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Building a 2D RPG

edg3 from RealDev started a series about Building a 2D RPG using XNA, and currently has the first two parts on his site.

They both deal with building the basic skeleton of the game, starting with planning and gamestate management and continuing with keyboard and mouse input.

If your interested in other RPG-related tutorials and content for XNA, here's some:

• Nick "Not an MVP Anymore" Gravelyn's Tile Engine Series
• Jamie McMahon series of 44 RPG Tutorials
• The Role Playing Game Starter Kit on XNA Creator's Club
• Jim "Evil MVP" Perry's book RPG Programming with XNA Game Studio 3.0