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* ''Dangerous Journeys'' (1992), A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left Creator/{{TSR}}. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.

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* ''Dangerous Journeys'' (1992), A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left Creator/{{TSR}}. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.audience.
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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' (1987), A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as ''Traveller:2300'' which made it sound like a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other. It was set in the same background as ''Twilight 2000'', though the two rules systems were not compatible.

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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' (1987), A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] science fiction roleplaying game. Originally advertised as ''Traveller:2300'' which made it sound like a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other. It was set in the same background as ''Twilight 2000'', though the two rules systems were not compatible.

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Game Designer's Workshop was a company that made TabletopGames from its founding in 1973 to its closing in 1996. Their most well-known products are the role-playing games ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' and ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000''.

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Game Designer's Workshop was a company that made TabletopGames from its founding in 1973 to its closing in 1996. Their most well-known products are the role-playing games ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' and ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000''.
''TabletopGame/Twilight2000''. They were also notable for their sheer volume of products, shipping something new on the average every twenty-two days.


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* ''{{Harpoon}}'' (1982), the pen and paper simulator of Modern Naval Warfare, that started the long running computer game series.
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* ''Command Decision'': A UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo wargame
** ''Combined Arms'': A GaidenGame set in the modern era
** Both were supported by ''Command Post Quarerly'', part 'Zine, part [[{{Splat}} Splatbook]], it had articles on 20th Century warfare, unit tables of organization and stats for vehicles.
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* ''TabletopGame/Space1889'' (1988), An early Steampunk RPG, along with related board games:[[/index]]
** ''Sky Galleons of Mars'' (1988), A board game of combat between fleets of Victorian airships. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Often on Mars]].

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* ''TabletopGame/Space1889'' (1988), An early Steampunk RPG, along with related board games:[[/index]]
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** ''Sky [[/index]]''Sky Galleons of Mars'' (1988), A board game of combat between fleets of Victorian airships. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Often on Mars]].

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' (1977), one of the first science-fiction [=RPGs=], and related projects:

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* ''TabletopGame/Space1889'' (1988), An early Steampunk RPG, along with related board games:

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* ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' (1990), RPG based on ''ComicBook/XenozoicTales'' using rules based on ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000''.
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* ''Dangerous Journeys'' (1992), A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.

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* ''Dangerous Journeys'' (1992), A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR.Creator/{{TSR}}. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.
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* ''En Garde!'' (1975), GDW's first RPG. Swashbuckling dueling in 17th century Paris. It was often played by mail.
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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as Traveller:2300 which made it sound like a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other.
** ''Star Cruiser'': Extended space combat rules.
* ''Dangerous Journeys'': A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.
* ''Dark Conspiracy'': A horror RPG set in the near future.
* ''Imperium'': A board game about a war between an old, decaying Empire and a bright upstart Federation. Was incorporated into the backstory for ''Traveller''.
* ''TabletopGame/Space1889''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', one of the first science-fiction [=RPGs=], and related projects:
** ''Striker'': Additional rules for miniatures combat.
** ''Azhanti High Lightning'': Personal combat aboard the eponymous CoolStarship. Included rules for using them in the ''Traveller'' RPG.
** And several more, until GDW's demise in 1996.
* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'': Soldiers surviving in [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear]] Europe.
** ''Merc 2000'': an alternate timeline version of Twilight 2000, where World War III didn't happen.

