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- Dungeons & Dragons Starter SetTSR, Inc. published four starter sets for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons between 1994 and 1999. Shannon Appelcline noted that by 1993 the Basic D&D line ended…
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)Bill Slavicsek stood at the center of a shifting landscape in tabletop gaming when Wizards of the Coast released their Star Wars Roleplaying Game in November…
- Green Ronin PublishingChris Pramas secured the rights to The Whispering Vault from Mike Nystul in early 1996. He joined forces with his brother Jason Pramas and friend Neal Darcy…
- Monster ManualThe first hardcover book for any Dungeons & Dragons game arrived in 1977. Gary Gygax wrote the original Monster Manual as a 108-page supplement for Advanced…
- Roll20In the spring of 2012, three college roommates named Riley Dutton, Nolan Jones, and Richard Zayas launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.
- Dungeon (magazine)The first issue of Dungeon magazine appeared in late 1986, though its cover bore no date. Roger E. Moore served as the publication's original editor and…
- Goodman GamesJoseph Goodman opened his doors in 2001 with a single product called Broncosaurus Rex. This first role-playing game capitalized on the newly available d20…
- Wizards of the CoastPeter Adkison opened Wizards of the Coast in 1990 outside Seattle, Washington. The company name came from a guild of wizards in an RPG he was playing at the…
- White Wolf PublishingOn the 11th of November 2006, White Wolf and CCP Games announced a merger during the keynote address at the EVE Online Fanfest.
- ChaosiumGreg Stafford opened the doors to his new company in 1975 from a small apartment near the Oakland Coliseum. He named this venture The Chaosium, blending the…
- Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)In 1981, Chaosium released the first edition of Call of Cthulhu as a boxed set. Sandy Petersen conceived the game under the working title Dark Worlds before…
- Player's HandbookThe first Players Handbook arrived in June 1978 as a 128-page hardcover book. Gary Gygax wrote the text while Mike Carr edited it and penned the foreword.