History Trivia / DungeonsAndDragons

* OldShame: For a few past creators:
** Gary Gygax cited psionics and the Monk class as his. For the former, he felt psionic powers was something that belonged in a modern or futuristic setting and not in a medieval fantasy game; for the latter, the class rode in on a kung-fu action craze that was sweeping America in TheSeventies and he wanted the class moved to an oriental adventures add-on.
** The sexism of AD&D 1st Edition - the ChainmailBikini artwork, the "[[GameFavoredGender female characters suffer a penalty to their Strength stat]]" rules, etc.- is something that a lot of later game designers would like everyone to forget.
** Colin [=McComb=] will probably never live down the AD&D 2nd Edition splatbook "[[CantArgueWithElves The Complete Guide to the]] MasterRace". Uh, the Complete Guide to Elves, sorry.

* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: Creator/{{TSR}}, Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast and Creator/{{Hasbro}} make three corporate owners, even if older trademarks were sometimes preserved for a while for the sake of customer goodwill. See the main page for details.
* IntercontinuityCrossover: In the book ''Dice Men'' Chapter 13 Independence Day, before Creator/GamesWorkshop and Creator/{{TSR}} became business rivals they did collaborate for D&D's 2nd [[MonsterCompendium bestiary, the original Fiend Folio]] which was made by converting monsters from Magazine/WhiteDwarf's Fiend Factory column. GW founder Ian Livingstone was especially proud that his entry, the Hook Horror (the name was just a place-holder he never fixed) made its way into the book.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: In the book ''Dice Men'' Chapter 13 Independence Day, before Creator/GamesWorkshop and Creator/{{TSR}} became business rivals they did collaborate for D&D's 2nd [[MonsterCompendium bestiary, the original Fiend Folio]] which was made by converting monsters from Magazine/WhiteDwarf's Fiend Factory column. GW founder Ian Livingstone was especially proud that his entry, the Hook Horror (the name was just a place-holder he never fixed) made it's way into the book.

** The sexism of AD&D 1st Edition - the ChainmailBikini artwork, the "[[GameFavoredGender female characters suffer a malus to their Strength stat]]" rules, etc.- is something that a lot of later game designers would like everyone to forget.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: A great deal of it in 2nd through 4th edition, especially through the Dragon magazine which often featured articles written by fans. While 5th edition goes the quality over quantity route with fewer but better made sourcebooks, it's still present. Of note is the Oblex from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, which was designed by a child through the Make-A-Wish foundation.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: In the book ''Dice Men'' Chapter 13 Independence Day, before Creator/GamesWorkshop and Creator/{{TSR}} became business rivals they did collaborate for ''D & D'''s 2nd [[MonsterCompendium bestiary, the original Fiend Folio]] which was made by converting monsters from Magazine/WhiteDwarf's Fiend Factory column. GW founder Ian Livingstone was especially proud that his entry, the Hook Horror (the name was just a place-holder he never fixed) made it's way into the book.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: In the book ''Dice Men'' Chapter 13 Independence Day, before Creator/GamesWorkshop and Creator/{{TSR}} became business rivals they did collaborate for ''D & D'''s 2nd [[MonsterCompendium bestiary, the original Fiend Folio]] which was made by converting monsters from Magazine/WhiteDwarf's Fiend Factory column. GW founder was especially proud that his entry, the Hook Horror (the name was just a place-holder he never fixed) made it's way into the book.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: In the book ''Dice Men'' Chapter 13 Independence Day, before Creator/GamesWorkshop and Creator/{{TSR}} became business rivals they did collaborate for ''D & D'''s 2nd bestiary, the original Fiend Folio which was made by converting monsters from Magazine/WhiteDwarf's Fiend Factory column. GW founder was especially proud that his entry, the Hook Horror (the name was just a place-holder he never fixed) made it's way into the book.

* StreisandEffect: Although the TheNewRockAndRoll hysteria by ignorant MoralGuardians in the 1980s was a source of worry for TSR, it was also a major marketing boost, quadrupling gross income from $2.3 million in 1979, to $8.7 million in 1980. Many buyers purchased the game to see what the fuss was about, liked what they saw, found out that the SatanicPanic around the game wasn't true, and stuck around. It also created a sense of community among tabletop RPG fans which didn't exist beforehand, allowing people to find groups to play with and like-minded fans. Were it not for the attempts to eliminate ''D&D'' by the Moral Guardians, ''D&D'' wouldn't have become the cultural icon of tabletop gaming that it is today.

* GenrePopularizer: For pencil-and-paper roleplaying games.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Main_Page D&D Wiki]], another [[http://dungeons.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page D&D Wiki]], another [[http://dungeonsdragons.wikia.com/wiki/Dungeons_and_Dragons_Wiki D&D Wiki]], [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page D&D Homebrew Wiki]], [[http://dnd4.wikia.com/wiki/D%26D4_Wiki D&D 4th Edition Wiki]], [[http://engl393-dnd5th.wikia.com/wiki/D%26D_5th_Edition_Wiki D&D 5th Edition Wiki]], and [[https://dnd5e.fandom.com/wiki/D%26D_5th_Edition_Wikia D&D 5th Edition Homebrew Wiki]]. In addition to probably having one for every single one of its settings, the core rulebooks for 3.5E plus the ''Expanded Psionics Handbook'' were ported to a website under the Open Game License, [[http://www.d20srd.org/ The Hypertext d20 SRD]].

** Gary Gygax cited psionics and the Monk class as his. For the former, he felt psionic powers was something that belonged in a modern or futuristic setting and not in a medieval fantasy game; for the latter, the class rode in on a kung-fu action craze that was sweeping America in TheEighties and he wanted the class moved to an oriental adventures add-on.