Indie Press Revolution (also referred to as "IPR") is a sales network that acts as a
fulfillment house
Fulfillment house and fulfillment center (in British English: fulfilment house and fulfilment centre) are modern terms for a packing warehouse. The terms were coined in the middle of the 1990s, and "fulfillment center" is usually used about an i ...
for publishers of
indie role-playing game
An indie role-playing game is a role-playing game published outside traditional, "mainstream" means. Varying definitions require that commercial, design, or conceptual elements of the game stay under the control of the creator, or that the gam ...
s. It was founded in 2004 by
Ed Cha of
Open World Press and
Brennan Taylor of
Galileo Games. IPR represents over 100 author/publishers involved in
role-playing games
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal ac ...
. It offers games directly to the public and to game retailers.
On June 17, 2010 DOJ, Inc. (which also owns
Hero Games
Hero Games (''DOJ, Inc dba Hero Games'') is the publisher of the Hero System, a generic roleplaying rules set that can be used to simulate many different genres, and was the co-developer of the ''Fuzion'' system.
History
In 1981, George MacDon ...
) announced that they have purchased a majority share of IPR.
Brennan Taylor has stepped down as President and maintains a minority share.
Jason Walters is now acting general manager, and much of IPR's energy is currently focused on expanding its convention presence, growing its retailer network, and attracting new publishers.
Member companies
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4 Winds Fantasy Gaming
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Archaia Studios
Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an Imprint (trade name), imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios.
Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an Am ...
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Atomic Sock Monkey Press
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Bad Axe Games
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Black & Green Games
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Blue Devil Games
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Bob Goat Press
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BoxNinja
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Bully Pulpit Games
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Burning Wheel
Catthulhu.com*
Cherry Picked Games
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Chimera Creative
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Cold Blooded Games
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Contested Ground Studios
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Clinton R. Nixon
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Dark Omen Games
* End Transmission Games
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Evil Hat Productions
Evil Hat Productions is a company that produces role-playing games and other tabletop games. Chief among them is the free indie RPG, '' Fate'', which has won numerous awards.
History
Fred Hicks had been working with Lydia Leong, Rob Donog ...
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Galileo Games
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glyphpress
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Hamsterprophet Productions
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Hefty Wrenches Game Design
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Incarnadine Press
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Itesser Ink
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Kevin Allen Jr
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Machine Age Productions
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Malcontent Games
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Memento Mori Theatricks
Memento Mori Theatricks is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Jared Sorensen first expanded his ideas for a LARP into his first public rule set, the ''Memento Mori Theatricks'' (1996) LARP for ...
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Mob United Media
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Muse of Fire Games
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Open World Press
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Paka's Thread Games
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Pelgrane Press
Pelgrane Press Ltd is a British role-playing game publishing company based in London and founded in 1999. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin. It currently produces GUMSHOE System RPGs, '' 13th Age'', the Diana Jones award-winning ' ...
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Precis Intermediabr>
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Prince of Darkness Games
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Ramshead Publishing
Ramshead Publishing is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Mike Holmes and Ralph Mazza were members of the Gaming Outpost and later, founding members of the Forge who began developing their ide ...
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Realms Publishing
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Steampower Publishing
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TAO Games
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TCK Roleplaying
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Timfire Publishing
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Twisted Confessions
External links
Indie Press Revolution
Interview with IPR Founders Ed Cha and Brennan Taylor
References
{{Reflist
Indie role-playing games
Role-playing game publishing companies