Curated playlist
Role-playing game publishing companies
- Darrington PressDarrington Press is named after a fictional adventurer who wrote a book about himself.
- Green Ronin PublishingGreen Ronin released Death in Freeport on the same day as the D&D third edition Player's Handbook.
- Games WorkshopGames Workshop began in 1975 by making wooden backgammon boards. Three founders sold handmade boards for games like Go.
- Simulations Publications, Inc.Less than two weeks after SPI used a TSR loan to repay investors, TSR demanded it back.
- Goodman GamesGoodman Games had its best sales month ever during a rival's crisis. January 2023 topped all its earlier records.
- TSR, Inc.TSR, the Dungeons and Dragons publisher, was weeks from collapse in 1985.
- Wizards of the CoastA lawsuit pushed Wizards of the Coast to create a separate company for Magic: The Gathering.
- White Wolf PublishingWhat if the monsters were living among us right now? White Wolf built the World of Darkness on that idea.
- ChaosiumChaosium got its name from a messy apartment near the Oakland Coliseum.
- Critical Role ProductionsCritical Role asked fans to fund a 22-minute cartoon and got $11.3 million.
- Judges GuildTSR told Judges Guild's founders no one would want supplemental materials. They later had over 250 products in print.
- Kenzer & CompanyKenzer and Company got its name from a placeholder. A law student typed it in 1993, and no one offered better.
- Decipher, Inc.Decipher, Inc. began in 1983 as a jigsaw puzzle with four cryptograms. It later made Star Trek and Star Wars card games.