Amarillo Design Bureau

Amarillo Design Bureau
Industry Games
Founded 1981
Headquarters Amarillo, Texas,
United States
Key people Stephen V Cole, President
Revenue $250,000 (Estimate)
Employees 5 (Estimate)
Website starfleetgames.com
References: Source Dun & Bradstreet[1]
Part of the article series on
Star Fleet Universe
Games
Star Fleet Battles
Federation Commander
Federation and Empire
Prime Directive (role-playing game)
Star Fleet Battle Force
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War
Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates
Captain's Log

Amarillo Design Bureau is a company which specializes in tactical and strategic board wargames. The company is a successor to Task Force Games,[2] and is owned and operated by Steve and Leanna Cole, with partner Steve Petrick, and based in Amarillo, Texas. The company created and developed the series of games set in the Star Trek-based Star Fleet Universe, under license from Paramount Pictures,[3] which includes the tactical combat games Star Fleet Battles[4] and Federation Commander, the strategic-level game Federation and Empire, the card-based tactical game Star Fleet Battle Force and the role-playing game Prime Directive. They also produce a large series of miniatures under the Starline 2400 label, as well as the biannual Captain's Log magazine.

Games developed by Amarillo Design Bureau have influenced other game designers such as Taldren, Inc. and they have been used in the development of some video games.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "www.manta.com". Dun and Bradstreet. http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_grxtkh. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
  2. ^ "Pyramid Interview: Stephen V. Cole". http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=879. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
  3. ^ McBride, Jim. "Space, The Familiar Frontier". Amarillo Globe News. http://www.amarillo.com/stories/030407/new_6972748.shtml. 
  4. ^ Nesmith, Bruce (2007). "Star Fleet Battles". In Lowder, James. Hobby Games The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 295–297. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0. 
  5. ^ Bethke, Erik (2003). Game Development and Production. Wordware Publishing, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 1-55622-951-8. [1]
  6. ^ Lieb, Steve (2003). "Star Trek Starfleet Command (Review)". Strategy Gaming Online. http://www.strategy-gaming.com/reviews/star_trek_starfleet_command/index.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
  7. ^ Lucas, Andrew J. (1999-11-12). "Pyramid Pick: Starfleet Command"". Pyramid (online) (Steve Jackson Games). http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=1219. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 

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