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, used to publish its d20 System &

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material in from 2000 to 2008. The imprint also acted as publisher for other small press game developers, such as Monte Cook's company,

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, and Necromancer Games.

History

The principals at White Wolf Publishing saw that d20 was going to be a big deal for the roleplaying industry, so they were in the process of forming the Sword & Sorcery Studio — a new department to publish d20 products. White Wolf needed someone with expertise in the legal and mechanical issues related to the d20 trademark license, which led to asking Necromancer Games for help in forming White Wolf's "Sword & Sorcery" imprint, with the understanding that it would publish not only the works of the Sword & Sorcery Studio, but the books of Necromancer Games as well. The partnership between White Wolf and Necromancer was announced on September 13, 2000. When White Wolf announced their partnership with Necromancer Games, they also stated that they were working with a third partner, the "Sword & Sorcery Studio," which was actually the division of White Wolf dedicated to producing d20 content, and gave its name to White Wolf's new d20 imprint: Sword & Sorcery. White Wolf produced the first Sword & Sorcery book, the ''Creature Collection'' (2000), a book of monsters;

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and Bill Webb of Necromancer Games put ''Creature Collection'' together, but the writing came from White Wolf.

Products

* ''d20 Sword & Sorcery'' series – d20 system/'' Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition compatible sourcebooks * ''

Scarred Lands Scarred Lands is a post-apocalyptic fantasy campaign setting in which characters live in a world recovering from a devastating war between gods and titans. Initially published by White Wolf Publishing under its Sword & Sorcery brand using the d20 ...

'' – campaign setting for '' Dungeons & Dragons'' * '' Ravenloft'' campaign setting – the company held the license to publish the 3rd edition version of it. * ''

EverQuest Role-Playing Game ''EverQuest Role-Playing Game'' is a role-playing game based on the ''EverQuest'' fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The game was published by White Wolf under its Sword and Sorcery Studios imprint. ''EverQuest Rol ...

'' – licensed

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line * ''

Warcraft the Roleplaying Game ''Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game'' was a role-playing game line published by Sword & Sorcery Studios. It was based on the '' Warcraft'' computer games and set on Azeroth. Second Edition In 2005, White Wolf Publishing released a second editio ...

'' – licensed pencil and paper game line * ''Monte Cook's

Arcana Unearthed ''Arcana Unearthed'' (properly ''Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed'', ), first published in 2003, is a role-playing game created by Monte Cook. Described as a "variant player's handbook", the 256-page hardcover core rulebook bears many similarit ...

'' and ''Arcana Evolved'' series

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.white-wolf.com/, White Wolf official website Role-playing game publishing companies White Wolf Publishing