Polaris (role-playing game)

At least three role-playing games are called "Polaris".

"Polaris" (1997)

"Polaris" (published in 1997) is a French-language post-apocalyptic undersea role-playing game written by Philippe Tessier and published by Halloween Concepts. [cite web|url=http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/alphabetical/P-Q.html|title=RPG Encyclopedia] The game will soon be released in its third edition by Blackbook Editions. This edition is not equivalent to the third edition that could be found at one time on the Internet.

"Polaris" (2004)

"Polaris" (published in 2004) is a science fiction indie role-playing game originally developed in 1992 by Sean Dobes. The game is set in and around the Polaris star system and features a cartoon-like and humorous environment.

"Polaris: Chivalric Tragedy at Utmost North"

"Polaris: Chivalric Tragedy at Utmost North" (2005) is an indie role-playing gamecite web| url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13254.phtml|title=Polaris (Review)|last=Holter|first=Matthijs| publisher=RPGnet |year=2007|accessdate=2007-09-28] written by Ben Lehman and published by These Are Our Games. "Polaris" is a collaborative roleplaying game, and as such differs from many role-playing games in that there is no single "game master". A player's "opposition" is controlled by the other players in the game.

"Polaris" won the Indie RPG "Award for Innovation" (2005) [cite web|url=http://www.rpg-awards.com/2005/most_innovate.shtml|title=Innovation in a Roleplaying Game, 2005|publisher=Indie RPG Awards|accessdate=2007-09-28] and Indie RPG "Game of the Year Award" (2005) [cite web|url=http://www.rpg-awards.com/2005/game_of_year.shtml|title=Independent Game of the Year, 2005|publisher=Indie RPG Awards|accessdate=2007-09-28] , was "Runner up" for "Best Support" (2005) [cite web|url=http://www.rpg-awards.com/2005/best_support.shtml|title=Best Support for a Game or Supplement, 2005|publisher=Indie RPG Awards|accessdate=2007-09-28] and "Best Production" (2005) [cite web|url=http://www.rpg-awards.com/2005/best_production.shtml|title=Best Production in a Game or Supplement, 2005|publisher=Indie RPG Awards|accessdate=2007-09-28] , and was also "Runner Up" for the Outie Award "Best Sui Generis RPG" (2005). [cite web|url=http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=178|title=2005: Legends of the Fall|last=Hite|first=Kenneth|publisher=GamingReport.com|year=2006|accessdate=2007-09-28]

References

External links

* [http://polarisrpg.com Official site for "Polaris" (2004)]
* [http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?page_id=230 Official site for "Polaris: Chivalric Tragedy at the Utmost North" (2005)]