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''Dragon'' is the official ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' magazine. Published from from 1976 to 2002 by TSR / [[Wizards of the Coast]], the magazine was outsourced to Paizo Publishing (a company founded by WotC alums, now known for publishing ''[[Pathfinder (Tabletop Game)|Pathfinder]]'') through September 2007 (issue 359). At this point Wizards took the license back from Paizo, and restarted it as an online-only version, in which format it continues to be published. In all incarnations, ''Dragon'' has been "100% official content", and much material that was first published in it has found its way into ''D&D'' gaming supplements; in this way, it has served as a proving ground for aspiring game designers. Three other publications were merged with it at various times--''Little Wars'' (TSR's wargaming publication), ''Ares'' (for science fiction games that TSR acquired from SPI), and ''Living [[Greyhawk]] Journal'' (for WotC's organized play events).

From 1986 to its end ''Dragon'' was accompanied by ''[[Dungeon (Magazinemagazine)|Dungeon]]'' magazine, which provided premade adventures (mostly for ''Dungeons & Dragons''). Like its sister publication, ''Dungeon'' is now online-only.

The magazine spun off several comic strips, including ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'', ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New Withwith Phil and Dixie]]'', ''[[Dork Tower]]'', and ''[[Nodwick]]''. Additionally, ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' ran a series of bonus strips in it.

* [[Running Gag]]: The oft-promised but never-quite-delivered "Sex and ''D&D''" edition of comic strip ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New Withwith Phil and Dixie]]''. {{spoiler|It was finally delivered in the 1994 strip collection... but was, in fact, all about monster mating habits.}}