This index covers the major articles and boxes that appear in Designers & Dragons. It will be updated from time-to-time with the newest contents of this column. Straight numbers (e.g., “170-175”) refer to articles found in Designers & Dragons itself, while those preceded by A#s (e.g., A#10) refer to articles that have been published online. —SA, 1/8/12
This article was originally published as Designers & Dragons: The Column #11 on RPGnet. Its publication followed the publication of the original Designers & Dragons (2011) and preceded the publication of the four-volume Designers & Dragons (2014). A more up to date version of this history can be found in Designers & Dragons: The 00s.
Meta Articles
An Introduction to Designers & Dragons: A#1
Index, Articles: A#11
Company Histories
54°40′ Orphyte [mini]: 199
Adept Press: 403-411
Adventure Games [mini]: 39
AEG: 262-267
Amarillo Design Bureau [mini]: 118
Arc Dream Publishing [mini]: 250
Atlas Games: 252-261
Avalon Hill: 175-180
Bard Games: 172-174
Catalyst Game Labs: 433-438
Chaosium: 82-96
Columbia Games: 181-185
Crafty Games [mini]: 266
Creations Unlimited: 240-243
Cubicle 7 Entertainment: 427-432
Daedalus Entertainment [mini]: 256
Decipher [mini]: 317
Different Worlds Publications [mini]: 89
Digest Group Publications: 203-205
Dream Pod 9: 271-274
Eden Studios: 340-343
Eon Products [mini]: 188
Eos Press [mini]: 249
Evil Hat Productions: 421-426
Fantasy Flight Games: 344-350
Fantasy Games Unlimited: 71-77
FASA: 119-128
Fiery Dragon Productions [mini]: 226
Flying Buffalo: 34-41
Gamelords: 129-132
Games Workshop: 43-51
GDW: 53-64
Goodman Games: 386-391
Green Knight Publishing: 356-358
Green Ronin Publishing: 369-377
Grey Ghost Press: 319-321
Guardians of Order: 335-339
Hekaforge Productions [mini]: 380-381
Hero Games: 145-154
Hogshead Publishing: 304-308
Holistic Design: 322-324
ICE: 133-144
Imperium Games: 330-334
Impressions Advertising & Marketing [mini]: 93
Issaries: 359-368
Judges Guild: 65-70
Keléstia Productions [mini]: 184
Kenzer & Company: 309-313
Last Unicorn Games: 314-318
Lion Rampant: 232-236
Little Soldier Games [mini]: 130
Margaret Weis Productions: 351-355
Mayfair Games: 166-171
Metagaming Concepts: 78-81
Mongoose Publishing: 394-402
Moon Design Publications [mini]: 36
Morrigan Press [mini]: 173
Necromancer Games: 365-368
New Infinities Productions: 237-239
Nightfall Games [mini]: 280
One Bad Egg [mini]: 425
Open Design: A#2, A#3
Otherworld Creations [mini]: 418
Pacesetter: 197-199
Pagan Publishing: 244-251
Paizo Publishing: 412-419
Palladium Books: 155-163
Pelgrane Press: 383-385
Phage Press: 268-270
Phoenix Games [mini]: 130
Pinnacle Entertainment Group: 325-329
Privateer Press: 392-393
R. Talsorian: 207-214
Ronin Arts [mini]: 374
SkyRealms Publishing: 201-202
SPI: 98-101
Steve Jackson Games: 102-113
Task Force Games: 114-118
Troll Lord Games: 378-382
TSR: 6-31
Wee Warriors [mini]: 10
West End Games: 186-196
White Wolf: 215-231
Wizard’s Attic [mini]: 92
Wizards of the Coast: 276-303
Yaquinto Publications: 164-165
Short Articles
By Name:
2008: The Year in Roleplaying: A#6
2009: The Year in Roleplaying: A#7
2010: The Year in Roleplaying: A#8
2011: The Year in Roleplaying: A#9
Avalon Hill Computer Games: 176
D20 Firsts: 288
Dungeons, Dragons and Comics: A#5, A#12
Dungeons, Dragons and Computers: 20-21
Edu-Ware’s Space Games: 56
Fantasy Heartbreakers: 408
Fred Hicks: Marketeer: 423
The Fiction of Starfire: 115
The Great RPG Licenses: Fantasy: 134
The Great RPG Licenses: Science Fiction: 121
Indies of Note: 411
Jefferson Swycaffer and the Rise of RPG Fiction: 238
Magazine History: Ars Magica Fanzines: 260
Magazine History: Different Worlds: 84
Magazine History: The Glorantha Fanzines: 360
Magazine History: Space Gamer: 105-107
Magazine History: Strategy & Tactics: 101
Netbooks: 316
Retroclones: 366
Separated at Birth?: 196
The Settings of Yore: Blackmoor: 388
The Settings of Yore: Greyhawk: 24-25
The Settings of Yore: Kalibruhn: 242
The Settings of Yore: The Wilderlands: 69
Storytelling Games, A Design History: 405
The Top RPGs of 2011: A#10
The Top RPGs Over the Years: A#4
The View from Comic City!, 149
Worlds of Warhammer: 49
By Topic:
Blackmoor: 388
Comics, Champions: 149
Comics, D&D: A#5, A#12
Computer Games, Avalon Hill: 176
Computer Games, D&D: 20-21
Computer Games, Edu-Ware: 56
Computer Games, Warhammer: 49
D20, Firsts: 288
Design, Storytelling Games: 405
Different Worlds: 84
Fantasy Heartbreakers: 408
Fanzines, Ars Magica: 260
Fanzines, Glorantha: 360
Fanzines, Netbooks: 316
Fiction, Jefferson Swycaffer: 238
Fiction, Starfire: 115
Fred Hicks: 423
Greyhawk: 24-25
Indie Games: 411
Kalibruhn: 242
Licenses, Fantasy: 134
Licenses, Science Fiction: 121
Magazine, Different Worlds: 84
Magazine, Space Gamer: 105-107
Magazine, Strategy & Tactics: 101
Retroclones: 366
Settings, Blackmoor: 388
Settings, Greyhawk: 24-25
Settings, Kalibruhn: 242
Settings, Wilderlands: 69
Space Gamer: 105-107
Storytelling Games: 405
Strategy & Tactics: 101
Wilderlands: 69
Yearly, 2008: A#6
Yearly, 2009: A#7
Yearly, 2010: A#8
Yearly, 2011: A#9
Yearly, Top RPGs, 1975-2010: A#4
Yearly, Top RPGs, 2011: A#10