Paradigm Concepts

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Paradigm Concepts, Inc.
Type Role-playing game publisher
Founded
Headquarters
Industry Role-playing games
Website http://www.paradigmconcepts.com/

Paradigm Concepts, Inc. is a small-press game publishing company located in Concord, New Hampshire. They publish the award-winning Arcanis campaign setting and manage the Living Arcanis campaign independent of the RPGA. They also publish the self-developed Witch Hunter: The Invisible World game-line. The company was founded by Henry Lopez, Nelson Rodriguez, and Eric Wiener in 2000.

Paradigm Concepts Inc. also produces Spycraft, d20 System, Legend of the Five Rings and True 20 books under license.

The company won the 2005 ENnie award for Fans' Choice Best Publisher.

Paradigm Concepts is known for an active and very successful Origins Game Fair performance and manages the Gathering, the primary Origins Game Fair organized role playing event.

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[edit] RPG Game Settings

[edit] Products

  • Races of Legend
    • Eldest Sons: the Essential Guide to Elves, 128 page rulebook
    • Lords of the Peaks: the Essential Guide to Giants, 96 page rulebook
    • Unveiled Masters: the Essential Guide to Mindflayers, 112 page rulebook
    • Slaves to the Moon: the Essential Guide to Lycanthropes, 112 page rulebook
  • SpellDecks
    • Blessings of the Divine: 360 Cleric and Paladin Spell Cards
    • Mysteries of the Arcane: 360 Sorcerer and Wizard Spell Cards
    • Songs of the Wild: 360 Bard, Druid, and Ranger Spell Cards
  • Spycraft
    • Most Wanted: 80 page villain suppliment
    • Combat Missions: 96 page adventure suppliment
    • Conspiracies: 80 page sourcebook
  • Legend of the Five Rings RPG
    • Bloodspeakers: 96 page sourcebook and adventure
  • True 20
    • Tales of the Caliphate Nights: 256 page historical-based setting
  • Arcanis: the World of Shattered Empires
    • Spear of the Loghin: 32 page adventure
    • Blood Reign of Nishanpur: 32 page adventure
    • Bloody Sands of Sicaris: 32 page adventure
    • Carnival of Swords: 80 page adventure
    • In the Shadow of the Devil: 80 page adventure
    • City of Secrets: 80 page adventure
    • Year of Ill Harvest: 128 page adventure
    • Shadows of a Forsaken Past: 300 page adventure campaign
    • Arcanis Character Folio: 16 page character record
    • Codex Arcanis: 192 page campaign setting sourcebook
    • Codex Arcanis, Hardbound: 256 page campaign setting sourcebook
    • Player's Guide to Arcanis: 320 page rulebook
    • Player's Guide to Arcanis, Soft Cover: 384 page rulebook
    • Forged in Magic: 128 page magic item suppliment
    • Forged in Magic: Revised and Expanded: 160 page magic item suppliment
    • Magic of Arcanis: 224 page rulebook
    • Magic of Arcanis, softbound: 224 page rulebook
    • Theocracy of Canceri: 128 page setting suppliment
    • Ssethregore: in the Coils of the Serpent Empire: 160 page setting suppliment
    • Legacy of Damnation: 128 page setting suppliment
  • Witch Hunter: the Invisible World
    • Witch Hunter: the Invisible World: 256 page core rulebook

[edit] Awards

  • 2001 ENnie Awards[1]
    • Nominee: Best Adventure, "The Bloody Sands of Sicaris"
    • Nominee: Best Setting, "Shattered Empires"
    • Nominee: Best Writer, Scott Charlton, "The Bloody Sands of Sicaris"
  • 2003 Pen and Paper Fan Awards
    • Runner-Up: Best Interior Art: "Bloodspeakers"
    • Runner-Up: Best Suppliment: "Unveleiled Masters: the Essential Guide to Mindflayers"
    • Runner-Up: Best Cover Art: "Unveiled Masters: the Essential Guide to Mindflayers"
  • 2003 Weird GameWyrd Game Awards
    • Nominee: The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Amuse Evil GMs: "Most Wanted"
  • 2005 ENnie Awards[1]
    • Winner: Fans' Choice Best Publisher
  • 2006 ENnie Awards
    • Nominee: Fans' Choice Best Publisher
  • 2006 Origins Awards
    • Nominee: Best New Product, "Tales of the Caliphate Nights"
  • 2007 ENnie Awards
    • Nominee: Fans' Choice Best Publisher
    • Nominee: Best Production Values, "Tales of the Caliphate Nights"
    • Honorable Mention: Best Product, "Tales of the Caliphate Nights"
  • 2008 Origins Awards
    • Semi-Finalist: Best Role Playing Game, "Witch Hunter: the Invisible World"
    • Nominee: Best Role Playing Suppliment, "Codex Arcanis"

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