Holistic Design, Inc. (HDI), is an American game company. It was founded in 1992 as Several Dudes Holistic Gaming. The company has developed many computer games in its history, including ''

Battles of Destiny ''Battles of Destiny'' is a 1992 strategy video game developed by Holistic Design (as "Several Holistic Dudes") and published by Quantum Quality Productions. Gameplay ''Battles of Destiny'' is turn-based, and takes place on maps that represent th ...

'', '' Hammer of the Gods'', '' Final Liberation'', ''

Merchant Prince ''Merchant Prince'' is a turn-based 4X strategy video game franchise set in the Republic of Venice during the Renaissance. The first was published in Europe in 1993, and North America in 1994; in 1995; and in 2001. All three were developed by ...

'' series, '' Emperor of the Fading Suns'', and ''

Mall Tycoon ''Mall Tycoon'' is a business simulation game, released in 2002 for Windows 95/98/ME. It was developed by Holistic Designs and published by Take-Two Interactive. It has two sequels: Mall Tycoon 2 (which also had a "Deluxe" extended edition) and M ...

''. HDI also has a number of miniatures games in its inventory, including ''Noble Armada'', ''Carnage'' and ''Combat Zone''. Their most famous product is perhaps its

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 ...

Fading Suns ''Fading Suns'' is a science fiction space opera role-playing game published by Holistic Design. The setting was also used for a PC game ('' Emperor of the Fading Suns''), a live action role-playing game ('' Passion Play''), and for a space ...

'', but they also have a number of other RPGs to their credit, such as '' Rapture: The Second Coming'', and their Real-Life Roleplaying series covering Afghanistan, Colombia, Somalia, and the FBI. In 2011, the company entered into an arrangement with RedBrick to continue the creation and publication of Fading Suns as a tabletop RPG. The company also announced a tablet game called Noble Armada which has not yet been released. In 2014, the company made arrangements for FASA Games to continue the same arrangement, which has produced a new core rulebook with plans for reprinting old ones. Only one of the original partners is still with the company,

Ken Lightner Ken Lightner is a game designer with experience in multiple fields. His primary area of expertise is in computer games. Career Ken Lightner is the founder of Holistic Design. Lightner co-designed a tabletop miniatures spaceship combat game with Ch ...

, though the other current partners bring a broad array of game design skills to the firm, most notably Bill Bridges,

Andrew Greenberg Andrew Greenberg is a game designer of tabletop role-playing games and role-playing video games. Career Greenberg was one of White Wolf Publishing's original developers on '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' (1991). He was the line editor for ''Va ...

and

Chris Wiese Chris Wiese is a role-playing game designer. Career Chris Wiese began in the gaming industry as the marketing director and acting CEO of Holistic Design. He is one of the current partners in the company. He has made contributions to a number of th ...

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