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Alderac Entertainment Group
Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game, board game, and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their current markets, AEG was involved in hobby gaming magazines, with their first product the magazine ''Shadis'' (winner of the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Origins Awards for ''Best Professional Gaming Magazine''). Including the three for ''Shadis'' mentioned above, AEG products have garnered eight Origins Awards (see the individual articles noted below for more details). In 2009, AEG entered the board games market with 10 new board game releases. Notable successes include Thunderstone (card game), Thunderstone and Smash Up. Products Collectible card games * ''7th Sea Collectible Card Game'' (Multiple Origins Award winner) * ''City of Heroes Collectible Card Game'' * ''Doomtown Collectible Card Game'' (Multiple Origins Award winner) * ''Hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Sea Collectible Card Game
''7th Sea'' is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) produced by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG). It was released in August 1999. It is based on the '' 7th Sea'' tabletop role-playing game setting of Théah. Setting In the ''7th Sea CCG'', players take the role of naval captains in the fantasy-Restoration world of Théah. The game attempted to capture the feeling of a Hollywood pirate battle, complete with huge galleys, cannon-shot exchanges, and daring sea boardings. The game also has aspects of adventuring, treasure seeking, and the occult. As with most of the games of AEG, ''7th Sea'' had a complex storyline that affected and was influenced by the RPG setting. The results of tournaments would function to guide the storyline, and the storyline in turn would be used to create new cards. Basics The game had many interesting concepts, including multiple winning conditions and a unique swashbuckling-themed combat system. The most important aspects were deck building, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate SG-1 (roleplaying Game)
''Stargate: SG-1 Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game based on the TV series ''Stargate SG-1'', released in 2003 by Alderac Entertainment Group. The game, based on AEG's ''Spycraft'', uses the '' d20 System''. Since Sony did not renew AEG's contract to publish the game, it is now out of print. History The ''Stargate SG:1 RPG'' (2003) followed Alderac Entertainment Group's publication of the ''Spycraft'' d20 espionage game, and was entirely compatible with first edition ''Spycraft''. ''Stargate SG:1'' started receiving season guides and other supplements but MGM decided to pull AEG's license; thus, the RPG only covered the first two seasons of the show. Core rulebook The core ''Stargate SG-1'' role-playing book is a hardbound and full-color 488 page volume. The content includes: * summaries of the television show's first six seasons * information on some worlds previously visited by SG-1 * information regarding Stargate Command and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex * details on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spycraft
Spycraft is a d20 and OGL-based role-playing game dealing with superspies and modern action. Originally published by the Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), it is currently published under licence by Crafty Games. History Originally envisioned—and initially publicised—as a paranormal superspy game called ''Series Archer'', the game was split into 2 complementary product lines: ''Spycraft'' (silver trade dress) which devoted itself to a generic cinematic superspy/action setting, and '' Shadowforce Archer'' (black trade dress) which featured a setting focused on a global shadow conspiracy based on a wide variety of supernatural elements. After the release of the core book (subsequently referred to as the ''Spycraft Espionage Handbook''''Spycraft Espionage Handbook'' . Crafty Games product page. Retrieved 7 January 2008.) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Five Rings Role-Playing Game
The ''Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game originally written by John Wick and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, under license from Five Rings Publishing Group, in 1997. The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures. Like most role-playing games, ''Legend of the Five Rings'' is played by one or more players and a game master, who controls the events that happen during the game as well as the non-player characters (NPCs). ''Legend of the Five Rings'' features many courtiers and other non-combatant character types as valid player characters. In September 2015, AEG and Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) jointly announced that the intellectual property had been sold to FFG. Fantasy Flight Games released a new role-playing game based on the ''Legend of the Five Rings'' setting in October, 2018. Setting The fictional setting of ''Legend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farscape (role-playing Game)
The ''Farscape Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game based on the television series, ''Farscape'', published by Alderac Entertainment Group. Besides featuring characters and planets from the show, the game added a few more not seen onscreen. There was also an original story entitled "Ten Little Aliens," written by Keith R.A. DeCandido, who wrote the ''Farscape'' novel ''House of Cards''. History The ''Farscape RPG'' (2002), a d20-based game focused on the sci-fi TV show, was the first d20-based RPG from Alderac Entertainment Group. The ''Farscape'' game never got any support, and the show was cancelled not long after. Reception The game was nominated for ENnie awards for ''Best Graphic Design and Layout'' and ''Best d20 Game'' in 2003. Reviews *''Pyramid A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave New World (role Playing Game)
