Knights of Pen and Paper

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Knights of Pen & Paper is a role-playing video game developed by Behold Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on October 30, 2012 for iOS and Android, and on June 18, 2013 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

The game received positive reviews from critics, who cited its originality.

Knights of Pen & Paper is a turn-based RPG with the twist that the game itself exists in the imaginations of a group of Dungeons & Dragons-style role-playing game players, who are also shown.The player can control not only the players of the in-universe game, but also the Dungeon Master, allowing them to choose which battles to fight.The table upon which the in-universe game is being played is also a constant presence.Sometimes the role-players will break character and talk amongst themselves informally.The game contains many references to 16-bit RPGs.

Knights of Pen & Paper received mostly positive reviews, and holds an aggregate score of 83/100 on Metacritic.

Rich Stanton of Eurogamer scored the game 9/10, calling the game a "rare case" in which such an "offbeat premise" is "executed with such winning aplomb that you can't help but be sucked in", and said that it made him interested in the real Dungeons & Dragons.

Nick Tylwalk of Gamezebo scored the game 4.5/5, calling the game a "send up and tribute to old-school RPGs", with "witty writing".

The game was released on PC under the subtitle "+1 Edition", which garnered more mixed reviews from critics on that platform, with an aggregate Metacritic score of 62/100.