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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)The Star Wars Roleplaying Game from Wizards of the Coast asked a deceptively simple question: what if the galaxy far, far away ran on the same engine as…
- Green Ronin PublishingGreen Ronin Publishing opened its doors in Seattle, Washington, in July 2000 with a game called Ork! That same year, on the 10th of August 2000, the company…
- 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)Dungeon magazine arrived in 1986 with a simple promise: every page would contain an adventure. No reviews, no editorials, no letters section crowding the…
- Goodman GamesGoodman Games started with a dinosaur RPG and a bet on an untested license. In 2001, Joseph Goodman launched his company by publishing Broncosaurus Rex…
- 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…
- 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)Call of Cthulhu arrived in 1981 with a premise that broke every rule tabletop gaming had established. The characters were doomed. Survival was unlikely.
- 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.