Goodman Games
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| Publisher | |
| Industry | Collectible card game, RPG & other assorted media. |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
Key people | Joseph Goodman: Owner, Aeryn "Blackdirge" Rudel: Staff Writer, Harley Stroh: Staff Writer, Doug Kovacs: Artist |
| Products | Dungeon Crawl Classics, Dragonmech, Etherscope & others |
| Website | http://www.goodman-games.com/ |
Goodman Games is an American game publisher, best known for the Dungeon Crawl Classics series of adventure modules, the Dragonmech and the award-winning Etherscope role-playing games. The company produced licensed adventures Wicked Fantasy Factory, Judges Guild, Xcrawl, Iron Heroes, Castles and Crusades, and Death Dealer.
History
Joseph Goodman started Goodman Games in 2001 and took advantage of the new d20 System license by publishing his first RPG, Broncosaurus Rex.[1]:386 Goodman Games released a series of Complete Guides beginning with Complete Guide to Drow (2002), and another 10 books, about half of which highlighted unusual races that no one else was covering, such as Complete Guide to Doppelgangers (2002), Complete Guide to Rakshasas (2003), Complete Guide to Treants (2003) and Complete Guide to Wererats (2003).[1]:386–387 Despite success with Broncosaurus Rex and then moving to fantasy dungeon crawls, Goodman did not bring game designers in house and continued to work with freelance creators.[1]:387 With Dungeon Crawl Classics, Goodman intended to publish the sort of intelligent dungeon crawl adventures that he enjoyed playing, and wanted to serve the large "older gamer" demographic.[1]:387 Goodman Games expanded into a wide range of fantasy and science fiction role playing game (RPG) supplements. Their card games include Geek Wars, World Championship Dodge Ball and Scavenger Hunt.
Dungeon Crawl Classics role playing game
In May 2012, Goodman Games released an original OGL-based role-playing game called Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game (DCC RPG). The design intention was "to create a modern RPG that reflects D&D’s origin-point concepts with decades-later rules editions."[2]
Community Activity
In July 2009, Goodman Games held a contest to award a Game Store with the award of "America's Favorite Game Store", the award went to Yottaquest.[3][4]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ↑ Goodman, Joseph. "DCC RPG: Designer's Blog #1: What It Is And What It Isn't". Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ↑ "America's Favorite Game Store". Goodman Games. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ↑ Tortora, Andrea (July 31, 2009). "America’s favorite game store". Business Courier. Retrieved July 10, 2010.