Sovereign Press, Incorporated is a

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

and

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of role-playing games based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1998 by

Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...

and

Don Perrin Don Perrin (born 1 October 1964) is a Canadian writer and former military officer. Early life and education Born in Iserlohn, Germany, Perrin grew up in Kingston, ON, Canada, McMasterville, QC, Canada, Bromley, Kent, England, and Ottawa, ON, Can ...

and is one of two companies that Weis owns.

Games produced

Sovereign Press released the ''

Sovereign Stone The Sovereign Stone series is a trilogy of fantasy novels: ''Well of Darkness'' (2000), ''Guardians of the Lost'' (2001), and ''Journey into the Void'' (2003), set in the same universe of the '' Sovereign Stone'' Role-playing game. Both the books ...

'' role-playing game, based on the ''

'' novels, by

Larry Elmore Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ...

and Don Perrin and had the license from

Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. It is currently a subsidia ...

to release new ''

Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura Hickman, Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' whil ...

'' role-playing products. The publishing of fiction set in the ''Dragonlance'' milieu is still handled by Wizards of the Coast. Products produced for Dragonlance were: * Age of Mortals: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion * Dragonlance Dungeon Master's Screen * Key of Destiny: Dragonlance Age of Mortals Campaign, Vol. I * Bestiary of Krynn * Towers of High Sorcery: A Dragonlance d20 System Supplement * War of the Lance: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Supplement * Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: The Age of Mortals * Spectre of Sorrows: Age of Mortals Campaign, Volume II * Holy Orders of the Stars * Dragonlance Starter Pack * Legends of the Twins: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion * Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: The War of the Lance * Knightly Orders of Ansalon * Dragons of Autumn: War of the Lance Chronicles, Volume I * Price of Courage: Age of Mortals Campaign, Volume III * Bestiary of Krynn (Revised) * Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: Legends * Races of Ansalon * Dragons of Krynn * Dragons of Winter: War of the Lance Chronicles, Volume II * Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home * Dragons of Spring: War of the Lance Chronicles, Vol. 3 Under the Sovereign Stone imprint, Sovereign Press produced ten books and all save one were using the d20 system.

After the founding of Margaret Weis Productions

In 2004, after Margaret Weis and

divorced, Margaret Weis founded

Margaret Weis Productions Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. is a games publisher located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States and founded in 2004 after Margaret Weis and Don Perrin, the two founders of Sovereign Press, divorced. Games Margaret Weis Productions is pr ...

which used the Sovereign Stone system as the basis for the

Cortex System The Cortex System is a collection of related roleplaying games. Its most recent iteration, ''Cortex Prime,'' was designed by Cam Banks and published by Fandom Tabletop. Prior versions appeared in the licensed roleplaying games published by Margare ...

and the Serenity RPG. The Sovereign Stone website was deleted at the end of July 2004. In early 2008 the rights to Dragonlance reverted to Wizards of the Coast with the final book in the line, Dragons of Spring, being produced in January 2008. The Sovereign Press website closed down at the end of 2008 with dragonlance.com not being updated after June 2009 and being taken down in early 2011.Web.archive.org listing of Dragonlance.com
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