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Wraith Overlord
''Wraith Overlord: Terror Beneath the City State'' is a 1981 fantasy role-playing game supplement published by Judges Guild for any role-playing game. Contents ''Wraith Overlord: Terror Beneath the City State'' is a package that describes underground areas of Judges Guild's ''City State of the Invincible Overlord''. Reception Lewis Pulsipher reviewed ''Wraith Overlord: Terror Beneath the City State'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 51. Pulsipher commented that "If you use ''City State'' you'll probably want this package. Otherwise you can probably find something more suitable to spend oney Oney may refer to: * Oney, France, a subsidiary of French Auchan Holding and Banque Accord * Oney, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in Oklahoma * "Oney" (song), a song written by Jerry Chesnut and sung by Johnny Cash, 1972 * Oney Judge, a ...for, though this is, by Judges Guild standards, good material." References {{reflist Judges Guild fantasy role-playing game supplements Role-playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith Overlord, Terror Beneath The City State
Wraith is one of several traditional terms for a ghost or spirit. Wraith, Wraiths, or The Wraith may also refer to: Fiction Characters * Wraith (G.I. Joe), a Cobra mercenary in ''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' * Wraith (Image Comics), a comic book superhero * The Wraith (''Slam Masters'') * The Wraith (''Transformers'') * Wraith (''Wild Cards'') * Wraith, a playable character in the game Apex Legends * Wraith, a playable killer in the game Dead by Daylight * Ringwraiths, or Nazgûl in Tolkien's legendarium Marvel Comics * Wraith (Hector Rendoza), a member of the X-Men *John Wraith, an X-Men supporting character who goes by the alias of Kestrel * Wraith (Brian DeWolff), an adversary of Spider-Man * Wraith (Zak-Del) * Wraith (Yuri Watanabe), a rival and former ally of Spider-Man. * Wraith (Amalgam Comics), an Amalgam Comics character from ''JLX'' Races * Wraith (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of undead in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Wraith, an alien race in ''Stargate Atlantis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judges Guild
Judges Guild is a game publisher that has been active since 1976. The company created and sold many role-playing game supplements, periodicals and related materials, but became best known during the late 1970s and early 1980s as one of the leading publishers of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' related materials. Its flagship product, ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'', was the first published RPG supplement to feature a fully developed city environment. The supplement was followed closely by numerous ancillary cities, maps, and other materials published by Judges Guild. History Judges Guild was founded on July 4, 1976, utilizing concepts developed by co-founder Bob Bledsaw, in his home ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') campaign. Bledsaw, along with partner Bill Owen, travelled to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to visit the headquarters of Tactical Studies Rules (TSR), publishers of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', on July 17, 1976. Bledsaw and Owen had hoped to convince TSR to publish some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City State Of The Invincible Overlord
''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' is a fantasy role-playing game supplement originally published by Judges Guild in 1976. It was the first published fantasy role-playing game city setting, designed for use with ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''), and officially approved for use with ''D&D'' from 1976 through 1983. It was later republished under license by Necromancer Games. Development and release Bob Bledsaw and Bill Owen founded Judges Guild in 1976 to sell subscriptions to gamemasters, and began work on a large map inspired by Bledsaw's own ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign, as a product to make sales. They finished this first product, ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'', just in time for Gen Con IX (1976). A cumulative sales listing shows that ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' sold over 40,000 units by 1981. ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' launched Judges Guild as a company, and was the centerpiece of ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'', the first licen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Pulsipher
Lewis Errol Pulsipher (born January 22, 1951), often credited as Lew Pulsipher, is an American teacher, game designer, and author, whose subject is role playing games, board games, card games, and video games. He was the first person in the North Carolina community college system to teach game design classes, in fall 2004. He has designed half a dozen published boardgames, written more than 150 articles about games, contributed to several books about games, and presented at game conventions and conferences. Early work Pulsipher graduated from Albion College (Albion, MI) in 1973, and earned a Ph.D. in military and diplomatic history from Duke University (1981). He discovered strategic gaming with early Avalon Hill wargames. In college, he designed many ''Diplomacy'' variants; while living in England in the late 1970s he wrote magazine articles about ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''), and other role-playing games, and at one time or another was Contributing Editor to ''Dragon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. The magazine is no longer published, but the rights holders maintain a web presence using its final title ''Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer''. History ''The Space Gamer'' (''TSG'') started out as a digest quarterly publication of the brand new Metagaming Concepts Metagaming Concepts, later known simply as Metagaming, was a company that published board games from 1974 to 1983. It was founded and owned by Howard Thompson, who designed the company's first game, '' Stellar Conquest''. The company also inven ... company in March 1975. Howard M. Thompson, the owner of Metagaming and the first editor of the magazine, stated "The magazine had been planned for after our third or fourth game but circumstances demand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the creation of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', SJ Games created several role-playing and strategy games with science fiction themes. SJ Games' early titles were microgames initially sold in 4×7 inch ziploc bags, and later in the similarly sized Pocket Box. Games such as ''Ogre'', ''Car Wars'', and ''G.E.V'' (an ''Ogre'' spin-off) were popular during SJ Games' early years. Game designers such as Loren Wiseman and Jonathan Leistiko have worked for Steve Jackson Games. Today SJ Games publishes a variety of games, such as card games, board games, strategy games, and in different genres, such as fantasy, sci-fi, and gothic horror. They also published the book ''Principia Discordia'', the sacred text of the Discordian religion. Raid by the Secret S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judges Guild Fantasy Role-playing Game Supplements
A judge is an official who presides over a court. Judge or Judges may also refer to: Roles *Judge, an alternative name for an adjudicator in a competition in theatre, music, sport, etc. *Judge, an alternative name/aviator call sign for a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy *Judge, an alternative name for a sports linesman, referee or umpire * Biblical judges, an office of authority in the early history of Israel Places * Judge, Minnesota, a community in the United States * Judge, Missouri, a community in the United States * The Judge (British Columbia), a mountain in the Columbia Mountains of Canada People * Judge (surname) * Judge Jules, professional name of British DJ and record producer Julius O'Riordan Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Judge (Buffyverse), a demon in the television series ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer'' * Archadian Judges, from the game ''Final Fantasy XII'' * Judge Holden, from Cormac McCarthy's novel ''Blood Meri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
