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The First Fantasy Campaign
''The First Fantasy Campaign'' is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games written by Dave Arneson and published by Judges Guild in 1977. Description Dave Arneson created a new type of game in 1970, something he called "Blackmoor". After he demonstrated his game to Gary Gygax in 1972, Gygax proposed that the two of them work together to codify a set of rules for a new game, which subsequently became ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Gygax also founded TSR to publish the original set of rules in 1974. The following year, TSR published '' Blackmoor'', which outlined supplemental rules for ''D&D'' and included Arneson's sample adventure "Temple of the Frog"; however, despite its title, ''Blackmoor'' contained very little information about Arneson's Blackmoor campaign world. Arneson came to work at TSR in 1976 as Director of Research, but he and Gygax had very different visions of role-playing, and the creative differences between the two proved irreconcilable. Arneson left TSR at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judges Guild
Judges Guild is a game publisher that has been active since 1976. The company created and sold many role-playing game supplements, periodicals and related materials. During the late 1970s and early 1980s the company was one of the leading publishers of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' related materials. Its flagship product, ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'', was the first published RPG supplement to feature a fully developed city environment. The supplement was followed closely by numerous ancillary cities, maps, and other materials published by Judges Guild. History Judges Guild was founded on July 4, 1976, utilizing concepts developed by co-founder Bob Bledsaw, in his home ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') campaign. Bledsaw, along with partner Bill Owen, travelled to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to visit the headquarters of Tactical Studies Rules (TSR), publishers of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', on July 17, 1976. Bledsaw and Owen had hoped to convince TSR to publish some of the materials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizards Of The Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (WotC or Wizards) is an American game Publishing, publisher, most of which are based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science-fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail game stores. In 1999, toy manufacturer Hasbro acquired the company and currently operates it as a subsidiary. During a February 2021 reorganization of Hasbro, WotC became the lead part of a new division called "Wizards & Digital". WotC was originally a role-playing game (RPG) publisher that in the mid-1990s originated and popularized collectible card games with ''Magic: The Gathering''. It later acquired TSR (company), TSR, publisher of the RPG ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and published the licensed ''Pokémon Trading Card Game'' from 1999 to 2003. WotC's corporate headquarters is located in Renton, Washington, which is part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The company publishes RPGs, board games, and collectible card games. It has received numerous awards, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Different Worlds
''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''RuneQuest'', '' Traveller'', '' Call of Cthulhu'', '' Journey to the Center of the Circle'', and others; play techniques and strategies for players and gamemasters of role-playing games; reviews of games and miniatures; and reviews of current books and movies of interest to role-playing gamers. Notably, ''Different Worlds'' also featured early works by artists Steve Oliff, Bill Willingham, and Steve Purcell; ″Sword of Hollywood″, a regular film review column by Larry DiTillio from issue seven onward; the irregular autobiographical/interview feature ″My Life and Roleplaying″; and the industry scuttlebutt column ″A Letter from Gigi″ by the pseudonymous Gigi D'Arn. Different Worlds also published books, including: * Tékumel Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer (game), Warhammer'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (game designer), John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (UK), Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris and Go (board game), Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997. It started promoting games associated with The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy in 2001. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Turnbull (game Designer)
Don Turnbull was a journalist, editor, games designer, and an accomplished piano and pinball player. He was particularly instrumental in introducing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' into the UK, both as the managing director of TSR UK Ltd and as the editor of the '' Fiend Folio''. Early career In his early career Turnbull was as a high-school teacher of mathematics in the north of England. However, he was an early and enthusiastic follower of wargaming, subsequently winning awards as a designer. A feature which assisted his work as a game developer was the use of correspondence to run board games. ''Albion'' magazine In July 1969 he published the first issue of ''Albion'' magazine, one of the first European zines, supporting correspondence play of the board game ''Diplomacy''. Although it only had a few subscribers, ''Albion'' was influential and ran to fifty issues. In 1974 it won the Charles S. Roberts Award for ''Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine''. It was an informal publication that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Dwarf (magazine)
