Gamelords
| Industry | Tabletop role-playing games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA |
| Founders | |
| Owner | Tadashi Ehara |
Gamelords was an American game company that produced tabletop role-playing games and game supplements.
History
[edit]Kerry Lloyd founded the company, with three friends - Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins in 1980.[1]: 129 Gamelords was centered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.[1]: 130 Gamelords published the role-playing game Thieves' Guild in 1980.[2] Looking to produce more group-oriented products for The Fantasy Trip, Howard M. Thompson of Metagaming Concepts signed an agreement in 1982 with Gamelords to create a campaign world for the game, but he terminated the agreement after only two campaign books were published.[1]
When FASA ended its support of Traveller, William H. Keith, Jr. and J. Andrew Keith moved their Traveller writing to Gamelords.[1]: 120 The Keith brothers wrote seven Traveller supplements for Gamelords, including The Mountain Environment (1983), The Undersea Environment (1983), and The Desert Environment (1984).[1]: 131
Gamelords was sold to Tadashi Ehara in 1986.[1]: 131–132
Publications
[edit]- Duel Arcane (1980)
- The Compleat Tavern (1981)
- The Phantastical Phantasmagorical Montie Haul Dungeon (1982)
Thieves Guild
[edit]see Thieves Guild Publications
Traveller
[edit]- Lee's Guide to Interstellar Adventure (1983)
- The Mountain Environment (1983)
- The Drenslaar Quest (1983)
- The Undersea Environment (1983)
- Ascent To Anekthor (1984)
- Startown Liberty (1984)
- The Desert Environment (1984)
- Duneraiders (1984)
- A Pilot's Guide to the Drexilthar Subsector (1984)
- Wanted: Adventurers (1984)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "Game:Thieves' Guild - Gamelords, Ltd". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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