Goodman Games

Joseph Goodman started Goodman Games in 2001 and took advantage of the new d20 System license by publishing his first RPG, Broncosaurus Rex.[1]^:386 Goodman Games released a series of Complete Guides beginning with Complete Guide to Drow (2002), and another 10 books, about half of which highlighted unusual races that no one else was covering, such as Complete Guide to Doppelgangers (2002), Complete Guide to Rakshasas (2003), Complete Guide to Treants (2003) and Complete Guide to Wererats (2003).[1]^:386–387 Despite success with Broncosaurus Rex and then moving to fantasy dungeon crawls, Goodman did not bring game designers in house and continued to work with freelance creators.[1]^:387 With Dungeon Crawl Classics, Goodman intended to publish the sort of intelligent dungeon crawl adventures that he enjoyed playing, and wanted to serve the large "older gamer" demographic.[1]^:387 Goodman Games expanded into a wide range of fantasy and science fiction role playing game (RPG) supplements. Their card games include Geek Wars, World Championship Dodge Ball and Scavenger Hunt.

In May 2012, Goodman Games released an original OGL-based role-playing game called Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game (DCC RPG). The design intention was "to create a modern RPG that reflects D&D’s origin-point concepts with decades-later rules editions."[2]

In July 2009, Goodman Games held a contest to award a Game Store with the award of "America's Favorite Game Store", the award went to Yottaquest.[3][4]