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- Dungeons & Dragons Starter SetThe Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set arrived in 1994 with a compact disc tucked inside. First Quest: The Introduction to Role-Playing Games gave new players an…
- 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 ManualMonster Manual is the collection of creature rules TSR published in 1977 as the first hardcover book in the Dungeons & Dragons line. Games journalist David M.
- Roll20Roll20 was built by three roommates who wanted an excuse to keep playing Dungeons & Dragons after college scattered them to different cities.
- 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 PublishingWhite Wolf Publishing was born in 1991 out of a merger between two distinct creative forces: Lion Rampant, a gaming company, and White Wolf Magazine, a…
- 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 Player's Handbook became, in 2024, what Wizards of the Coast called "the fastest-selling Dungeons & Dragons product ever." The company also called it…