Galileo Games

	Galileo Games Galileo Games is a role-playing games publisher, best known for its games ''Bulldogs!'', ''Mortal Coil'', and '' How We Came To Live Here''. It is the publishing imprint of Brennan Taylor, who is also the CEO of Indie Press Revolution. See also Indie Press Revolution Indie Press Revolution (also referred to as "IPR") is a sales network that acts as a fulfillment house for publishers of indie role-playing games. It was founded in 2004 by Ed Cha of Open World Press and Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games. IPR repre ... External links Role-playing game publishing companies {{rpg-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Role-playing Game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	How We Came To Live Here ''How We Came To Live Here'' is an independently published role-playing game written by Brennan Taylor and published by Galileo Games. Development Brennan Taylor began work on a role-playing game based on the legends of the ancestral Puebloans in 2005, but had then set it aside to instead finish ''Mortal Coil''. He began work again in fall 2006, calling it "The Fifth World", but had to change the name because of the impending publication of a post-apocalyptic RPG called ''The Fifth World'' (2006). Taylor publicly asked for comments on a number of alternative names including "Twin Souls," "Up from the Fourth World," "So That This World Will Not Be Destroyed," "Into the Light," and "How We Came to Live Here"; Taylor would eventually settle on the last, because it evoked the mythic feeling of the game. The game that would become ''How We Came to Live Here'' originally used the mechanics of Clinton Nixon's '' The Shadow of Yesterday'', but Taylor found this confining, and it soo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brennan Taylor Brennan Taylor is an American role-playing games author and publisher. Career Brennan Taylor co-founded Indie Press Revolution with Ed Cha of Open World Press in 2004 and was its first CEO. When Taylor hired Fred Hicks of Evil Hat Games as a part-time staff member, Ron Edwards left IPR claiming that that this move would make IPR less friendly to the small press games companies that it was intended to serve. In 2010, Hero Games purchased Indie Press Revolution from Taylor and Cha. Although Taylor stepped down as president, he maintains a minority share. Taylor served as president prior to the next CEO Jason Walters. Taylor is also the owner of Galileo Games, publisher of the games ''Bulldogs!'', ''Mortal Coil'', and '' How We Came To Live Here''. He is also the author of ''Hard Boilded Empires: Solara,'' ''Old Gods: A Mortal Coil Campaign Frame,'' and ''The Jersey Side'' playset for the independent RPG, ''Fiasco Fiasco may refer to: * a failure or humiliating situation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Indie Press Revolution Indie Press Revolution (also referred to as "IPR") is a sales network that acts as a fulfillment house for publishers of indie role-playing games. It was founded in 2004 by Ed Cha of Open World Press and Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games. IPR represents over 100 author/publishers involved in role-playing games. It offers games directly to the public and to game retailers. On June 17, 2010 DOJ, Inc. (which also owns Hero Games) announced that they have purchased a majority share of IPR. Brennan Taylor has stepped down as President and maintains a minority share. Jason Walters is now acting general manager, and much of IPR's energy is currently focused on expanding its convention presence, growing its retailer network, and attracting new publishers. Member companies * 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming * Archaia Studios * Atomic Sock Monkey Press * Bad Axe Games * Black & Green Games * Blue Devil Games * Bob Goat Press * BoxNinja * Bully Pulpit Games * Burning Wheel Catthulhu.com* ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]