Fantasy Flight Games
Company type | Division | |
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Industry | Tabletop games | |
Founded | 1995 | |
Founder | Christian T. Petersen | |
Headquarters | Roseville, Minnesota, United States | |
Key people |
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Products | Role-playing games, board games, card games,
Parent Asmodee North America | |
Website | fantasyflightgames |
Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a
History
Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO
From 2000 through 2008, FFG produced a series of supplements and adventures for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition under the Open Gaming License. This series was collectively known as Legends & Lairs. These books included supplements for classes, expanded magic, and environments, as well as a series of Instant Adventure booklets.[2]
In 2008, FFG partnered with Games Workshop to represent Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 settings in role-playing, board, and card games.[1] FFG announced the end of that partnership on September 9, 2016. Effective February 28, 2017, FFG no longer offers for sale any games made in conjunction with Games Workshop.[3]
In August 2011, Fantasy Flight Games acquired the license for card, miniature and role-playing games set in the Star Wars universe.[4] They have also created board and card games for the well-known licenses Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, and The Lord of the Rings, as well as board games based upon popular computer games: Doom: The Boardgame, StarCraft: The Board Game, and World of Warcraft: The Board Game. They are also known for revising and reprinting popular or cult classic games, including Cosmic Encounter, Arkham Horror, Talisman, and Netrunner.
From 2010 to 2013 FFG was Dust Studio's partner in publishing and distributing Paulo Parente's
Fantasy Flight Games was known for their game franchise
On November 17, 2014, it was announced that Fantasy Flight Games had agreed on a
Asmodee has helped to bring some of Fantasy Flight's board games to digital form, and in October 2017, Asmodée and Fantasy Flight announced the formation of Fantasy Flight Interactive, a division of the merged companies to bring more of Fantasy Flight's physical board games to digital implementations.[11] However, as part of a company-wide layoff, Fantasy Flight opted to close Fantasy Flight Interactive in January 2020.[12]
In December 2019 through January 2020 Asmodee announced they were moving towards focusing on Fantasy Flight Games' core boardgame-, dice- and card- games. Their tabletop role-playing games like Star Wars and Genesys will move to Edge Entertainment and Miniatures games like X-wing and Armada to Atomic Mass.
Games
Living Card Games
Fantasy Flight Games defines a "Living Card Game" as a variant of
Many games from other companies use a similar distribution model, but because "Living Card Game" and its initials "LCG" are registered trademarks of Fantasy Flight Games, other publishers do not use this term.
Fantasy Flight Games currently prints the following LCGs:
- The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)
- A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Second Edition (2015)
- Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2016)
- Marvel Champions: The Card Game (2019)
Fantasy Flight Games has previously printed the following LCGs:
- Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game(2008–2015)
- A Game of Thrones: The Card Game (first edition) (2008–2015)
- Warhammer: Invasion (2009–2013)
- Android: Netrunner (2012–2018)
- Star Wars: The Card Game (2012–2018)
- Warhammer 40,000: Conquest (2014–2017)
- Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game(2017–2021)
Fantasy Flight has also printed Blue Moon Legends, which is a comprehensive collection of Blue Moon and its expansions. Although it has similar gameplay and a fixed card set like a Living Card Game, it was not released in the Living Card Game line.
KeyForge
Fantasy Flight Games published the card game KeyForge in 2018. Created by
Awards
2016 Origins Awards
- Board Game - Star Wars: Imperial Assault, designed by Justin Kemppainen, Corey Konieczka, and Jonathan Ying
- Miniatures Game - Star Wars Armada, designed by James Kniffen, Christian T. Petersen
- Role-Playing Game - Star Wars: Force and Destiny, designed by Jay Little
References
- ^ a b "What Is Fantasy Flight?". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "bibliogroup:"Legends - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "A New Path Forward". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Use The Force". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Battlefront Miniatures to take over Distribution of Dust Tactics". dust-models.com. May 2, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
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- ^ Forbes Magazine (2014-11-17). "Fantasy Flight Games Merging With Asmodee". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ ONeill, John (19 November 2014). "Asmodee Acquires Fantasy Flight Games". Black Gate.
- Venture Beat. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- Gamasutra. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ Definition of Living Card Games by Fantasy Flight Games | http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_npm.asp?eidm=14
- ^ "LCG Player's Guide". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ LCG Trademark of Fantasy Flight Games | https://trademarks.justia.com/778/12/lcg-77812599.html
- ^ VS. SYSTEM 2PCG Introduction FAQ | http://upperdeckblog.com/2015/05/vs-system-2pcg-introduction-faq/
- ^ Hall, Charlie (2018-08-07). "KeyForge is a remarkable new card game gunning for both Magic and Hearthstone". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ Marks, Tom (2018-08-01). "KeyForge, the next Game from the Creator of Magic: The Gathering, Uses Billions of Unique Decks - Gen Con 2018". IGN. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Academy | 2016 Origins Award Winners". www.originsawards.net. Archived from the original on 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2016-07-22.