Stephen V. Cole

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Stephen V. Cole is an American game designer and the CEO of Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. (also known as ADB or Starfleet Games) which publishes Star Fleet Battles^[1], Federation and Empire, Federation Commander, Prime Directive, and other wargames set in the Star Fleet Universe.

Cole, an engineer and former US Army intelligence officer, was founder of the company JagdPanther Publications, which operated from 1973 to 1977.^[2] This company published several games, as well as the magazine JagdPanther which featured a complete game, or variant, in each issue.

Later, Cole co-founded Task Force Games which first published Star Fleet Battles, designed by Cole in the 1980s. Star Fleet Battles continues to be published by Amarillo Design Bureau and was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming, Arts, & Design Hall of Fame in 2005 where they stated that "Star Fleet Battles literally defined the genre of spaceship combat games in the early 1980s, and was the first game that combined a major license with 'high re-playability'."^[3]

Cole is a contributor to StrategyPage that "provides quick, easy access to what is going on in military affairs."^[4]

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Star Fleet Battles: A Captain's Log #14 - Betrayal at Oxvind V (Paperback - 1994)
Captains Log Trek Star Fleet (Paperback - Jan 1, 1993)
Introduction to Star Fleet Battles (Paperback)
Star Fleet Battles: The Best of NEXUS (Captain's Edition, Captain's Log #13), with Steven P. Petrick (Paperback - Nov 14, 1993)
Star Fleet Battles Captain's Log #15, with Steven P. Petrick (Paperback - 1994)
Star Fleet Battles Advanced Fighters Captain's Module J2 (Paperback - 2002)