Editing Red Dwarf (section)

===Role-playing game===
Deep7 Press (formerly Deep7 LLC) released ''Red Dwarf – The Roleplaying Game'' in February 2003 (the printed copyright is 2002).<ref name="Deep7">{{cite web |url=http://www.deep7.com/product.php?cat=reddwarf |title=Three Million Years - Infinite Dimensions - Unlimited Possibilities |website=Deep7 |access-date=29 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913040308/http://www.deep7.com/product.php?cat=reddwarf |archive-date=13 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Based on the series, the game allows its players to portray original characters within the ''Red Dwarf'' universe. Player characters can be human survivors, holograms, "evolved" house pets (cats, dogs, iguanas, rabbits, rats and mice), various types of mechanoid (Series 4000, Hudzen 10 and Waxdroids in the corebook, Series 3000 in the Extra Bits Book) or GELFs (Kinatawowi and Pleasure GELF in the corebook, "Vindaloovians" in the Extra Bits Book).

A total of three products were released for the game: the core 176-page rulebook, the ''AI Screen'' (analogous to the ''Game Master's Screen'' used in other [[role-playing game]]s, also featuring the "Extra Bits Book" booklet) and the ''Series Sourcebook''.<ref name="GameWyrd">{{cite web |title=Red Dwarf: The Role Playing Game |website=GameWyrd |url=http://www.gamewyrd.com/review/469 |access-date=29 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202002123/http://www.gamewyrd.com/review/469 |archive-date=2 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Series Sourcebook'' contains plot summaries of each episode from series I to VIII as well as game rules for all major and minor characters from each series.

The game has been praised for staying true to the comedic nature of the TV show, for its entertaining writing and for the detail to which the background material is explained.<ref name="GameWyrd"/><ref name="SciFiRPGReview">{{cite web |title=Red Dwarf: The Roleplaying Game Review |first=J. B. |last=Peck |website=Sci-Fi Weekly |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue326/games.html |access-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513083215/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue326/games.html |archive-date=13 May 2008}}</ref> However, some reviewers found the game mechanics to be simplistic and uninspiring compared to other science-fiction role-playing games on the market.<ref name="RealmsRPGReview">{{cite web |title=Interview : Red Dwarf – The Roleplaying Game |author=Matt |date=5 May 2002 |website=Realms.org.uk |url=http://www.realms.org.uk/cms/articles/reddwarfreview |access-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011120112/http://www.realms.org.uk/cms/articles/reddwarfreview |archive-date=11 October 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>