| Industry | Tabletop role-playing games |
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| Founded | 1980 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA |
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| Owner | Tadashi Ehara |
Gamelords was an American game company that produced tabletop role-playing games and game supplements.
History
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
- Duel Arcane (1980)
- The Compleat Tavern (1981)
- The Phantastical Phantasmagorical Montie Haul Dungeon (1982)
Thieves Guild
see Thieves Guild Publications
Traveller
- 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
References
- 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.