Forgotten Realms (1987)
Date: 1987
Platform: Tabletop Game
Developer: Ed Greenwood
Publisher: TSR, Inc.
Genre: Fantasy / Role Playing
Franchises: Dungeons & Dragons / D&D
Also known as: Mad Monkey vs the Dragon Claw
Adaptation: Inspiration
Summary:
Forgotten Realms is a fantasy world setting, described as a world of strange lands, dangerous creatures, and mighty deities, where magic and supernatural phenomena are very real. The premise is that, long ago, planet Earth and the world of the Forgotten Realms were more closely connected. As time passed, the inhabitants of Earth had mostly forgotten about the existence of that other world – hence the name Forgotten Realms. The original Forgotten Realms logo, which was used until 2000, had small runic letters that read "Herein lie the lost lands" as an allusion to the connection between the two worlds.
Pathfinder (2009)
Date: August 2009
Platform: Tabletop Game
Developer: Jason Bulmahn
Publisher: Paizo Publishing
Genre: Role Playing
Franchises: Dungeons & Dragons / D&D
Also known as: World Anvil / Tian Xia World
Adaptation: Cameo
Summary:Beginning in 2002, Paizo took over publishing Dragon and Dungeon magazines, which were about the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing game, under contract to the game's publishers Wizards of the Coast. Wizards of the Coast chose not to renew the contract in early 2007 and Paizo began publishing the Pathfinder periodical line as a replacement. In August 2007, Wizards of the Coast announced the pending release of the 4th edition of D&D (4e), which replaced version 3.5 (3.5e). Many of the staff at Paizo were concerned about the more restrictive Game System License under which the 4th edition was being released, compared to the earlier Open Game License (OGL). They had also not been provided with a copy of the 4e rules.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game
