Genre

Basic Information

Stories are typically categorized into genres. These are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. As such, established genres have a variety of associated tropes.
Genres include:

• Action Adventure (see also Action Adventure Tropes)
• Comedy (see also Comedy Tropes)
• Crime (see also Crime and Punishment Tropes)
  • Mystery (see also Mystery Tropes)
• Drama (see also Drama Tropes)
• Espionage (see also Espionage Tropes)
  • Government Conspiracy
• Speculative Fiction (see also Speculative Fiction Tropes)
  • Fantasy (see also Fantasy Tropes)
    • Dungeonpunk
    • Heroic Fantasy
    • Standard Fantasy Setting
  • Horror (see also Horror Tropes)
    • Body Horror
    • Cosmic Horror
    • Survival Horror
  • Science Fiction (see also Science Fiction Tropes)
    • Cyberpunk (see also Punk Genre for all subtypes)
    • Dystopia
    • Space Opera
  • Time Travel (see also Time Travel Tropes and Time Travelers)
• Survival (see also Survival Tropes)
  • Robinsonade
  • Survival Horror
• Tragedy (see also Drama Tropes)
• The Western (see also Western Characters)

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia article

Game and Story Use

• Making a conscious decision to go (or not) with a specific genre will help guide the rest of your choices. It will also help players know what to expect and how to act.