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The Roleplaying APAs: 1975-Present

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A look at the early history of APAs and roleplaying.

Media History

Dungeons, Dragons & Portal Fantasy

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A look at the history of portal fantasies, their overlap with the early days of RPGs, and their recent return.

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This is Free Trader Beowulf is Out!

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About This is Free Trader Beowulf, links to purchase, and an announcement of an upcoming FTB series.

Designer Memorial

Giants of the Industry: James M. Ward

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James Ward was one of the oldest of guards, not just the author of classics such as Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World, but also a major influencer throughout TSR's history.

About the Books

Designers & Dragons Origins: What’s In a Name?

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A word cloud of the products detailed in Designers & Dragons Origins

About the Books

Author’s Notes: Daylighting the ’10s

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The importance of writing about uncomfortable topics in industry histories.

Company Spotlight

The Onyx Path Crowd Funding Records

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The Onyx Path has run 65 successful crowdfundings over 12 years. What does that tell us about the company?

Historic Milestones

Happy 50th Anniversary to Dungeons & Dragons

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When is Dungeons & Dragons’ birthday? We don’t really know. RPG Historian par excellence Jon Peterson has investigated the issue a few times and come up with the answer that…

Designer Memorial

Giants of the Industry: Jennell Jaquays

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Jennell Jaquays created works such as The Caverns of Thracia, Central Casting, Dark Tower, and Griffin Mountain that were innovative at the time and continue to be exemplars today.

Yearly Chronicle

2023: The Year in Roleplaying

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A summary of WotC's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, plus there was lots more of note!

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