Short answers, pulled from the story.
Jon Freeman and Jim Connelley founded Automated Simulations in 1978 without planning to build a company. Their first project, Starfleet Orion, existed only so Connelley could write off the cost of his Commodore PET computer.
The Complete Book of Wargames appeared in 1980 under the Fireside imprint from Simon & Schuster. Freeman collaborated with editors from Consumer Guide to produce this volume on wargame history.
Jon Freeman met Anne Westfall at a computer fair in 1980 while working there. The two later left Epyx together to form Free Fall Associates in 1981.
Electronic Arts published Archon: The Light and the Dark for Atari 8-bit computers in the early 1980s. The title received critical acclaim and became one of the earliest successful releases from that publisher.
Jon Freeman yearned to leave the organization he helped build because of internal office politics. His departure marked the end of his tenure with what was once a small startup.