Editing RPGnet (section)

{{Short description|Forum for tabletop role-playing games}}
{{Infobox website
| name            = RPGnet
| logo            = [[File:RPG Net logo.png|alt=The letters RPG with a small gold net below, layered over a purple rhombus|The RPGnet logo]]
| screenshot      = [[File:RPGnet site screenshot.jpg|border|240px|A screenshot of RPGnet home page on November 18, 2018]]
| collapsible     = Yes
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| screenshot_alt  = A screenshot of RPGnet home page on November 18, 2018
| caption         = A screenshot of RPGnet home page on November 18, 2018
| language        = English
| url             = [https://www.rpg.net/ RPG.net]
| commercial      = Yes
| type            = [[Video game|Gaming]]
| owner           = Skotos Tech, Inc.
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| launch_date     = {{Start date and age|1996|9|1}}
| current_status  = Active
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'''RPGnet''' is a [[role-playing game]] website. It includes sections on [[wargaming|wargame]]s, [[tabletop game]]s and [[video game]]s, as well as columns on gaming topics.<ref>{{cite journal| first=Cason | last=Snow | year=2008| title=Dragons in the stacks: an introduction to role-playing games and their value to libraries| journal=Collection Building | volume=27 | issue=2| pages=63–70 | doi=10.1108/01604950810870218 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763877.2014.1002716 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026100258/http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763877.2014.1002716 |archive-date=2015-10-26 |url-status=live | url-access=subscription }}</ref>

RPGnet was founded in 1996 by Emma and Sandy Antunes, Shawn Althouse ({{Abbr|aka|also known as}} etrigan) and Brian David Phillips, as a way to unify a number of transient game sites.<ref>{{cite web| first=Sandy | last=Antunes | date=September 8, 2006| publisher=RPGnet | title=Sandy's Soapbox #112: Back When Everything Was New: A look back at 10 years of RPGnet That| url=https://www.rpg.net/columns/soap/soap112.phtml| access-date=2009-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621070022/https://www.rpg.net/columns/soap/soap112.phtml |archive-date=2018-06-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2001 it was purchased by Skotos Tech, but maintains creative and editorial autonomy. Currently it is being run by Shannon Appelcline of Skotos, while a number of volunteer [[Forum moderator|moderators]] and administrators help maintain the forums.{{Relevance inline|date=May 2014}}
In 2024, RPG.net was sold to RPGMatch, who would take over development duties while the administration of the forums was to remain independent.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/rpgnet-is-merging-with-rpgmatch-dont-panic-because-its-actually-amazing.917835/ | title=From RPGnet's Publisher - 💡News - RPGnet is Merging with RPGmatch! Don't panic, because it's actually amazing. &#124; Tabletop Roleplaying Open | date=3 March 2024 }}</ref>