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An Update on the Open Game License (OGL)". D&D Beyond. Wizards of the Coast. January 13, 2023 . Retrieved January 13, 2023. Hall of Fame". Games Magazine Online. 2007. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007 . Retrieved August 13, 2007. Pope, Thomas (March 25, 2004). "Grenadier Models, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons". The Stuff of Legends . Retrieved February 21, 2007. A linked series of adventures is commonly referred to as a " campaign". [56] The locations where these adventures occur, such as a city, country, planet, or entire fictional universe, are referred to as " campaign settings" or "worlds." [57] D&D settings are based in various fantasy genres and feature different levels and types of magic and technology. [58] Popular commercially published campaign settings for Dungeons & Dragons include Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Mystara, Spelljammer, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Planescape, Birthright, and Eberron. Gygax, Gary (December 1978). "Dungeons & Dragons: What Is It and Where Is It Going?". The Dragon #21. TSR. III (8): 29–30. ISSN 1062-2101.

Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) [2] is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. [3] [4] [5] The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). [5] It has been published by Wizards of the Coast, now a subsidiary of Hasbro, since 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game Chainmail serving as the initial rule system. [4] [6] D&D 's publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, [5] [7] and also deeply influenced video games, especially the role-playing video game genre. [8] [9] [10] O'Connor, John J. (December 28, 1982). "TV: 'Mazes and Monsters,' Fantasy". The New York Times . Retrieved June 24, 2020. Dungeons & Dragons Announces Next "Evolution" of Game Coming in 2024". ComicBook.com. September 26, 2021. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021 . Retrieved September 27, 2021. Hoffer, Christian (January 10, 2023). "Matt Colville Announces Plans for New RPG as Dungeons & Dragons OGL Furor Continues". ComicBook.com . Retrieved January 11, 2023. Pryor, Tony; Herring, Tony; Tweet, Jonathan; Richie, Norm (1993). Creative Campaigning. TSR. ISBN 1-56076-561-5.

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a b c d Waters, Darren (April 26, 2004). "What happened to Dungeons and Dragons?". BBC News . Retrieved February 25, 2020. a b "Dungeons & Dragons executives think "the brand is really under monetised" ". Dicebreaker. December 9, 2022 . Retrieved January 12, 2023. Gygax, Gary (June 1979). "From the Sorcerer's Scroll: D&D, AD&D and Gaming". The Dragon #26. TSR Hobbies. III (12): 28–30. ISSN 1062-2101. Cook, Monte; Williams, Skip; Tweet, Jonathan (2003) [2000]. Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. revised by David Noonan, Rich Redman. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.Hite, Kenneth (March 30, 2006). "State of the Industry 2005: Another Such Victory Will Destroy Us". GamingReport.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009 . Retrieved February 21, 2007.

Periodically, Dungeons & Dragons has returned to its wargaming roots with supplementary rules systems for miniatures-based wargaming. Supplements such as Battlesystem (1985 and 1989) and a new edition of Chainmail (2001) [69] provided rule systems to handle battles between armies by using miniatures. Dungeons & Dragons Flashes 4-ward at Gen Con" (PDF). Wizards of the Coast. August 16, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2007 . Retrieved August 19, 2007. a b Glasheen, Henry (February 12, 2015). "D&D Fifth Edition: Player's Handbook Review". SLUG Magazine . Retrieved April 26, 2020. Pettengale, Paul (Christmas 1996). "Arcane Presents the Top 50 Roleplaying Games 1996". Arcane. Future Publishing (14): 25–35. Spangler, Todd (May 11, 2023). "Dungeons & Dragons Free 24-Hour Streaming Channel Set to Launch This Summer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved May 11, 2023.Gilsdorf, Ethan (November 13, 2019). "In a Chaotic World, Dungeons & Dragons Is Resurgent". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved February 25, 2020. Witwer, Michael; Newman, Kyle; Witwer, Sam (2018). Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 9780399580949. Frankly, the difference in sales between Wizards and all other producers of roleplaying games is so staggering that even saying there is an 'RPG industry' at all may be generous." Cook, Monte. "The Open Game License as I See It – Part II". Archived from the original on March 28, 2006 . Retrieved May 28, 2019.

McMartin Preschool: Anatomy of a Panic - Retro Report. The New York Times . Retrieved July 31, 2018. Demil, Benoît; Lecocq, Xavier (May 15, 2014). "The Rise and Fall of an Open Business Model". Revue d'économie industrielle (146): 85–113. doi: 10.4000/rei.5803. ISSN 0154-3229. S2CID 145373814. Dungeons & Dragons". IDW Publishing. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011 . Retrieved January 22, 2011. Tweet, Jonathan (May 20, 2004). "What Are D&D Miniatures?". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on June 6, 2004 . Retrieved February 28, 2007. After... the idea of acquiring TSR began to swim in my mind it took me maybe thirty seconds to decide, We've got to do a third edition of Dungeons & Dragons." ( Adkison, Peter in Johnson, et al.; 30 Years of Adventure, p. 250).It is important to distinguish between a campaign and a world, since the terms often seem to be used interchangeably... A world is a fictional place in which a campaign is set. It's also often called a campaign setting." (Cook, Williams, Tweet; Dungeon Master's Guide v3.5., p. 129)