The top five most successful/ popular rpgs of all time

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The top five most successful/ popular rpgs of all time

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What do you think they are?
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I think officially its clearly D&D. So do you mean what we personally think it should have been?
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K -I changed the question a bit.
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I'll give it a shot:

D&D
Rifts
Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
Warhammer Fantasy
Pathfinder
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Over all time I'd guess
D&D (all editions)
Pathfinder
Vampire - The Masquerade
GURPS
Traveller
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Hmm, I think I agree with your list more than my own.
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D&D
Traveller
Pathfinder
Runequest
Star Wars
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D&D
Pathfinder
Savage Worlds
Traveller
Shadowrun
Since its 20,000 I suggest "Captain Nemo" as his title. Beyond the obvious connection, he is one who sails on his own terms and ignores those he doesn't agree with...confident in his journey and goals.
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Well, how do you define success? Is it number of units sold? Is it percent of money earned based on investment? How successful a RPG product is will go by many different views of success. Popularity is something completely different and not tied to success. For example, D&D is most certainly the most popular D&D brand of all time, but I would wager it is not the most "successful."

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Meh. However you see it is fine. Perhaps popularity with players?
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1. Dungeons and Dragons (multiple editions)
2. Traveller (multiple editions)
3. Call of Cthulhu (multiple editions)
4. Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
5. Savage Worlds

Based on longevity, success, and fan enthusiasm. But I'm no expert.
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My votes would be for:

D&D - for obvious reasons
Vampire: The Masquerade - the impact of this game on the hobby when it came out was vast, in a lot of ways redefining what I considered role-playing to be
Pathfinder - the only RPG to beat D&D at its own game; granted, it was during the 4e era, which was a lot of D&D kneecapping itself before the race even got started
Shadowrun - a chocolate and peanut butter moment of fantasy and cyberpunk
Call of Cthulhu - probably the gold standard for horror RPGs
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