This new edition adds new games from 2017-2019, but the goal of this project was never to keep up with recent releases. Still, I’m very critical of its shortcomings, which led to this update.Įxpanding the book – and the video game canon It was Eurogamer’s Editor’s Choice, calling it “The New Standard”, and was featured on many websites, videos and podcasts! Hell, we even have a team of volunteers doing a Chinese translation of the book! (BTW, they’re looking for Traditional Chinese volunteers) Overall, I’m extremely happy and grateful for everything that happened – I met a lot of amazing people, the PDF got over 160,000 downloads and the physical book raised £20.992 for charity!Īnd people are also happy with it – look at the reviews on Goodreads!

It’s been now eight years since that poll at the RPG Codex to determine “the best RPGs ever”, which then became a massive list with 72 RPGs, until evolving into a book with over 400 titles.

You can freely download it here: DOWNLOAD THE CRPG BOOK PDFĮight years. The CRPG Book Expanded Edition brings 152 pages extra pages, 56 new game reviews, several new articles, a lot of revised content and a glorious cover art gallery! The total: 680 pages! Thanks again everyone who came along, this book would've been impossible without all of you. Will still work with Bitmap Books on making a printed version in the future, but they're full until 2023, so if you notice any huge issues please tell me and I'll 'patch' the book in the meanwhile. There's still things I would've liked to add, like a section showing what an AMIGA or a C64 looked and played liked, but hardware is not my forte and there's better sources on that already.Īs such, I'm now satisfied, this will be the last version of the book. Now there's a nice 10-page timeline on them. Not having anything about MUDs, Online RPGs and MMORPGs. Missing non-English games that were never translated, from French-only Ubisoft RPGs like Fer & Flamme to Turkey's İstanbul Efsaneleri and the massive Chinese & Korean scenes. Missing important games like Adventure Construction Set, Dragon Wars, SpellForce and Boiling Point. Huge thanks to all the Codexers than helped with this, this expanded edition is something I've been working in the past 2-3 years, to address most issues I had with the original book.

Now with 680 pages and 56 new reviews, with the help of many new faces, including Mandalore!

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