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Welcome to the references department of the Dungeons & Dragons WikiProject. The goal of this department is to provide a guide to references which are commonly used, or aren't used much but probably should be, including information on their reliability and ready-to-use citation templates which can just be copied and pasted into the proper article.

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Books

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Previews typically use either Google Books or Amazon.com. Many more sources can be found at this search of Google Books; any useful sources found there should be added here.

Sortable table
Name Publisher Year Reliability Citation
Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible, The (2nd edition) Obsidian Studios 1999 Reliable secondary source <ref name="FRPGB">{{cite book|last=Fannon |first=Sean Patrick |year=1999| title=The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible |edition=2nd |publisher=Obsidian Studios |ISBN=0-9674429-0-7}}</ref>
Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games (preview) Prometheus books 1991 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Schick">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 }}</ref>
Game Inventor's Guidebook, The (2003) Krause Publications 2003 Reliable secondary source <ref name="GIG">{{cite book|last=Tinsman |first=Brian |year=2003 |title= The Game Inventor's Guidebook |publisher=[[Krause Publications]] |ISBN=0-87349-552-7}}</ref>
Game Inventor's Guidebook, The (2008) (preview) Morgan James Publishing 2008 Reliable secondary source <ref name="GIG2008">{{cite book |last=Tinsman |first=Brian | year=2008 |title= The Game Inventor's Guidebook |publisher=Morgan James Publishing |ISBN=978-1600374470}}</ref>
Dungeons & Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Chic to Geek (preview) McGraw-Hill 2003 Reliable secondary source <ref name="King & Borland">{{cite book| last=King |first=Brad |coauthors=Borland, John |year=2003 |title=Dungeons & Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Chic to Geek |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]] |ISBN=0-07-222888-1}}</ref>
30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons (preview) Wizards of the Coast 2004 Primary source <ref name="30 Years">{{cite book |last=Johnson| first=Harold |coauthors=''et al'' |year=2004| title=[[30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons]] |publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] |ISBN=0-7869-3498-0}}</ref>
Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies (preview) For Dummies 2005 Reliable secondary source <ref name="D&D for dummies">{{cite book |last=Slavicsek |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill Slavicsek | coauthors=[[Rich Baker|Baker, Rich]] |year=2005 |title=Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies |publisher=[[For Dummies]] |ISBN=978-0764584596}}</ref>
Dungeon Master For Dummies (preview) For Dummies 2006 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DM for dummies">{{cite book |last=Slavicsek |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill Slavicsek | coauthors=[[Rich Baker|Baker, Rich]], [[Jeff Grubb|Grubb, Jeff]] |year=2006 |title=Dungeon Master For Dummies |publisher=[[For Dummies]] |ISBN=978-0471783305}}</ref>
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies For Dummies 2008 Reliable secondary source <ref name="D&D4E for dummies">{{cite book |last=Slavicsek |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill Slavicsek | coauthors=[[Rich Baker|Baker, Rich]]; [[Mike Mearls|Mearls, Mike]] |year=2008 |title=Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies |publisher=[[For Dummies]] |ISBN=978-0470292907}}</ref>
Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies For Dummies 2008 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DM4E for dummies">{{cite book |last=Wyatt |first=James |authorlink=James Wyatt (game designer) | coauthors=[[Bill Slavicsek|Slavicsek, Bill]]; [[Rich Baker|Baker, Rich]] |year=2008 |title=Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies |publisher=[[For Dummies]] |ISBN=978-0470292914}}</ref>
Dicing with Dragons: An Introduction to Role-Playing Games (preview) Routledge 1982 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Dicing with Dragons">{{cite book| first=Ian | last=Livingstone | authorlink = Ian Livingstone | year=1982| title=Dicing with Dragons, An Introduction to Role-Playing Games | edition=Revised| publisher=[[Routledge]] | isbn=0710094663 }}</ref>
Shared Fantasy: Role-playing Games as Social Worlds (preview) University of Chicago Press 2002 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Shared Fantasy">{{cite book| first=Gary Alan | last=Fine | year=2002| title=Shared Fantasy: Role-playing Games as Social Worlds | publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]| location=[[New York]] | isbn=0226249441 }}</ref>
Satanism Today: An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture (preview) ABC-Clio Inc 2001 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Satanism Today">{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=James R. |year=2001 |title=Satanism Today: An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture |publisher=ABC-Clio Inc |ISBN=978-1576072929}}</ref>
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend (preview) Open Court Publishing Company 1993 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Satanic Panic">{{cite book |last=Victor |first=Jeffery S. |year=1993 |title=Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend |publisher=Open Court Publishing Company |ISBN=978-0812691924}}</ref>
Evil Influences: Crusades Against the Mass Media (preview) Transaction Publishers 1989 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Evil Influences">{{cite book |last= Starker |first=Steven |title=Evil Influences: Crusades Against the Mass Media | publisher=Transactions Publishers |ISBN=978-0887382758}}</ref>
Game Development and Production (preview) Wordware Publishing 2003 Reliable secondary source <ref name="GD&P">{{cite book| last=Bethke |first=Erik |year=2003 |title=Game Development and Production |publisher=Wordware Publishing |ISBN=978-1556229510}}</ref>
Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction (preview) MIT Press 2005 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Twisty">{{cite book |last=Montfort |first=Nick |year=2005 |title=Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction |publisher=MIT Press |ISBN=978-0262633185}}</ref>
Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry (preview) Career Press 2006 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Dragonlore">{{cite book |last=DeKirk |first=Ashley |coauthors= Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon | year=2006 |title=Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry |publisher=Career Press |ISBN=978-1564148681}}</ref>
