Last Unicorn Games

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Last Unicorn Games (LUG) was a game publisher owned by Christian Moore that was eventually purchased by Wizards of the Coast. [1]

Last Unicorn developed the collectible card games Dune (1997) [2] and Heresy: Kingdom Come (1995) as well as the 1994 role-playing game Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth. [3] The company also produced role-playing games for Star Trek: The Original Series , Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , titled Star Trek Roleplaying Game , and was about to publish their book on Star Trek: Voyager , before the license was bought by Decipher, Inc., makers of Star Trek collectible card games. After the acquisition, Wizards of the Coast published Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium (2000), a role-playing game developed by Last Unicorn Games. [4]

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References

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