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24 alternatives to Role

A storytelling party game

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Role launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hello Tech Pros: Picking a Genre and System for Your Roleplaying Game▲54

   Part 3 of creating a new RPG campaign

   2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Storium▲69

   Online Storytelling Game

   2014 · storium.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Story!▲64

   Community Driven Story Writing

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Quest▲56

   An old-school, hand-drawn RPG

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hello Tech Pros: 10 Business Lessons Learned in Role Playing Games▲54

   Tabletop to board room

   2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hello Tech Pros: Developing an Epic D&D Campaign Story▲61

   Like writing a series of adventure books

   2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Fable Legends▲62

   Free-to-play cooperative action role-playing

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Crew▲81

   Private, Group Storytelling

   2014 · crewapp.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Studio▲124

   Roleplaying based messaging app

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · gridland.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Strife▲56

    A MOBA with an actual story

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Taleship▲73

    Write stories with your friends, taking turns like a game!

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

    A conversation-based narrative game

    2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sorcery! 4▲70

    An interactive story with thousands of choices!

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Interlude▲81

    "New world of storytelling" - with interactive videos

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Twine▲71

    Make your own narrative-based games

    2014 · twinery.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Game Writing▲73

    Narrative Skills for Videogames

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Adventure Time: Battle Party▲58

    Adventure Time MOBA

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Weaver▲92

    Share stories with character

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hello Tech Pros: Cultural Inspirations For Your D&D Homebrew▲64

    Part 5 in our RPG series

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Plot Shift▲64

    Collaborative storytelling

    2014 · plotshift.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    FranknJohn▲55

    Head-smashing action RPG

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    StoryTime.us▲87

    Create stories told one line at a time

    2014 · its alternatives →

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