Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry - 1990-1999

Designers & Dragons: The '90s is a comprehensive picture of the heyday of the RPG industry. This second edition expands the original single book into a series of four, and we've added over 10,000 new words to this volume alone. In this volume, we profile an RPG titan - Wizards of the Coast - and cover the riseof storytelling RPG settings like White Wolf's World of Darkness. Regardless of your gaming background, Shannon Appelcline's meticulously researched history won't disappoint.

In this volume, you'll find:

• A foreword by Peter Adkinson, founder of Wizards of the Coast and owner of Gen Con
  
• Profiles for twenty-one 1990s gaming companies including Wizards of the Coast, White Wolf, and AtlasGames
  
• The Inside scoop behind games like Dungeons & Dragons 3e, Warhamer 40k Roleplay, and Vampire: The Masquerade
  
• Ten things you might not know about roleplaying in the '90s
  
• An extensive bibliography and index

Meet the characters behind the characters and the gamers behind the games in Designers & Dragons: The '90s!