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TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company and the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the Forgotten Realms game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. He has written many Forgotten Realms novels, as well as numerous articles and D&D game supplement books.
Mike Nystul created and wrote numerous role-playing game products in the 1990s.
Sorcerer is an award winning occult-themed indie role-playing game written by Ron Edwards and published through Adept Press. The game focuses on sorcerers who summon, bind, and interact with demons, powerful non-human entities who work with and against the sorcerer.
The Diana Jones Award is an annual award for "excellence in gaming" that was made from a burned book encased in plastic. The award is unusual in two ways: first, it is not an award for a specific class of thing, but can be awarded to a person, product, publication, company, organization, event or trend – anything related to gaming; second, it does not count popularity or commercial success as a sign of "excellence". The award was first presented in 2001.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is an action-adventure video game with platform elements published by Electronic Arts. It is based on J.K Rowling's novel of the same name and the film adaptation. Philosopher's Stone was initially developed for the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in November 2001, and was re-made two years later for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in December 2003.
Robin D. Laws is a Canadian writer and game designer who lives in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of a number of novels and role-playing games as well as an anthologist.
Ronald Edwards is a game designer, theorist, and is involved in the indie role-playing game community.
The Threefold Model or GDS theory of roleplaying games is an attempt to distinguish three different goals in roleplaying. In its original formation, these are: Drama, Simulation, and Game. It was the inspiration for subsequent theories, such as the GNS Theory, which retained a 3-way division but altered other aspects of the model.
Donjon is an independently published role-playing game by Clinton R. Nixon, published by Anvilwerks.
InSpectres is a humorous paranormal investigation-themed role-playing game created by Jared Sorensen and independently published by Memento Mori Theatricks.The game's story line follows the player's work in a supernatural investigation and elimination company.
kill puppies for satan is an indie role-playing game first published in 2001. In kill puppies for satan, characters kill puppies to earn “evil points”, which are used for casting spells, engaging in rituals, and other evil acts. Players portray people who do evil things so that Satan will give them supernatural powers.
Kenneth Hite is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of Trail of Cthulhu and Night's Black Agents role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of Vampire: the Masquerade.
Jason L Blair is a writer and game designer, best known for his work on the roleplaying game Little Fears.
Jared A. Sorensen is one of the role playing game industry's indie game founding fathers.
Elfs is a role-playing game published by Adept Press in 2001.
It Was a Mutual Decision is a role-playing game published by Adept Press in 2006.
Lumpley Games is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements.
Phoenix Games was an American game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements.
Ramshead Publishing is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements.