List of wargame publishers
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List of wargame publishers is an index of commercial companies that publish wargames.
- Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. (ADB) – publisher of Star Fleet Battles (SFB), first produced 25 years ago, along with the related strategic game Federation & Empire. Their website is starfleetgames.com
- Australian Design Group (ADG) – Publishers of World in Flames.
- Avalanche Press
- Avalon Hill – the first publisher of board wargames, Avalon Hill (AH) made many classic games, such as Squad Leader, Third Reich, and PanzerBlitz, bought out by Hasbro in the late 1990s
- Battlefront Miniatures Ltd. – publisher of Flames of War (FoW), a WWII wargame. Their website is http://www.flamesofwar.com
- Battleline Publications – founded in 1973 and bought by Heritage Models around 1980. They were the original publisher several Avalon Hill games, such as Wooden Ships and Iron Men, and Circus Maximus.
- Clash of Arms
- Columbia Games (originally Gamma Two Games) – the biggest producer of "block games", using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters.
- Conflict Games – 1970's company founded by designer John Hill.
- Critical Hit – Publishes tactical-level wargames, notably games in the Advanced Tobruk System as well as ASL Compatible modules and scenario packs. Their website is http://www.criticalhit.com
- Decision Games
- Dwarstar Games – Published a line of small SF&F games around 1980.
- E-Mail Games – provides free wargaming and computerized referee/AI, via e-mail
- Excelsior Entertainment Current (as of 2005) publisher/manufacturer of Chronopia and Warzone.
- FASA – original publisher of the boardgame/miniatures game BATTLETECH. Now closed.
- Firefly Games Publisher of science fiction tabletop fighting games including Monster Island and CyborGladiators.
- The Gamers
- Game Designers' Workshop – Published many popular wargames and role-playing games such as Traveller and Drang Nach Osten!, disbanded 1996
- Game Research/Design – produced expansions for Europa and eventually took on the series.
- Games Workshop – Publishers of a number of fantasy and science fiction wargames and role-playing games.
- GMT Games – Probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and into 2003
- Guidon Games – Original publisher of Chainmail.
- Historical Military Services – took over GRD in 2004
- JagdPanther – Original company of Steve V. Cole.
- Jedko Games – 1970s Australian company of John Edwards, which initially published some Avalon Hill games such as The Russian Campaign and War at Sea.
- L2 Design Group
- Lost Battalion Games – Games include the Man-to-Man scale Sergeants!, several card-based wargames, and Panzers miniatures rules. Their website is at http://www.lostbattalion.com
- Marek/Janci Design, publishers of full color miniature wargaming scenario books, including the Enduring Valor: Gettysburg in Miniature series and Undying Courage: Antietam in Miniature
- Mayfair Games – Original publisher of many "train" games, 18xx series, & Empire Builder.
- Metagaming Originator of the microgame format, original publisher of Ogre
- Multi-Man Publishing – republishes Avalon Hill's Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)
- New England Simulations – A New Hampshire based group that has created three games based on previously designed systems, with an emphasis on both graphics and design. Their web site is http://www.carpatina.com/nes/
- Operational Studies Group – This company is owned by Kevin Zucker, and focuses primarily on the Napoleonic Era. The website is http://www.napoleongames.com
- Paradox Entertainment – Creator of such games as the medieval wargames Europa Universalis I and II, WWII game Hearts of Iron, and Roman-era game Legion. Their website is http://www.paradoxplaza.com
- Privateer Press – publishes Warmachine as well as the Iron Kingdoms d20 RPG setting.
- Quarterdeck Games
- Shrapnel Games, Inc. – A company owned by Timothy W. Brooks that primarily publishes war and strategy games.
- Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) – another early—and very prolific—wargame publisher, SPI published the magazines Strategy & Tactics and Moves.
- Steve Jackson Games – Early successes were Ogre, Car Wars, and Illuminati. Also published many titles in the microgame format: tiny plastic boxes costing very little money (US$4-6). Founded in 1982, their website is http://www.sjgames.com.
- Task Force Games – founded in 1979 by Steven V. Cole and Allen Eldrige, went out of business in the mid-'90s. Produced many games, most notably Star Fleet Battles and Starfire.
- Wargames Research Group – Publisher of the popular De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA), De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM) and De Bellis Renationis (DBR) rule sets for the ancient, medieval and renaissance periods. Their website is http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/dbm.htm
- Warhammer Historical Wargames (a division of Games Workshop) – Produce Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB), Warhammer English Civil War and Legends of the Old West. Their website is http://www.warhammer-historical.com.
- Warhorse Simulations – Publisher of Empire and Automated Card Tracking System (ACTS). Their website is http://www.warhorsesim.com.
- Yaquinto Publications