Satanism Scare, The (preview) Aldine Transaction 1991 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Satanism Scare">{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=James T. |coauthors=Best, Joel; Bromley, David G. |year=1991 |title=The Satanism Scare |publisher=Aldine Transaction |ISBN=0202303799}}</ref>
Sports & Recreation Fads (preview) Haworth Press 1991 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Fads">{{cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W. |coauthors=Bailey, William G. |year=1991 |title=Sports & Recreation Fads |publisher=Haworth Press |ISBN=1560240563}}</ref>
Designers & Dragons: The '70s Evil Hat Productions 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Designers70">{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |coauthors= |year=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The '70s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |ISBN=9781613170755}}</ref>
Designers & Dragons: The '80s Evil Hat Productions 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Designers80">{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |coauthors= |year=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The '80s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |ISBN=9781613170816}}</ref>
Designers & Dragons: The '90s Evil Hat Productions 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Designers90">{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |coauthors= |year=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The '90s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |ISBN=9781613170847}}</ref>
Designers & Dragons: The '00s Evil Hat Productions 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Designers00">{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |coauthors= |year=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |ISBN=9781613170878}}</ref>
The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art McFarland 2001 Reliable secondary source <ref name="RPGPerforming">{{cite book |last=Mackay |first=Daniel |coauthors= |year=2001 |title=The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art |publisher=McFarland |ISBN=9780786408153}}</ref>
Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom Open Court 2012 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DnDPhilRaiding">{{cite book |last=Cogburn |first=John |coauthors=Silcox, Mark |year=2012 |title=Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom |publisher=Open Court |ISBN=9780812697964}}</ref>
Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom Checks Wiley-Blackwell 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DnDPhilAdv">{{cite book |last=Robichaud |first=Christopher |coauthors=Irwin, William |year=2014 |title=Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom Checks |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |ISBN=9781118397626}}</ref>
Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds University of California Press 2015 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DangerousGames">{{cite book |last=Laycock |first=Joseph P. |coauthors= |year=2015 |title=Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds |publisher=University of California Press |ISBN=9780520284920}}</ref>
Dungeons & Dreamers: A Story of How Computer Games Created a Global Community ETC Press 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DungeonsDreamers">{{cite book |last=King |first=Brad |coauthors=Borland, John |year=2014 |title=Dungeons & Dreamers: A Story of How Computer Games Created a Global Community |publisher=ETC Press |ISBN=9780991222728}}</ref>
The Creation of Narrative in Tabletop Role-Playing Games McFarland 2010 Reliable secondary source <ref name="CreationNarrative">{{cite book |last=Cover |first=Jennifer Grouling |coauthors= |year=2010 |title=The Creation of Narrative in Tabletop Role-Playing Games |publisher=McFarland |ISBN=9780786444519}}</ref>
Gaming as Culture: Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games McFarland 2006 Reliable secondary source <ref name="GamingCulture">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=J. Patrick |coauthors=Hendricks, Sean Q.; Winkler, W. Keith |year=2006 |title=Gaming as Culture: Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games |publisher=McFarland |ISBN=9780786424368}}</ref>
Playing at the World Unreason Press 2012 Reliable secondary source <ref name="PlayingWorld">{{cite book |last=Peterson |first=Jon |coauthors= |year=2012 |title=Playing at the World |publisher=Unreason Press |ISBN=9780615642048}}</ref>
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It Scribner 2013 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DiceMen">{{cite book |last=Ewalt |first=David M. |coauthors= |year=2013 |title=Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It |publisher=Scribner |ISBN=9781451640502}}</ref>
The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games McFarland 2010 Reliable secondary source <ref name="EvolutionFantasy">{{cite book |last=Tresca |first=Michael J. |coauthors= |year=2010 |title=The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games |publisher=McFarland |ISBN=9780786458950}}</ref>
The Tropes of Fantasy Fiction McFarland 2015 Reliable secondary source <ref name="TropesFantasy">{{cite book |last=Lissauer |first=Gabrielle |coauthors= |year=2015 |title=The Tropes of Fantasy Fiction |publisher=McFarland |ISBN=9780786478583}}</ref>
Dragons: The Myths, Legends, and Lore Adams Media 2013 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DragonsMyths">{{cite book |last=Niles |first=Doug |coauthors= |year=2013 |title=Dragons: The Myths, Legends, and Lore |publisher=Adams Media |ISBN=9781440562150}}</ref>
The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="AshgateMonsters">{{cite book |last=Weinstock |first=Jeffrey |coauthors= |year=2014 |title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |ISBN=9781409425625}}</ref>
Hobby Games: The 100 Best Green Ronin Publishing 2007 Reliable secondary source <ref name="Hobby100">{{cite book |last=Lowder |first=James |coauthors= |year=2007 |title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best |publisher=Green Ronin Publishing |ISBN=978-1-932442-96-0}}</ref>
Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian's Guide to Tabletop Role-Playing ABC-CLIO 2014 Reliable secondary source <ref name="DragonStacks">{{cite book |last=Torres-Roman |first=Steven A. |coauthors=Snow, Cason E. |year=2014 |title=Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian's Guide to Tabletop Role-Playing |publisher=ABC-CLIO |ISBN=9781610692625}}</ref>
The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters Saga Press (imprint of Simon & Schuster) 2018 Reliable secondary source <ref name="MonstersKnow">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1114284325|title=The monsters know what they're doing : combat tactics for dungeon masters|last=Ammann, Keith,|isbn=978-1-9821-2266-9|edition=First Saga Press hardcover edition|location=New York, New York|oclc=1114284325}}</ref>