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Dungeons & Dragons Starter SetIn 1994, a company called TSR, Inc. released a product called First Quest that changed how new players entered the world of fantasy role-playing games.
Green Ronin PublishingChris Pramas secured the rights to The Whispering Vault in early 1996 while Mike Nystul was exiting the game industry, marking the genesis of what would…
Monster ManualThe first Monster Manual, published in 1977, was the first hardcover book ever released for any Dungeons & Dragons game, marking a pivotal shift in how…
Roll20Three college roommates, Riley Dutton, Nolan Jones, and Richard Zayas, found themselves scattered across different cities after graduation, unable to gather…
Dungeon (magazine)The first issue of Dungeon magazine arrived in the mail of fantasy gamers in November 1986, bearing no title other than Dungeon Adventures and promising a…
Goodman GamesJoseph Goodman launched Goodman Games in 2001 with a single, seemingly absurd product called Broncosaurus Rex, a role-playing game about dinosaurs that…
Wizards of the CoastIn July 1993, a game called Magic: The Gathering sold out its entire initial print run of 2.5 million cards within a single month, transforming a small…
ChaosiumGreg Stafford's apartment in Oakland was so cluttered and disorganized that he decided to name his new company after it, combining the word chaos with the…
Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)The first horror role-playing game ever created was not about slaying dragons or saving kingdoms, but about the terrifying realization that humanity is…