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Steve Jackson Games
Type Private
Founded 1980
Founder Steve Jackson
Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States of America
Key people Steve Jackson
Industry Game publisher
Products Munchkin, Chez Geek, Car Wars, Ogre, GURPS
Revenue US$2,700,000 gross (2007) [1]
Owner Steve Jackson
Employees 17 full time (2007)[1]
Website sjgames.com/


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History

Founded in 1980, six years after the birth of Dungeons & Dragons, and before the height of role-playing games, SJG created several role-playing and strategy games with sci-fi themes. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. SJG borrowed and expanded upon ideas pioneered by strategy game companies such as Metagaming, Avalon Hill and TSR. Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset uses external factors to affect the game or Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in Wargames and strategic Board games. TSR Inc was an American game publishing company most famous for publishing the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game. Despite these similarities, SJG had a unique feel all their own and became popular with their releases. SJG's early titles were all microgames initially sold in ziploc bags, later in similarly sized plastic shell cases. A microgame (sometimes written " MicroGame " is a Board game or Wargame packaged in a small set Ziploc is a brand of disposable re-sealable Zipper storage bags and containers originally developed by Dow Chemical Company, and now produced by S [2] Games such as Ogre, Car Wars and G. E. V (an Ogre spin-off) were popular during SJG's early years.

Car Wars and Illuminati are two of SJ Games' greatest successes.
Car Wars and Illuminati are two of SJ Games' greatest successes.

Today SJG publishes games of numerous varieties (card games, board games, strategy games) and genres (fantasy, sci-fi, gothic horror); they also publish the book Principia Discordia, the sacred text of the Discordian religion. A card game is any Game using Playing cards either traditional or game-specific A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game A strategy game is a Game (eg computer, video or Board game) in which the players' decision-making skills have a high significance Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Principia Discordia is a Discordian Religious text written by Greg Hill ( Malaclypse The Younger) and Kerry Thornley Discordianism is a modern Religion centered on the idea that Chaos is as important as order.

Raid

Main article: Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service

On March 1, 1990, SJG's offices in Austin, Texas were raided by the U.S. Secret Service. Steve Jackson Games Inc v United States Secret Service, 36 F3d 457 (1994, sprang from a raid by the United States Secret Service on the Austin Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The manuscript for GURPS Cyberpunk was confiscated although this was merely coincidence and not the actual purpose of the raid at all. GURPS Cyberpunk is a genre toolkit for Cyberpunk -themed Role-playing games set in a near-future Dystopia, such as that The raid is often thought to have been related to Operation Sundevil, a nationwide investigation of computer crime; however, Sundevil was based in Arizona and the Steve Jackson Raid was coordinated out of Chicago. Operation Sundevil was a 1990 nation-wide United States Secret Service crackdown on "illegal computer hacking activities" More than three years later, a federal court awarded damages of $50,000 and attorneys' fees of $250,000 (amounts in USD) to SJ Games, ruling that the raid had been carelessly executed, illegal, and completely unjustified. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling discussed the affair in his non-fiction book The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades The Hacker Crackdown Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (ISBN 0-553-56370-X is a nonfiction book written by Bruce Sterling in 1992 The case also helped to prompt the formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as spawning a new game, Hacker. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated Hacker is a Card game (not a Trading card game) made by Steve Jackson Games (SJG

Games published

Steve Jackson Games' main product line, in terms of sales, is the Munchkin card game, followed by the role-playing system GURPS. [3]

Card games

Board games

Roleplaying games

Miniatures

Computer games

References

  1. ^ a b Jackson, Steve. Ultracorps is an online multi-player turn-based space strategy game originally developed by VR-1 Entertainment for Microsoft's MSN Gaming Zone in 1998 Steve Jackson (born ~1953 is an American Game designer. After working for many years at Metagaming Concepts designing such games as Ogre Report to the Stakeholders: 2008 (English). Steve Jackson Games (website). Steve Jackson Games. Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
  2. ^ The Maverick's Classic Microgame Museum. Retrieved on 2007-08-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and
  3. ^ Steve Jackson Games 2007 Report to the Stakeholders from SJGames official website

External links

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