The Squared Circle is a role-playing game

Role-playing game

A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...

 published by Day Dreamer Interactive

Day Dreamer Interactive

Day Dreamer Interactive is a Winnipeg-based Canadian tabletop roleplaying game publisher.-Properties:The company is best known for their professional wrestling game The Squared Circle:Wrestling RPG and has released two sourcebooks for the game line with several more planned.The company also has...

, in which players play professional wrestlers

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 who work their way to super stardom.

Setting

The Squared Circle takes place in an alternate reality called The Wrestleverse where wrestling is a very real combat sport. The focus of the book revolves around a wrestling company called New Era Wrestling (NEW) which is the biggest wrestling promotion worldwide.

Players may also create their own wrestling promotions for their games.

Products

The core rulebook is available in paperback and hardback forms. Three sourcebooks have been released: Lucha Libre, about wrestling in Mexico, Puroresu, about wrestling in Japan and The 80's about the early days of wrestling.

The Rise Of a Legend Adventure Series was also released on January 1rst 2010 and is a solo adventure path that uses a format similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based on a...

books. Currently the adventure path is released monthly with each Issue leading your character(s) through one month of game time. There are currently 6 Issues released and several different paths which allows for some limited replay value with new characters.