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Dungeons & Dragons

  • Dungeons & DragonsIn 1974, a small box set of three booklets appeared on the shelves of hobby shops with a very limited production budget of only $2000.
  • Chainmail (game)In 1967, Henry Bodenstedt created the medieval wargame Siege of Bodenburg. This game was designed for use with 40mm miniatures.
  • Game System LicenseWizards of the Coast released the Game System License to the public on the 17th of June 2008. This document allowed third-party publishers to create products…
  • D&D BeyondOn the 15th of August 2017, D&D Beyond launched as an official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. Adam Bradford served as the project lead…
  • Dungeon MasterTactical Studies Rules created the title Dungeon Master in 1975. This specific name appeared for the first time within the second supplement to the Dungeons…
  • Dungeons & Dragons controversiesIn 1979, a sixteen-year-old named James Dallas Egbert III vanished from the steam tunnels beneath Michigan State University.
  • Magic in Dungeons & DragonsIn 1974, the 36-page Volume 1: Men & Magic pamphlet appeared as part of the original Dungeons & Dragons boxed set. Twelve pages within that slim booklet…
  • TSR, Inc.In October 1973, Gary Gygax and Don Kaye pooled $2,400 to form Tactical Studies Rules. Their goal was simple yet unprecedented: self-publish a new game…
  • Wizards of the CoastWizards of the Coast began in Peter Adkison's basement outside Seattle in 1990, with a handful of employees and a name borrowed from a guild of wizards in a…
  • Editions of Dungeons & DragonsIn 1974, a small box set containing the first Dungeons & Dragons rules hit store shelves with a production budget of just $2000.
  • Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, introduced the alignment system in 1974. The original game allowed players to choose among three alignments…
  • BattlesystemIn 1985, a boxed set titled Battlesystem arrived on store shelves as a supplement for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Douglas Niles and Steve Winter designed…