Hekaforge Productions
Hekaforge Productions was an American game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Gary Gygax introduced some investors to Christopher Clark's publication setup around 1998, and although they were not willing to fund Lejendary Adventures, Clark put together a business plan that would allow Clark and Gygax to publish the books themselves by forming a partnership called Hekaforge Productions.[1]:380 By 2002, Gygax had given Clark an encyclopaedic 72,000-word text describing the Lejendary Earth; Clark split the manuscript up into five books and expanded it, with each of the final books coming to about 128,000 words, which gave Hekaforge a third Lejendary Adventures line, to supplement the core rules and adventures, and managed to publish the first two of those Lejendary Earth sourcebooks: Gazetteer (2002) and Noble Kings and Great Lands (2003).[1]:380 By 2003 Hekaforge was having financial difficulties that led Clark to ask Troll Lord Games to become an "angel" investor by publishing new Lejendary Adventures books.[1]:381 As a result of their agreement with Hekaforge, Troll Lord was able to publish about a dozen additional Lejendary Adventures books from 2005–2008.[1]:381
Three months after his death, Gygax Games – a new company formed by Gary's widow, Gail – pulled all of the Gygax licenses from Troll Lord;[1]:382 and also from Hekaforge.[1]:381