 Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman , and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR , Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels . The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job interview . At TSR Tracy met Margaret Weis , his future writing partner , and they gathered a group of associates to play the Dungeons & Dragons role @-@ playing game . The adventures during that game inspired a series of gaming modules , a series of novels , licensed products such as board games , and lead miniature figures . 
