Keléstia Productions is a Canadian publisher of materials for use with

Hârn Hârn is a campaign setting for fantasy role-playing games, designed by N. Robin Crossby, and published by Columbia Games in 1983. In 1998 Crossby founded Kelestia Productions (KP), an electronic publishing e-company. KP and Columbia Games now ...

, a role-playing game. Keléstia Productions was founded by N. Robin Crossby, the original creator of Hârn, following his separation with

Columbia Games Columbia Games is one of the oldest manufacturers of board wargames, and has also produced the '' Hârn'' role-playing game as well as various card games and collectible card games. Their wargames are notable for using small wooden or plastic bl ...

. Since Crossby's death in 2008, Keléstia Productions has continued as company owned by Crossby's estate.

History

N. Robin Crossby left

in 1994, after the company had published ''

'' setting for more than a decade. Columbia maintained that they had rights to Hârn, but Crossby self-published ''Hârnmaster Gold'' (1998) as a competitor to the ''

''. Crossby ended his contract with Columbia Games in 2003 and formed his own company called Keléstia Productions so he could continue publishing ''Hârn'', although Columbia would not recognize his ability to terminate their agreement. Starting in 2003, Keléstia published only in PDFs. Crossby became ill around 2006 and died in 2008, and his oldest daughter Arien has continued publication of his "Hârn Canon" through Keléstia. In 2009, the

Canadian Intellectual Property Office The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO; French: ''Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada, OPIC'') is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property (IP) in Canada. CIPO's areas ...

granted Keléstia a trademark to the name ''Hârn''.

References

External links

Homepage of Keléstia Productions
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelestia Productions Role-playing game publishing companies