About R. Talsorian Games

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Company Histories

Founded in 1982, R.Talsorian is respected worldwide for its award winning products and impeccable graphic design. Its most famous product, Cyberpunk, lead the explosive entry of the dark future genre into roleplaying in 1987, and has continued to break new ground ever since as it moves into it's third edition. A richly textured world supported by a host of supplements, Cyberpunk has repeatedly been optioned for film, as well as being licenced as a series of novels from Time Warner's Aspect book label and Wizards of the Coast (Magic the Gathering) Netrunner card series. It has also has been translated into 7 lanquages.

Besides Cyberpunk, undoubtedly RTG's strongest suit is its anime-based products. Starting in 1984 with Mekton, the first giant robot RPG published in English, (which has now evolved through four editions and has been translated into French, German, Italian; a Japanese translation is forthcoming), Talsorian has led the way in anime-themed roleplaying.

Mekton was soon followed by the highly acclaimed Teenagers from Outer Space. Winner of the 1987 Gamers Choice award and the premiere animé comedy game both in the U.S. and (in translation) abroad ,Teenagers introduced fans to the world of animé comedy shows as well as being voted one of Games Magazines top 100 Games that year. RTG's animé trend continued in 1992, with the release of Cybergeneration, a spin off to the hit Cyberpunk game, but with a style heavily inspired by such animé classics as Akira and Harmageddon

In 1994, Talsorian published the revolutionary Castle Falkenstein. Based in a mythical Victorian world where magick and Jules Vernian science fiction live side by side, Castle was the inspiration for translations into 6 lanquages as well as a novel series featuring such well known authors as John DeChancie and Nebula award winner George Alec Effinger. Highly regarded for it's stunning illustration and graphic design as well as a compelling story and revolutionary game mechanic (that used cards rather than dice), Castle won the presigious Origins award in 1994; a year later, its sequel Six Guns & Sorcery won the Origins award for Best Game Supplement.

In 1997, anime fans worldwide were thrilled to see the release of RTG's Bubblegum Crisis roleplaying game. Based on the hit video series from AnimEigo, BGC was an instant hit, placing it solidly in the top ranks of roleplaying favorites. A second release, Bubblegum Crisis, Before & After, has continued the trend, and more BGC supplements are eagerly awaited by its growing fan base.

With the success of BGC, Talsorian has turned back to the original Japanese "mecha" roots that inspired MEKTON, announcing the following spring the upcoming release of a roleplaying game line based on the hugely popular Armored Trooper Votoms series produced by Sunrise.

In mid 1997, R.Talsorian Games also announced the formation of a new speciality animation products division, ANimechaniX. The new division specializes in the creation of anime-based game titles, as well as sourcebooks and game materials for licenced anime products. In addition, future directions for ANimechaniX will include anime-themed apparel, posters, animé goods, limited release figures and garage kit models.

Besides bringing all of Talsorian's licenced animé products together under one banner, ANimechaniX is also the official "brand name" for RTG's other well known animé themed games. RTG will be re-releasing the entire Mekton™ line under the ANimechaniX banner and punching up the animé feel even more with new releases throughout the upcoming year, as well as re-releasing the long missed Teenagers From Outer Space game, which has been out of print for several years. This new edition featured all new artwork, and a new cast of players.

This fall, after a two year haitus in which the company downsized to a part time operaton, R.Talsorian released Dragonball Z, based on the Cartoon Network hit about super martial artists saving the world. One of the top rated shows on Cartoon Network, Dragonball Z's high octane mix of adventure and videogame-style fighting has been brought to the world of gaming with the first of a projected six book series.

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