Alderac Entertainment Group
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| Alderac Entertainment Group | |
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| Type | Privately-held company |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Ontario, California, USA |
| Industry | Role-playing, Collectible card games |
| Products | See article |
| Website | www.alderac.com |
- This is about the games publisher. For information on the German electronics producer, see AEG.
Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game and collectible card game products. AEG was formed in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their current markets, AEG was involved in hobby gaming magazines, with their first product the magazine Shadis (winner of the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Origins Awards for Best Professional Gaming Magazine[1][2][3]).
Including the three for Shadis mentioned above, AEG products have garnered eight Origins Awards (see the individual articles noted below for more details).
| “ | AEG's house system is the 'roll and keep' mechanic, but possibly their greatest contribution to role-playing systems is the concept of 'Action Dice' - these are additional dice awarded to a player for ideas, good role-playing or just amusing the GM; which may be rolled (and thus expended) to improve the player's chance of success when making any die roll. | ” |
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[edit] Products
[edit] Collectible card games
- 7th Sea Collectible Card Game (Multiple Origins Award winner)
- City of Heroes Collectible Card Game
- HumAliens
- Initial D
- Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game
- Legend of the Burning Sands
- Spycraft Collectible Card Game
- Warlord: Saga of the Storm
[edit] Role-playing games
- many d20 System Sourcebooks such as
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- Evil ("...a cracking good read and idea generator for any DM, whether he fancies running an evil campaign or just wants to add some zest to the bad guys in a more conventional campaign."[5])
- Dungeons: A Guide to Survival in the Realms Below ("...a thorough exploration of the places that so many adventurers like to explore... "[6])
- Sundered Faith[7]
- Brave New World
- Farscape Roleplaying Game
- Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game (Origins Award winner)
- Shadowforce Archer
- Spycraft
- Stargate SG-1 ("...while there's a lot that's familiar in Stargate, there's a lot that's different too. The most notable addition is 'action dice.' "[8])
- Swashbuckling Adventures[9][10] (previously 7th Sea[11] which won an Origins Award)
- Warlords of the Accordlands
- World's Largest Dungeon
- World's Largest City
[edit] Miniatures
- Clan War[12] (Legend of the Five Rings Miniature Combat)
[edit] References
- ^ Origins Award Winners (1994).
- ^ Origins Award Winners (1995).
- ^ Origins Award Winners (1996).
- ^ Alderac Entertainment Group (description). RPG Resource. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Evil (Review). RPG Resource. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Dungeons (Review). RPG Resource. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Sundered Faith (Review). RPG Resource. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Newquist, Ken. Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game (Review). SciFi.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Kohler, Alan, “Review of Swashbuckling Adventures”, Psion, <http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&reviewid=2009307>
- ^ Mix, Brad (2002), “Review of Swashbuckling Adventures”, d20 Magazine Rack, <http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/142>
- ^ Bassingthwaite, Don. The SF Site Featured Review: 7th Sea. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Listing for Alderac Entertainment Group. The Miniatures Page. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
