} system that emphasis investigation and puzzle solving over combat to emulate the gameplay of the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series.

* ''Broken World'' was developed by Tom Parkinson-Morgan based on his ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' using the UsefulNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse system and released via his Patreon.

* The humorous [=RPG=] parody ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' had UsefulNotes/D20System books based on it published by Creator/SteveJacksonGames. A supplement was also published for ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}''.

* ''Big Bang Comics Role-Playing Game'' published by Pisces All Media in 2006 based on the ''ComicBook/BigBangComics'' series using a modified version of the UsefulNotes/D20System.

** Mongoose Publishing released two editions of ''The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game'', the first one using the UsefulNotes/D20System (used on Third Edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'') and the second one using its own version of the ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' system before losing the license.

* ''Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes'' created by Mongoose Publishing based on ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}'' using the UsefulNotes/D20System and a later version using rules based on ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest''.
* ''[=SnarfQuest=] RPG Worldbook'' by Elmore Productions Inc adapts ''ComicStrip/SnarfQuest'' for the ''UsefulNotes/D20System''.

* Mongoose Publishing released the official ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' Roleplaying Game, using the UsefulNotes/D20System that was employed on the Third Edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Interestingly, the game was an ''official'' PatchworkFic, using the ''WesternAnimation/RoughnecksStarshipTroopersChronicles'' cartoon as a baseline and grabbing from the film and original novel liberally for additional details (for example, the version of the Mobile Infantry that appears on the movie was designated as "Light Infantry" in the game and justified as people going accelerated training in order to bolster the Mobile Infantry's numbers for the Klendathu assault--the book's "Cap Infantry" then becomes the power-armored soldiers from the cartoon, who could specialize in heavier power armor (the book's "metal gorillas", represented by the cartoon's MiniMecha and two heavier power armor variants that were added later on).

* ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'' had a campaign setting book using the UsefulNotes/D20System published by Green Ronin Publishing as part of their Mythic Vistas line.

** ''Conan: The Roleplaying Game'', by Mongoose Publishing using a custom adaptation of the UsefulNotes/D20System in 2004.

** Fast Forward Entertainment published ''R.A. Salvatore's Demon Wars Campaign Setting'' for the UsefulNotes/D20System in 2003.

** Creator/{{Chaosium}} published ''TabletopGame/{{Stormbringer}}'' (the fourth edition was called ''Elric'') based on using their ''Basic Role-Playing'' system. They also published a ''BRP'' game based on the ''[[Literature/TheHistoryOfTheRunestaff Hawkmoon]]'' books which also part of the ''Eternal Champion'' setting. Chaosium also published a version of the RPG using the ''UsefulNotes/D20System'' called ''Dragon Lords of Melniboné''.

** ''A Game of Thrones'', designed to be usable with UsefulNotes/D20System and the Tri-Stat dX system by Guardians of Order.

** Creator/GreenRonin published their a UsefulNotes/{{d20|System}} adaptation in the 2000s.

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime UsefulNotes/{{d20|System}}'', published by Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast, contained extensive information on the ''Wheel of Time'' setting as a whole.

** Mongoose Publishing's RPG, first and second edition using the UsefulNotes/D20System and short-lived "third edition" using Mongoose's own version of the ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' system.

* ''Farscape Roleplaying Game'' published by Alderac Entertainment Group based on ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' using the UsefulNotes/D20System.

* ''Jeremiah: The Roleplaying Game'' published by Mongoose Publishing based on ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'' using the UsefulNotes/D20System.

** ''Prime Directive'' that is based on the setting of ''TabletopGame/StarFleetBattles'' strategy tabletop game which differs from the core setting due to licensing issues and the nature of the game. ''Prime Directive'' started out with its own system, but was later adapted for use with ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'', ''UsefulNotes/D20System'' and ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' systems.

* Creator/WhiteWolf published games based on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' and ''VideoGame/EverQuestII'' under it's Sword and Sorcery Studios imprint using rules based on the UsefulNotes/D20System.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has a pretty interesting history with this trope: back in 2008 Glutton Creeper Games was hired to create the official ''Fallout'' RPG using the UsefulNotes/D20System, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a last-minute legal struggle between Bethesda and Interplay]] means that the game had to [[SerialNumbersFiledOff remove all explicit "Fallout" references]] and change the 1950s feel to a 1970's BMovie theme then released as ''TabletopGame/{{Exodus}}''. Creator/ModiphiusEntertainment then went on to release an official RPG as a rules expansion for its ''Fallout: Wasteland Warfare'' miniatures game in 2019 and a separate pen & paper RPG using the [=2d20=] system for 2020.

* Mongoose Publishing released the official ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' Roleplaying Game, using the UsefulNotes/D20System that was employed on the Third Edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Interestingly, the game was an ''official'' PatchworkFic, using the ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopers'' cartoon as a baseline and grabbing from the film and original novel liberally for additional details (for example, the version of the Mobile Infantry that appears on the movie was designated as "Light Infantry" in the game and justified as people going accelerated training in order to bolster the Mobile Infantry's numbers for the Klendathu assault--the book's "Cap Infantry" then becomes the power-armored soldiers from the cartoon, who could specialize in heavier power armor (the book's "metal gorillas", represented by the cartoon's MiniMecha and two heavier power armor variants that were added later on).

* ''Chi-Chian: The Roleplaying Game'' based on the on the ''ComicBook/ChiChian'' comic books and animated web series.

** ''TabletopGame/SandyPetersensCthulhuMythos'' is a Website/{{Kickstarter}}-funded setting for ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' 1st Edition and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'' from Petersen Games.

* ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}: Revelations'' is an upcoming role-playing game by Creator/ModiphiusEntertainment, with a yet-unknown release date (as of the time of this writing -- the company has said they will provide a specific time frame in 2020) and using the company's propietary [=2d20=] system.

* Magpie Games held a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to fund ''Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game'' set in the world of Leder Games' ''TabletopGame/{{Root}}: A Game of Woodland Might and Right'' BoardGame.

* Evil Genius Games' ''Everyday Heroes'' RPG (a remake/update of TabletopGame/D20Modern using the mechanics of Fifth Edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'') has multiple licensed mini-settings/rules expansions for films including ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', ''Film/UniversalSoldier'', ''Film/PacificRim'', ''Film/TheCrow'', ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' and ''Film/TotalRecall1987''. They also have announced others to come late in 2023 including ''Film/RamboFirstBlood'', plus additional adventures in the settings.

* ''TabletopGame/OkoYrrhedesa''