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Tabletop comedy role playing game

Teenagers from Outer Space (often abbreviated TFOS) is a rules light comedy role playing game written by Michael A. Pondsmith and published by R. Talsorian Games. It was inspired by gag anime such as Urusei Yatsura and Ranma ½. The game was first released in 1987, when anime was still mostly an underground sensation. The game is currently in its third edition, published in 1997. This edition was retooled to play up the anime inspirations after anime had become more mainstream. At least two modules were published for the original edition. The first was "Field Trip" written by Dave Friedland and published by R. Talsorian Games. The second was "TFOS does Winterfest", written by Douglas Garrett, Paul Lidberg and Michael MacDonald and published under license by Crunchy Frog Enterprises. In 2001, A2 Press published a TFOS universe expansion book named "The Landing" which was written by Michael Cox. More expansions were supposed to follow. In 2020, R. Talsorian Games published a supplement for the game titled "Anglers from Planet X" for April Fools' Day.

The basic setting of Teenagers from Outer Space revolves around aliens making contact with Earth and becoming infatuated with Earth's "teen culture". So much, in fact, that many aliens move to Earth, and enroll their children in Earth schools. This set the stage for a variety of comedic situations. The 1986 Chris Columbus created CBS Saturday morning cartoon Galaxy High embodied this concept, but in reverse, where humans attended high school on an asteroid.

The rules encourage a lot of improvisational and character based humor. The "GM's tips" section of the rulebook includes a list of suggested gag situations ("routines") the players will have to deal with on a regular basis, from jealous girlfriends, to drill sergeant gym teachers, to nosey siblings, to unlikely interruptions for make out sessions.

Despite the apparent simplicity of the design, TFOS has turned out to be influential in the development of role playing games. As the first non mecha anime based game to achieve a degree of commercial success, it was pivotal in opening the development of that genre. That and the simplicity of the system were major influences on the development of Big Eyes, Small Mouth. It has been very popular on computer networks and is still frequently used in Internet games.

In the June/July 1987 edition of Adventurer (Issue #11), James Wallis did not like the game, commenting that "the authors couldn't decide whether they wanted to produce a game like Ghostbusters or Toon, and ended up with the worst of both [ ] a game which will, if left to its own devices, degenerate into endless goop gun duels." He also derided the twenty scenario ideas, saying, "Maybe three of them are useable; the rest are too silly for words; and when I say 'silly' I mean 'stupid'." In the November 1989 edition of the British magazine Games International (Issue 10), Paul Mason warned readers that "This is a stupid game [ ] This game only works if the players turn into animals from start to finish and the referee throws all subtlety, intelligence and taste out the window." He concluded by giving the game an average rating of 3 out of 5, saying, "If you like Toon and Ghostbusters, and fancy playing that kind of game in an American high school setting, then Teenagers is great fun." In his 1990 book The Complete Guide to Role Playing Games, game critic Rick Swan called this "the nuttiest RPG this side of Toon, a minor classic." Swan concluded by giving this game a solid rating of 3 out of 4, saying it "is hands down the all time funniest RPG, but be forewarned it takes an experienced referee to realize its potential."