S. Coleman Charlton was one of the founders of
Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE).
Career
While running a six-year ''
Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign set in
Middle-earth,
Pete Fenlon
Pete Fenlon (born 1955) is an American role-playing game cartographer, game designer, game developer, graphics designer and publisher. His works include stories, art and games (electronic and non) in the genres of science fiction, mystery, fantasy ...
began developing a set of house rules with Charlton and Kurt Fischer, ultimately forming
Iron Crown Enterprises in 1980 to publish their set of rules.
Charlton was one of the designers of the ''
Rolemaster
''Rolemaster'' (originally ''Role Master'') is a tabletop role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises since 1980.
Editions
''Rolemaster'' has a total of four editions.
First edition (RM1): 1980–1982
This edition includes the or ...
''
role-playing game system in 1980.
In 1984 he simplified the ''Rolemaster'' set of rules in order to create ''
MERP'', the first Middle-earth role-playing game, also edited by ICE.
Charlton designed the ''
Middle-earth Collectible Card Game
Middle-earth Collectible Card Game (MECCG) is an out-of-print collectible card game released by Iron Crown Enterprises in late 1995. It is the first CCG based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, with added content from ICE's ...
'', which was published in 1995, after ICE recovered the licensing rights that they had previously signed over to
Wizards of the Coast.
Charlton and Fenlon later oversaw
Mayfair Games
Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed Euro-style board games to publish them in English. The company licensed worldwide English-language publishing rights to ''The Settlers of Catan'' ser ...
.
See also
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Iron Crown Enterprises
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Mayfair Games
Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed Euro-style board games to publish them in English. The company licensed worldwide English-language publishing rights to ''The Settlers of Catan'' ser ...
*
The Settlers of Catan
References
External links
Boardgame GeekBio at Mayfair Games
Living people
Role-playing game designers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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