Pyramid is a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the online edition publishes new articles each week. This article is about a recreational activity. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... The Klondike Solitaire game that comes with Gnome. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Pyramid features general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tend to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as GURPS, it also publishes articles on other games such as d20 System, Talisman, Nobilis, Hero System, and features comic strips such as Dork Tower, Bruno, Murphy's Rules, and Irregular Webcomic! Steve Jackson Games also briefly published another online magazine, d20 Weekly for several months using a very similar model to that of Pyramid. However, the venture was not a success, and was eventually folded into a slightly Pyramid. The Generic Universal Role-Playing System, commonly known as GURPS is a form of a role-playing game (RPG) designed to adapt to any imaginary gaming environment. ... The d20 System logo The d20 System is a system of game mechanics for role-playing games published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast and based on the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons. ... Talisman can refer to: An amulet sometimes believed to have mystical, and amazing powers The Talisman board game from Games Workshop Talisman - Sacred Cities, Secret Faith by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval Talisman (band) - a hard rock band. ... The cover of the second edition of the Nobilis roleplaying game, depicting a sculpture by Charles van der Stappen. ... The Hero System (or HERO System) is a role-playing game generic system that developed from the superhero RPG Champions, and underlying the Hero Games role-playing games such as Champions, Dark Champions, Fantasy Hero, Star Hero, and Pulp Hero. ... Dork Tower, the comic written by John Kovalic, chronicles the lives of a group of geeks living in the fictional town of Mud Bay, Wisconsin. ... Irregular Webcomic! is a webcomic created by David Morgan-Mar, an Australian scientist. ...

The online subscription system used for Pyramid also grants access to subscriber forums, a dedicated chat server, and occasional pre-publication playtest material for Steve Jackson Games and other company's products.

Editors

• Derek Pearcy - Print issues 1-2.
• Jeff Koke - Print issues 3-4.
• Scott Haring - Print issues 5-30. Online edition March 1998 - February 2000.
• S. John Ross - Online edition 1998.
• Steven Marsh - Online edition February 2000 - present.

S. John Ross was born Samuel John Ross, Junior in Cumberland, Maryland on July 15, 1971, the son of Sam and Donna Ross. ...

Awards

• 2001: Origins Award Best Professional Game Magazine of 2000
• 2004: Origins Award Gamer's Choice: Best Electronic Product of 2003
• 2005: Origins Award Best Non Fiction Publication of 2004]]

2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Origins Awards, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, are presented at the Origins International Game Expo for outstanding work in the game industry. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Pyramid