Heritage Models was an American game company that produced
role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Wargame company
Battleline Publications Battleline Publications was a board wargame company founded by Steven Peek in 1973. Output was relatively low at first, with each game being funded by sales of the one before, but their games were generally well-respected. Several were re-publishe ...
merged into Heritage USA to speed its growth.
Heritage sold off the Battleline operation to
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company ...
in October 1979.
The company also formed the
Dwarfstar Games line in the early 1980s.
Publications
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Der Kriegspielers Fantastiques'', a line of 25mm fantasy wargame figures.
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Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier'' was published in 1978.
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John Carter, Warlord of Mars'' was published by Heritage Models, Inc. in 1978.
*''Circus Maximus'', a combination of a racetrack-based game called ''Chariot Racing'' and a one-on-one combat game called ''Gladiator'', was published in 1979.
When Battlefield was sold to
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company ...
later in 1979, the new owners published the two components of ''Circus Maximus'' as two separate games the following year. While ''Gladiator'' retained its original title, ''Chariot Racing'' was renamed ''
Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: ''Circo Massimo'') is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and l ...
''.
*The ''
Knights and Magick Rules Set'' was published by Heritage USA in 1980.
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Star Commandos'' (board game, 1980)
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Swordbearer'' was first published in 1982 by Heritage USA.
Fantasy Games Unlimited
Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) is a publishing house for tabletop and role-playing games. The company has no in-house design teams and relies on submitted material from outside talent.
History
Founded in the summer of 1975 in Jericho, New York b ...
purchased the rights to ''Swordbearer'', and also bought Heritage's old stock, something that FGU's
Scott Bizar
Scott B. Bizar is the founder of Fantasy Games Unlimited, a game publisher which contracts writers and artists that work primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Scott Bizar, dissatisfied with TSR's ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (1974) and '' Warrior ...
felt was a necessary part of such a deal.
Dwarfstar Games
Gametime Games
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Quest'' (board game, 1978)
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Spellmaker'' (board game, 1978)
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Strange New Worlds (board game, 1978)
References
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Role-playing game publishing companies