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==History== |
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Mike Holmes and Ralph Mazza were members of the Gaming Outpost and later, founding members of the [[The Forge (RPG website)|Forge]] who began developing their ideas into a game called ''Universalis: The Game of Unlimited Stories''.<ref name="designers00s">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s|publisher=[[Evil Hat Productions]]|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-087-8}}</ref>{{rp|168-169}} ''[[Universalis]]'' (2002), by Holmes and Mazza, was published by Ramshead Publishing.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702- 58-7}}</ref>{{rp|411}} The company's name was based on Mazza's initials, which he had been using since childhood.<ref name="designers00s"/>{{rp|169}} In January 2003, Mazza bought out Holmes's share of ''Universalis'', and afterward the game and Ramshead Publishing belonged to Mazza alone.<ref name="designers00s"/>{{rp|171}} In 2004 Ramshead released what Mazza called the ''Robots & Rapiers Quick Start Rules'' (2004) — first as a PDF file, then as a printed book at Gen Con Indy 2004.<ref name="designers00s"/>{{rp|172}} [[Adept Press]], Burning Wheel, Driftwood Publishing, and Ramshead Publishing sponsored the Forge booth at [[Gen Con]] in 2004.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|408}} Ramshead's second complete game, ''[[Blood Red Sands]]'' (2013), finally went out to backers as a PDF in May 2013 after a successful [[Kickstarter]] in 2012, with a print book appearing in wider distribution in early 2014.<ref name="designers00s"/>{{rp|173}} |
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''[[Universalis]]'' was published through Ramshead Publishing. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 20:25, 25 July 2016
Ramshead Publishing is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Mike Holmes and Ralph Mazza were members of the Gaming Outpost and later, founding members of the Forge who began developing their ideas into a game called Universalis: The Game of Unlimited Stories.[1]: 168–169 Universalis (2002), by Holmes and Mazza, was published by Ramshead Publishing.[2]: 411 The company's name was based on Mazza's initials, which he had been using since childhood.[1]: 169 In January 2003, Mazza bought out Holmes's share of Universalis, and afterward the game and Ramshead Publishing belonged to Mazza alone.[1]: 171 In 2004 Ramshead released what Mazza called the Robots & Rapiers Quick Start Rules (2004) — first as a PDF file, then as a printed book at Gen Con Indy 2004.[1]: 172 Adept Press, Burning Wheel, Driftwood Publishing, and Ramshead Publishing sponsored the Forge booth at Gen Con in 2004.[2]: 408 Ramshead's second complete game, Blood Red Sands (2013), finally went out to backers as a PDF in May 2013 after a successful Kickstarter in 2012, with a print book appearing in wider distribution in early 2014.[1]: 173
References
- ^ a b c d e Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
- ^ a b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.