Gamescience is an American game company that produces
role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Gamescience Corp. was started by Phillip E. Orbanes in 1965. In that year, the company published the wargame Vietnam which was reviewed in issue #4 of Strategy and Tactics (S&T) magazine. In 1967 the company published another wargame which Mr. Orbanes designed called Confrontation, which was reviewed in S&T issue #6. In 1968, the company published the wargame, The Battle of Britain designed by Lou Zocchi, which was reviewed in S&T #13. The company was sold before Mr. Orbanes left college.
Gamescience was founded by
Lou Zocchi
Louis Zocchi is a gaming hobbyist, former game distributor and publisher, and maker and seller of polyhedral game dice. In 1986, he was elected to the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame.
Career
Lou Zocchi was one of the first editors for Av ...
.
Gamescience published the board game ''
The Battle of Britain
''The Battle of Britain'' was the fourth of Frank Capra's ''Why We Fight'' series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment o ...
'' (
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
), the wargames ''
MiG Killers'' (1977), and ''
Strike Team Alpha'' (1978), and the role-playing games ''
Star Patrol'' (1977; originally called ''Space Patrol''), ''
Superhero: 2044'' (1977), the second edition of ''
Empire of the Petal Throne
''Empire of the Petal Throne'' is a fantasy role-playing game designed by M. A. R. Barker, based on his Tékumel fictional universe. It was self-published in 1974, then published by TSR, Inc. in 1975. It was one of the first tabletop role-pl ...
'' (1984), and ''
TWERPS'' (1987).
Gamescience also produces dice, including several types of nonstandard dice.
References
Role-playing game publishing companies
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