Drakar & Demoner

Drakar och Demoner

1991 version rule book cover with art by Michael Whelan featuring Elric of Melniboné.
Designer(s)	version 1: Tomas Björklund, Lars-Åke Thor - versions 2-5: Lars-Åke Thor, Anders Blixt, Åke Eldberg, Henrik Strandberg, Marcus Thorell - version 6: Dan Slottner, Magnus Malmberg, Theodore Bergquist
Publisher(s)	Target Games, Riotminds, Neogames
Publication date	1980s-
Genre(s)	Fantasy
System(s)	Custom (based on Basic Role-Playing)

Drakar och Demoner (Swedish for Dragons and Demons, in Sweden commonly referred to by the abbreviation "DoD") is a Swedish fantasy role-playing game first published in 1982 by the game publishing company Äventyrsspel ("Adventure Games", later renamed Target Games).

The first edition was basically a translation of Steve Perrin's Basic Role-Playing (which in turn is based on RuneQuest) combined with the Magic World booklet.

The second Edition was published in 1984, rewriting the text from scratch, fixing many translation errors and glitches in the rules although no other major changes were made. One of the available player races, the anthropomorphic ducks, was incorporated from Glorantha.

The transition to a new system of rules began in 1985, not with the third edition which mostly corrected spelling errors, but with the publication of an "Expert" rule expansion: Drakar och Demoner Expert. This among other things introduced hit locations and the use of a 20-sided die instead of the percentile die for skill rolls.

The fourth edition in 1991 was a major revision of the rules, superseding Drakar och Demoner Expert by incorporating it into the basic rules and then expanding them.

In 1994, Target Games released a fifth edition, called Drakar och Demoner Chronopia. This version was notable mainly because it came with an integrated world description. Changes to the rules were minor, mostly reflecting the new campaign setting.

In the late 1990s, Target Games found itself in financial difficulties and discontinued their line of role-playing games. The rights to Drakar och Demoner were transferred to Paradox Entertainment, who in turn licensed them to Riotminds. Riotminds published a new version of the game in 2000. This sixth edition was a complete overhaul of the game rules, supporting a much less generic game world. The idea of "Expert" rules was re-used, and many rules expansions followed.