Dragon Magazine Covers: Year Two
appelcline The art for Dragon's second year seemed like it was sometimes an afterthought.
A Look at Secrets of Blackmoor Volume 1
One of the first D&D history movies offers intriguing insight into the Blackmoor game that spawned D&D.
A Look at Dave Arneson’s True Genius
A book by one of the earliest creators of the roleplaying industry unfortunately doesn't make a lot of sense.
TSR Connections: Miniatures & Miscellanea
A look at TSR's miniatures and computer game licenses, which involved many fewer lawsuits than their roleplaying interactions.
TSR Connections: Licensees & Lawsuits
TSR was a study in opposites: early on, they embraced licensees, but when they got big, lawsuits became the order of the day.
A Look at Paper Warriors
A review of David Nalle's "Paper Warriors", an early look at the roleplaying industry.
Giants of the Industry: David F. Nalle
A legend of the early roleplaying industry who fell to COVID-19.
The Top 10 Infamous RPGs
Where do you go when you start a list with The Spawn of Fashan?
2020: The Year in Roleplaying
As the Designers & Dragons project kicks into high gear, Kickstarter goes wild, inclusivity rises, and the industry sees other successes.
Outlining Designers & Dragons: The ’10s
Designer presses, indie publishers, OSR publishers, White Wolf spin-offs, British publishers, and other foreign publishers who could go into a '10s book.