Rating: [ 6.92 / 10.00 ]

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Title  Designers & Dragons
Author  Shannon Appelcline
Book Type  Gaming Non-Fiction
Rank: [ 2 / 130 ]
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
Awards 
UK Games Expo (Special Award, 2012)
ENnie (Judges' Spotlight Award, 2012)
Edition Info  Mongoose Publishing (2011 Hardcover)
Stock: 6194
ISBN: 978-1-907702-58-7

Game Summary

A history of the RPG industry, arranged one company at a time. Sixty companies are covered in depth, starting with TSR and ending with Catalyst Game Labs.

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440 pages, leatherbound. First released at Gencon '11, then later released to distribution in November, 2011. About 750 copies printed; sold out to distribution in March, 2012.

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3 + 5talien. Shannon has crafted a critical building block for future role-playing game scholars. I just wish it had been published earlier.
5 + 4SteveD. If this book was any classier, it would be smoking a pipe.

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