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S. Coleman Charlton | |
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| Education | PhD of Computer Science from the University of Virginia [1] |
| Occupation | Director of Development and Production |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Employer | Mayfair Games |
| Known for | Iron Crown Enterprises (Co-Founder) [1] |
Notable work | [1] |
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S. Coleman Charlton was one of the founders of Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE).
While running a six-year Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in Middle-earth, Pete Fenlon 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. [4] : 133 Charlton was one of the designers of the Rolemaster role-playing game system in 1980. [4] : 133 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 , which was published in 1995, after ICE recovered the licensing rights that they had previously signed over to Wizards of the Coast. [4] : 140 Charlton and Fenlon later oversaw Mayfair Games. [4] : 141
Rolemaster is a tabletop role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises since 1980.
Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a 1984 role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost the license on 22 September 1999.
Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the Rolemaster rules system, and its science-fiction equivalent, Space Master, have been the foundation of ICE's business.
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 Middle-earth Role Playing Game.
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 series between 1996 and 2016.
Space Master is a science fiction role-playing game produced by Iron Crown Enterprises, written by Kevin Barrett and developed by Kevin Barrett and Terry K. Amthor.
Pete Fenlon is an American role-playing game cartographer, game designer, game developer, graphics designer and publisher. His works include stories, art and games in the genres of science fiction, mystery, fantasy and historical fiction.
Mjolnir LLC was a company that produced licensed products of the defunct game company Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) under an agreement with Aurigas Aldebaron LLC, who had purchased I.C.E.'s assets following its bankruptcy.
Heike A. Kubasch is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Terry K. Amthor was an American game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games, and as a fantasy author.
Bruce R. Neidlinger is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Spell Law is a role-playing game supplement first published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1981 and written by Peter C. Fenlon, Jr., S. Coleman Charlton, and Terry K. Amthor, with Steven E. Moffat. It was originally published as a separate boxed set of four books, but was included in the initial 1984 release of the fantasy role-playing game Rolemaster, and a separate third edition Spell Law book for Rolemaster was published in 1986 and a fourth edition book in 1989. Spell Law contains over 2,000 spells for role-playing game characters. It received mixed reviews in game periodicals including Ares, Different Worlds, The Space Gamer, and Dragon.
Arcane Companion is a fantasy role-playing game supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1995 for the Rolemaster system.
Middle-earth: The Wizards Companion is a book published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1996 about their Middle-earth Collectible Card Game.
Campaign Law is a 1984 role-playing game supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Rolemaster.
Character Law is a supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1982 for the fantasy role-playing game Rolemaster.
Riddle of the Ring is a board game published by Fellowship Games in 1977 based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; it was republished by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1982.
Gorgoroth is a supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1990 for the fantasy role-playing game Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP), which is itself based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Grey Worlds was a fanzine about Rolemaster that first appeared in 1989. It was eventually published by Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) as a professional-quality magazine.
Lords of Middle-earth, Volume II is a 1987 role-playing game supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Middle-earth Role Playing.
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