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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': ''Triplanetary'' (1975), A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as Traveller:2300 which made it sound like a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other.
** ''Star Cruiser'': Extended
space combat rules.
* ''Dangerous Journeys'': A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR. The legal entanglements with TSR over this
wargame game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.
* ''Dark Conspiracy'': A horror RPG
set in the near future.
solar system.
* ''Imperium'': ''Imperium'' (1977), A board game about a war between an old, decaying Empire and a bright upstart Federation. Was It was incorporated into the backstory for ''Traveller''.
* ''TabletopGame/Space1889''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'',
''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' (1977), one of the first science-fiction [=RPGs=], and related projects:
** ''Striker'': Additional ''Mayday'' (1978), Expanded starship combat rules for miniatures combat.
''Traveller'', quite similar in some ways to ''Triplanetary''.
** ''Azhanti High Lightning'': Lightning'' (1980), Personal combat aboard the eponymous CoolStarship. Included rules for using them in the ''Traveller'' RPG.
** ''Dark Nebula'' (1980), A version of ''Imperium'' set during the border wars between the Imperium and Aslan.
** ''Fifth Frontier War'' (1981), A board game of the war between the Imperium and Zhodani, very similar to ''Imperium'' and ''Dark Nebula'' but set in the main campaign setting of the RPG, the Spinward Marches.
** ''Striker'' (1984), Additional rules for miniatures combat.
** And several more, more versions of the ''Traveller'' RPG and war games set in the same universe, until GDW's demise in 1996.
1996. ''Traveller'' was one of their most popular lines.
* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'': ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'' (1984), Soldiers surviving in [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear]] Europe.
Europe. This was probably GDW's second-most popular line, with two editions of the RPG and lots of adventures and sourcebooks.
** ''Merc 2000'': 2000'' (1991), an alternate timeline version of Twilight 2000, where World War III didn't happen.happen.
* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' (1987), A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as ''Traveller:2300'' which made it sound like a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other. It was set in the same background as ''Twilight 2000'', though the two rules systems were not compatible.
** ''Star Cruiser'' (1987), Extended space combat rules and scenarios for ''Traveller: 2300''.
* ''TabletopGame/Space1889'' (1988), An early Steampunk RPG, along with related board games:
** ''Sky Galleons of Mars'' (1988), A board game of combat between fleets of Victorian airships. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Often on Mars]].
* ''Dark Conspiracy'' (1991), A horror RPG set in a ScavengerWorld near future. It shares the 2nd edition ''Twilight 2000'' rules, along with some of the background of ''Merc 2000''.
* ''Dangerous Journeys'' (1992), A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.
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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other.]

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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as Traveller:2300 which made it sound like a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other.]



* ''Dangerous Journeys'': A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR.

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* ''Dangerous Journeys'': A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR. The legal entanglements with TSR over this game mean that it didn't have much of a chance at attracting an audience.



* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'': Soldiers surviving in [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear]] Europe.

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* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'': Soldiers surviving in [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear]] Europe.Europe.
** ''Merc 2000'': an alternate timeline version of Twilight 2000, where World War III didn't happen.
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Not to be confused with Creator/GamesWorkshop, but the latter did produce material for ''Traveller'' back in [[TheSeventies the]] [[TheEighties day]].

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Game Designer's Workshop was a company that made TabletopGames from its founding in 1973 to 1996. Their most well-known products are ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' and ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'', all of which are role-playing games, but they weren't an RPG company the way, for instance, TSR were- most of their games were boardgames and wargames.

!An incomplete list of games produced by GDW
* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as a spinoff of ''Traveller'', they had very little to do with each other.

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Game Designer's Workshop was a company that made TabletopGames from its founding in 1973 to its closing in 1996. Their most well-known products are the role-playing games ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' and ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'', all of which are role-playing games, but they weren't an RPG company the way, for instance, TSR were- most of their games were boardgames and wargames.

''TabletopGame/Twilight2000''.

!An incomplete list of games produced by GDW
GDW:
* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as a spinoff of ''Traveller'', though they had very little to do with each other.]
** ''Star Cruiser'': Extended space combat rules.
* ''Dangerous Journeys'': A short-lived fantasy RPG created by Creator/GaryGygax after he left TSR.
* ''Dark Conspiracy'': A horror RPG set in the near future.



* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' and its many spinoffs:

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' ''TabletopGme/Space1889''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', one of the first science-fiction [=RPGs=],
and its many spinoffs:related projects:



** ''Azhanti High Lightning'': Personal combat aboard the eponymous CoolStarship.

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** ''Azhanti High Lightning'': Personal combat aboard the eponymous CoolStarship. Included rules for using them in the ''Traveller'' RPG.
** And several more, until GDW's demise in 1996.
* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'': Soldiers surviving in [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear]] Europe.
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Game Designer's Workshop was a company that made TabletopGames from its founding in 1973 to 1996. Their most well-known products are ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' and ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'', all of which are role-playing games, but they weren't an RPG company the way, for instance, TSR were- most of their games were boardgames and wargames.

!An incomplete list of games produced by GDW
* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'': A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard SF]] roleplaying game. Originally advertised as a spinoff of ''Traveller'', they had very little to do with each other.
* ''Imperium'': A board game about a war between an old, decaying Empire and a bright upstart Federation. Was incorporated into the backstory for ''Traveller''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' and its many spinoffs:
** ''Striker'': Additional rules for miniatures combat.
** ''Azhanti High Lightning'': Personal combat aboard the eponymous CoolStarship.

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