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Role-playing game publishing companies
- Darrington PressOctober 2020 marked the launch of Darrington Press, a new tabletop game imprint owned by Critical Role Productions. Ivan Van Norman led the initial…
- Green Ronin PublishingGreen Ronin Publishing opened its doors in Seattle, Washington, in July 2000 with a game called Ork! That same year, on the 10th of August 2000, the company…
- Games WorkshopGames Workshop began not with armoured space marines or fantasy battles, but with a wooden backgammon board. In 1975, three men founded the company at 15…
- Simulations Publications, Inc.Jim Dunnigan stood in the U.S. Army in Korea when he first encountered Avalon Hill wargames. He returned to civilian life in 1964 and began writing articles…
- Goodman GamesGoodman Games started with a dinosaur RPG and a bet on an untested license. In 2001, Joseph Goodman launched his company by publishing Broncosaurus Rex…
- TSR, Inc.In October 1973, Gary Gygax and Don Kaye pooled $2,400 to form Tactical Studies Rules. Their goal was simple yet unprecedented: self-publish a new game…
- Wizards of the CoastWizards of the Coast began in Peter Adkison's basement outside Seattle in 1990, with a handful of employees and a name borrowed from a guild of wizards in a…
- White Wolf PublishingOn the 11th of November 2006, White Wolf and CCP Games announced a merger during the keynote address at the EVE Online Fanfest.
- ChaosiumGreg Stafford opened the doors to his new company in 1975 from a small apartment near the Oakland Coliseum. He named this venture The Chaosium, blending the…
- Critical Role ProductionsThe year 2015 marked the beginning of a new era for tabletop role-playing games when eight actors formed Critical Role Productions.
- Judges GuildJudges Guild was founded on the 4th of July, 1976, and what began as a collection of homemade game notes would reshape how millions of people played Dungeons…
- Kenzer & CompanyKenzer and Company almost had a different name. In the spring of 1993, a law student named David Kenzer was trying to incorporate a new company with five…
- Decipher, Inc.Warren Holland opened a small office in Norfolk, Virginia, during 1983. He designed three jigsaw puzzles that required buyers to solve four cryptograms…