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- May 19, 2009: Wizards of the Coast announces that D&D Insider will contain over 100 pages of finished previews from the Player's Handbook 3.
- April 10, 2009: Dave Arneson, co-creator of the game, died on April 7, 2009, from cancer. Wizards of the Coast's news.
- April 6, 2009: Wizards of the Coast files three lawsuits for copyright infringement of their downloadable Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition PDF books.
- March 25, 2009: Paizo Publishing announces the winner or RPG Superstar 2009, Neil Spicer, who will write the Pathfinder Module Realm of the Fellnight Queen, to be released in January 2010.
- March 17, 2009: The 224-page Player's Handbook 2 has been released, containing new races, new classes, and a new power source (Primal), among other additional rules.
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[edit]- March 17, 2009: Player's Handbook Power Cards have been released.
- March 17, 2009: Dungeons & Dragons adventure P3, Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress, has been released.
- March 4, 2009: Paizo Publishing announces new products for their Pathfinder product lines, including new Companions, Adventure Paths, Modules, and Chronicles, as well as the Free RPG Day 2009 Bonus Bestiary. All of these books will be compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
- March 4, 2009: Paizo Publishing announces Eric Bailey, Kevin Carter, Matthew Stinson, and Neil Spicer as the top 4 contestants in RPG Superstar 2009. See the details.
- March 3, 2009: Dungeon Delve, a 160-page hardcover 4th edition book, has been released.
- March 3, 2009: A new Dragonlance novel, Renegade Wizards, has been released in paperback.
- February 8, 2009: The D&D Wiki passes 19,000 content pages.
- February 7, 2009: The PathfinderWiki passes 1,000 articles.
- February 6, 2009: Wizards of the Coast announces The Plane Below 160-page hardcover accessory, for release in December 2009.
- February 5, 2009: Paizo Publishing announces upcoming releases of 3D terrain for the Pathfinder series, made by WorldWorksGames. Official announcement.
- February 5, 2009: Paizo Publishing announces the top 17 contestants for RPG Superstar 2009. See the news release.
- February 2, 2009: Previews released for D&D books, including Player's Handbook 2, Dungeon Delve, and Arcane Power.
- January 15, 2009: Wizards of the Coast announces plans to launch full version of D&D Insider's Character Builder by the end of January. See the announcement.
- December 13, 2008: Wizards of the Coast announces that the Open Beta of the D&D Insider Character Builder is now live. See the announcement.
- December 5, 2008: Wizards of the Coast announces Dungeons & Dragons products for October 2009, including Primal Power, Goblin Nation, E3 Prince of Undeath, and DU5 Dungeon Tiles: Sinister Woods.
- December 3, 2008: Layoffs confirmed, but names and numbers withheld in a report given to ICV2.
- December 2, 2008: Possible layoffs at Wizards of the Coast include Randy Buehler, Stacy Longstreet, Jonathan Tweet, and Dave Noonan. Paizo Publishing's Lisa Stevens reports.
- November 25, 2008: Paizo Publishing announces RPG superstar 2009, a competition to find the best new talent in RPGs.