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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 PublishingChris Pramas secured the rights to The Whispering Vault from Mike Nystul in early 1996. He joined forces with his brother Jason Pramas and friend Neal Darcy…
- Games WorkshopIn 1975, three men named John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson opened a small business at 15 Bolingbroke Road in London.
- 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 GamesJoseph Goodman opened his doors in 2001 with a single product called Broncosaurus Rex. This first role-playing game capitalized on the newly available d20…
- 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 CoastPeter Adkison opened Wizards of the Coast in 1990 outside Seattle, Washington. The company name came from a guild of wizards in an RPG he was playing at the…
- 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 GuildBob Bledsaw and Bill Owen stood in the office of Tactical Studies Rules on the 17th of July 1976. They had traveled from Decatur, Illinois to Lake Geneva…
- Kenzer & CompanyIn 1994, Kenzer & Company released The Kingdoms of Kalamar from an office in Waukegan, Illinois. David Kenzer and his team operated as a small publisher…
- 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…