| Industry | Tabletop role-playing games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA |
| Founders | |
| Owner | Tadashi Ehara |
Gamelords was an American game company that produced tabletop role-playing games and game supplements.
Kerry Lloyd founded the company, with three friends - Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins in 1980. [1] : 129 Gamelords was centered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. [1] : 130 Gamelords published the role-playing game Thieves' Guild in 1980. [2] Looking to produce more group-oriented products for The Fantasy Trip , Howard M. Thompson of Metagaming Concepts signed an agreement in 1982 with Gamelords to create a campaign world for the game, but he terminated the agreement after only two campaign books were published. [1]
When FASA ended its support of Traveller , William H. Keith Jr. and J. Andrew Keith moved their Traveller writing to Gamelords. [1] : 120 The Keith brothers wrote seven Traveller supplements for Gamelords, including The Mountain Environment (1983), The Undersea Environment (1983), and The Desert Environment (1984). [1] : 131
Gamelords was sold to Tadashi Ehara in 1986. [1] : 131–132
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