[2] The game consists of two publications by Wizards of the Coast, a core rulebook published in October 2001 and an expansion, The Prophecies of the Dragon, which followed in April 2002.
Shortly after the release of Prophecies of the Dragon, Wizards of the Coast confirmed that they would not be proceeding with any further expansions for the game.
However, the term 'Dungeon Master' is not used (as this is reserved for D&D products only), being replaced by the more generic 'gamemaster' to refer to the player running the game.
The standard D&D character classes have been replaced by new ones: algai'd'siswai (Aiel spear-carrier), Armsman (soldier), Initiate (in the Aes Sedai or other-culture counterparts, or Asha'man), Noble, Wanderer, Wilder (untrained user of the One Power) or Woodsman (similar to a D&D Ranger).
There is also an extensive chapter discussing rules for the use of the One Power (including how to handle male channellers and the threat of madness).
The book features re-drawn, full-color, and larger-scaled maps of the cities of Ebou Dar, Caemlyn, Cairhien, and Tar Valon.
Two articles were presented in the magazine, content included beasts of the wheel of time and new hero templates for quick character creation.
It was written by Aaron Acevedo, Evan Jamieson, Michelle Lyons, James Maliszewski, Charles Ryan and Paul Sudlow for Wizards of the Coast.
The concept behind the book is to provide a massive roleplaying campaign that runs alongside the storyline of the first six Wheel of Time novels.
The first mini-adventure, 'Howls in the Night', sees the players investigating a series of wolf attacks on a remote village.
Given that the players will have likely reached the attention of Rand himself by the end of the campaign, it falls to the gamemaster to decide what adventures follow through the remainder of the novels.
Prophecies of the Dragon features a number of new maps, including the towns of Aturo's Orchard and Tobin's Hollow on Toman Head (all created for this book), plus the city of Falme and a general map of the western coast of the continent, stretching from Tanchico to Bandar Eban.