Amarillo Design Bureau is a company which specializes in tactical and strategic board wargames. The company is a successor to

Task Force Games Task Force Games was a game company started in 1979 by Allen Eldridge and Stephen V. Cole. TFG published many games, most notably including both ''Star Fleet Battles'' (currently published by the original designers, Amarillo Design Bureau) and ...

, and is owned and operated by Steve and Leanna Cole, with partner Steve Petrick, and based in Amarillo,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

. The company created and developed the series of games set in the ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

''-based

Star Fleet Universe ''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the '' Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current edition is pu ...

, under license from

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, which includes the tactical combat games ''

Star Fleet Battles ''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a Military tactics, tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the ''Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current ...

'' and '' Federation Commander'', the strategic-level game '' Federation and Empire'', the card-based tactical game '' Star Fleet Battle Force'' and the role-playing game ''

Prime Directive In the fictional universe of '' Star Trek'', the Prime Directive (also known as "Starfleet General Order 1", "General Order 1", and the "non-interference directive") is a guiding principle of Starfleet that prohibits its members from interferin ...

''. They also produce a large series of miniatures under the ''Starline 2400'' and ''Starline 2500'' label, as well as the biannual ''Captain's Log'' magazine.
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