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Babylon 5 Wars
''Babylon 5 Wars'' (B5W) is a science fiction tabletop miniature wargame produced by the gaming company Agents of Gaming. Play centers on miniature figurines based the TV show ''Babylon 5''. It was nominated in 1999 for the Origins Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules. The same year, the ''Babylon 5 Wars'' miniature of the Babylon 5 station won the Origins Award for Best Vehicle Miniature. History Bruce Graw and Robert Glass designed the first edition of ''Babylon 5 Wars'', and Agents of Gaming published it in 1997. The original rules were complex and the ship selection was minimal. The second edition was produced less than one year later including several key rules revisions and clarifications. It was published in April 1999.) Over the lifespan of the game many supplements were released covering new races and ships. Due to the cancellation of ''Babylon 5'' Agents of Gaming chose not to renew its contract. Mongoose Publishing picked up the ''Babylon 5' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agents Of Gaming
Agents of Gaming was a game design studio that started out in January 1992 by Bruce Graw. The company's original purpose was to run Galactic Conquest (play-by-mail game), Galactic Conquest, the play-by-mail game which became Star Fleet Warlord. Galactic Conquest had originally been run as a hobby (first created in late 1989), but proved its worth in the first eight games as a legitimate play-by-mail game. The public debut came at Gen Con/Origins 1992, followed shortly by a deal to make it an official Star Fleet Universe product (a change of the name to the Star Fleet Warlord). Continental Conquest (then called Conquest of America) was written in 1992 and also started its first game at Gen Con/Origins. The European map was added in mid-1993 and the revision to the current rules (including the Oceania map) was completed in mid-1995. The concept for Babylon 5 Wars was created by Robert N. Glass, Robert Glass in April 1996 and pitched to Agents of Gaming, and was nearly dismissed as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |