Atlantis (role-playing game)

For the unrelated role-playing video game, see Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Atlantis
The Arcanum, 1st book of The Atlantean Trilogy
DesignersStephan Michael Sechi, Vernie Taylor, Steven Cordovano, J. Andrew Keith
Publishers
Publication
  • 1984 (1st edition)
  • 1985 (2nd edition)
  • 1996 (3rd edition)
  • 2014 (Second Age)
  • 2019 (30th Anniversary Edition)
Genres
SystemsCustom, Omni System

Atlantis is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally published by Bard Games,[1] set in the ancient world before Atlantis sank. It first consisted of three books: The Arcanum, The Lexicon, and The Bestiary, and for this reason was originally called The Atlantean Trilogy or The Atlantis Trilogy.

Atlantis was one of the many fantasy RPGs that followed the rise of the popular Dungeons & Dragons RPG in the late 1970s. However, instead of featuring a fictional fantasy world such as D&D's Greyhawk or Runequest's Glorantha, Atlantis is based on a pseudo-historical version of the Earth and features historical mythology and creatures from myth.

  1. ^ "The Arcanum (First and Second Editions)". RPGGeek.