''Brave New World'' is a role-playing game originally released by Pinnacle Entertainment Group in 1999. The game was later sold to Alderac Entertainment Group in 2000. The game is an alternate history superhero game set in a fascist United States of America living in a perpetual state of martial law since the 1960s. Inspired by the '' Kingdom Come'' and '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' comic storylines, ''X-Men'', ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', and the political and social upheavals of the 1990s, the game depicts renegade superheroes fighting a corrupt and evil government. Development Matt Forbeck left Pinnacle Entertainment Group to move to Alderac Entertainment Group just before the two companies ended their relationship, and sold his ''Brave New World'' role-playing game to AEG. Alternate history Deltas While the history of the ''Brave New World'' setting actually diverged from real history in antiquity, the first point of divergence known to the general public was in the trenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Letter (card Game)
Love Letter is a card game introduced in May 2012 and designed by Seiji Kanai. Its first English-language edition was produced in the United States by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) until 2018, when ''Love Letter'' was acquired by Z-Man Games (a subsidiary of Asmodee). Premise Each player aims to deliver a love letter to the Princess with the assistance of relatives and acquaintances. Gameplay At the start of each round, one card is discarded face-down (so the process of elimination cannot be used to prove which cards are left for the round), one card is dealt to each player and the rest are deposited face-down into a deck in the middle. During each player's turn, one card is drawn from the deck and the player gets to play either that card or the card already in their hand. After processing the effect described on the played card, the next player to the left gets a turn. This process is repeated until either the deck runs out, in which case the player holding the highest-valu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straw (card Game)
''Straw'' (a.k.a. "Straw: The Game that Broke the Camel's Back") is an Arabian-nights-themed card game designed by Richard James (of Evertide Games) and published by Alderac Entertainment Group in 2008, with artwork by Octographics. The game is packaged with a rule book in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, but the cards themselves use numbers and symbols instead of just text. Players draw from a common draw deck and maintain a hand of 4 cards representing items of varying weight. At a rate of 1 card per turn, players place cards onto the camel until the camel's back breaks from carrying too much weight, restoring a new card to their hand from the deck afterward. The person who breaks the camel's back scores 0 and all other players score the weight in their hand. Hand management is the key mechanic in this multi-round survival-style game. Releases *Evertide Games Edition (2006) *Alderac Entertainment Group Edition (2008) Reception *Featured in a Full Frontal Nerd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saga Of The Storm
is a series of science fantasy role-playing video games by Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu at Square. It has since continued across multiple platforms, from the Super NES to the PlayStation 2. The series is notable for its emphasis on open world exploration, non-linear branching plots, and occasionally unconventional gameplay. This distinguishes the games from most of Square's other franchises. Development The ''SaGa'' series was created by game designer Akitoshi Kawazu, whose contributions prior to the franchise's introduction include ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Final Fantasy II''. At a time when Nintendo's Game Boy was becoming popular worldwide due to the puzzle game ''Tetris'', then-Square president Masashi Miyamoto requested that a development team create a game for the handheld console. Kawazu and fellow designer Koichi Ishii suggested that the company develop a role-playing video game, thus making ''Makai Tous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Burning Sands
''Legend of the Burning Sands'' (''LBS'') is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) published by Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG, then a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast) in July 1998 in games, 1998. It was a spin-off from the earlier CCG ''Legend of the Five Rings (collectible card game), Legend of the Five Rings''. ''Legend of the Burning Sands'' was set in the same fictional world as ''Legend of the Five Rings'', but with an Arabian setting rather than an East Asian one, with a few characters appearing in both games. Both games had similar mechanics and emphasized a continuing storyline. The first three ''Legend of the Burning Sands'' sets were released under FRPG's experimental Rolling Thunder system, which emphasized small, regular releases of cards. The Rolling Thunder distribution mechanism proved to bunpopular however, so the game was put on hiatus. After six months, the game's massive conclusion set, The Awakening, was released, but interest in the game had alrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |