 Paizo Publishing 's license to produce Dragon and Dungeon magazines , which Paizo had been publishing since it spun off from Wizards of the Coast 's periodicals department in 2002 , expired in September 2007 . Wizards then moved the magazines to an online model . On June 6 , 2008 , Wizards released the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons , with the retail availability of a new set of core rulebooks . Wizards began introducing 4th Edition online content in Dragon and Dungeon magazines . 4th Edition is designed to offer more streamlined game play , while the new rules framework intended to reduce the preparation time needed to run a game and make the game more accessible to new players . 
