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[[File:Dungeon magazine 5.webp|thumb|350px|Front cover to issue 5... which contains a [[Troper Work]].]]
The ''other'' official ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' magazine, '''''Dungeon''''' provides short, ready-to-run adventure modules in an anthology format for the [[Game Master|DungeonMaster]] on the go, with DM advice articles added for good measure. Less celebrated than its player-centric sister magazine, ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'', ''Dungeon'' has nonetheless proved a useful game aid for over twenty years.
First published by TSR in 1986 as a bimonthly spinoff of ''Dragon'' as a platform for fan-made adventures, ''Dungeon'' went monthly in 2003 after Paizo Publishing was contracted to run the magazine by [[Wizards of the Coast]]. Paizo introduced the "adventure path" concept—series of adventures linked between issues to provide a complete campaign—while retaining the anthology format. Dungeon's adventure paths included ''[[Shackled City]],'' ''[[Age Of Worms]],'' and ''[[Savage Tide|Savage Tide.]]'' During this era, ''Dungeon'' was merged with both ''Polyhedron'' (a gaming magazine originally for organized play, later shifted to general coverage of the
In September 2007, Wizards took their license back from Paizo and the magazine's print run ended with issue #150. Today, Wizards continues to publish ''Dungeon'' in online format.
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* [[Crossover]]: The "incursion" event, which crossed over between ''Dungeon'', ''Dragon'', and ''Polyhedron'' (then merged with ''Dungeon'') in which the evil githyanki invade from the Astral Plane. ''Dungeon'' provided a set of adventures spanning the course of the invasion, ''Dragon'' gave players specially-designed character options for fight the githyanki, and ''Polyhedron'' provided a special "mini-game" sidestory in which players take on the role of the invaders.
* [[Mascot]]: Unofficially, the evil dragon mastermind, Flame, who appeared on the cover of the first issue and made several subsequent reappearances.
* [[Troper Works]]: Troper [[User:robkelk|robkelk]] has two published adventures in ''Dungeon'', in issues 5 and 10. He thinks their quality was low (he was young when he wrote them), but the one in issue 5 was updated to 2e and republished in the official collection ''[[Road to Danger]]''.
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