''White Dwarf'' is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop, which has long served as a promotions and advertising platform for Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures products. During the first ten years of its publication, it covered a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing games (RPGs) and board games, particularly the role-playing games ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D''), '' Call of Cthulhu'', ''RuneQuest'' and '' Traveller''. These games were all published by other games companies and distributed in the United Kingdom by Games Workshop stores. The magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s. It is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop. History 1970s Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone initially produced a newsletter called '' Owl and Weasel'', which ran for twenty-five issues from February 1975 before it evolved into ''White Dwarf''. Originally sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chainmail (game)
''Chainmail'' is a medieval Miniature wargaming, miniature wargame created by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren. Gygax developed the core medieval system of the game by expanding on rules authored by his fellow Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) member Jeff Perren, a hobby-shop owner with whom he had become friendly. Guidon Games released the first edition of ''Chainmail'' in 1971. Early history Origins In 1967, Henry Bodenstedt created the medieval wargame ''Siege of Bodenburg'', which was designed for use with 40mm miniatures. Gary Gygax first encountered ''Siege of Bodenburg'' at Gen Con I (1968), and played the game during that convention. The rules for ''Siege of Bodenburg'' had been published in ''Strategy & Tactics'' magazine, and Jeff Perren developed his own medieval rules based on those and shared them with Gary Gygax. The original set of medieval miniatures rules by Jeff Perren were just four pages. Gygax edited and expanded these rules, which were published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Hat Productions
Evil Hat Productions is a company that produces role-playing games and other tabletop games. They are best known for the free indie RPG system ''Fate'', '' Blades in the Dark'', and '' Thirsty Sword Lesbians'', all of which have won multiple awards. History Fred Hicks had been working with Lydia Leong, Rob Donoghue, and others to run LARPs at AmberCon NorthWest starting in 1999, and came up with the name Evil Hat for themselves. While on a trip to Lake Tahoe, friends Hicks and Donoghue developed a new game based on a conversation about running another ''Amber'' game and fixing some problems with '' FUDGE''; the result was ''Fate'' which Hicks and Donoghue would publish under the name Evil Hat. Donoghue and Hicks released a complete first-edition of ''Fate'' through Yahoo! Groups (January 2003) then cleaned up the technical writing and slightly polished the system for a second edition (August 2003). Hicks and Donoghue began work on the licensed '' Dresden Files Roleplaying G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegasus (game Magazine)
''Pegasus'' was a gaming magazine published from 1981 to 1983 by Judges Guild. Contents ''Pegasus'' was a magazine that included a 32-page game supplement in each issue, as well as articles about variant rules for ''AD&D'', statistics for new magic and monsters, advice for gamemastering, as well as fiction and reviews. History After failing with new licenses and computer games, Judges Guild instead started over on its magazines beginning with ''Pegasus'' #1 (April/May 1981), edited by Mike Reagan. The first issue was 96 pages and larger than the previous magazines from Judges Guild, but going back to the older pulp-quality pages and covers. The first issue contained a 36-page installment about the city-state campaign titled "The Black Ring" by Dan Hauffe. Members of the Guild received a ''Pegasus'' subscription, adding a 10% discount on certain products highlighted in each issue as of issue #3 (1981). ''Pegasus'' in its run included articles for ''D&D'', '' Arduin Grimoire'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG or TTRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible
''The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible'' is a book detailing fantasy role-playing games (RPGs), written by Sean Patrick Fannon and published by Prima Publishing in 1996. The book was distributed only to chain bookstores rather than hobby shops. In 1998, Palladium Books published an updated second edition that reorganized content and included an updated history of the genre. Contents In the 258-page ''The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible'', Sean Patrick Fannon first gives an explanation of role-playing, and then a history of role-playing from its roots up to the time the book was written. Fannon then lists many of the role-playing products published, as well as opinions about each game — his as well as those of other game critics. Reception In the June 1996 edition of ''Dragon'' (Issue #230), John Bunnell stated that the book was "a wide-ranging and thoroughly cogent volume that provides more information and advice on gaming than any other single reference book published on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackmoor (supplement)
''Blackmoor'' is a supplementary rulebook (product designation TSR 2004) of the original edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game written by Dave Arneson (with a foreword by Gary Gygax). Contents ''Blackmoor,'' the second supplement to the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules, is known for its introduction of rules for underwater adventures and hit location, and the addition of the monk and assassin character classes. Dave Arneson named the booklet after his original role-playing campaign world, Blackmoor. It has additional rules, monsters, treasures, and the first role-playing game adventure ever published, ''The Temple of the Frog''. Despite the name, the supplement includes almost no information on Arneson's version of the world. ''Blackmoor'' added two new character classes to the game: the assassin, a sub-class of the thief; and the monk, a "monastic martial arts" sub-class of the cleric, intended to be a hybrid of the fighter and thief classes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
