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| - right Guardians of Order (дословно «Стражи порядка») — канадская компания-издатель ролевых игр, действовавшая в 1996—2006 годах. Располагалась в городе Гуэлф (провинция Онтарио). Компания была основана в 1996 году Марком Маккинноном (Mark C. MacKinnon). Первой игрой, выпущенной Guardians of Order, стала Big Eyes, Small Mouth, для которой была разработана система Tri-Stat System. Позднее Tri-Stat System была модифицирована для других игр и переименована в Tri-Stat dX. Основные линейки игр компании:
- Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. Mackinnon based out of Guelph, Ontario in the business of creating roleplaying games. Their first and perhaps most famous game is the anime inspired game Big Eyes, Small Mouth. In 2006 Guardians of Order ceased operations due to overwhelming debt. The Big Eyes, Small Mouth game used the "Tri-Stat" system. The Tri-Stat system would later be modified for use in other games and be more generally named the "Tri-Stat dX" system. Most of Guardians of Order's game use some form of the Tri-Stat dX system.
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| - right Guardians of Order (дословно «Стражи порядка») — канадская компания-издатель ролевых игр, действовавшая в 1996—2006 годах. Располагалась в городе Гуэлф (провинция Онтарио). Компания была основана в 1996 году Марком Маккинноном (Mark C. MacKinnon). Первой игрой, выпущенной Guardians of Order, стала Big Eyes, Small Mouth, для которой была разработана система Tri-Stat System. Позднее Tri-Stat System была модифицирована для других игр и переименована в Tri-Stat dX. После Big Eyes, Small Mouth компания продолжала выпускать игры, основанные на аниме: The Sailor Moon Role-Playing Game and Resource Book (1998), Demon City Shinjuku Role-Playing and Resource Book (1999), Tenchi Muyo! (2000) и другие. Расширив область применения системы Tri-Stat dX, в 2002 году компания выпустила супергероическую игру Silver Age Sentinels. В 2004 году Guardians of Order приобрела у Phage Press права на издание Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game. Кроме того, компания приобрела лицензии на выпуск игр по комиксам DC Comics «The Authority», миру Текумель М. А. Р. Баркера и «Песни Льда и Пламени» Джорджа Мартина, а также выпускала варианты Big Eyes, Small Mouth и других игр под систему d20. Несмотря на выпуск большого количества игр, в 2005 году компания начала испытывать трудности. В августе 2006 году Маккиннон официально сообщил, что Guardians of Order прекратила свою деятельность. По словам Маккиннона, компания слишком глубоко влезла в долги. В сентябре того же года Big Eyes, Small Mouth была продана ArtHaus Games, импринту White Wolf Publishing. Основные линейки игр компании:
* система Tri-Stat dX;
* Big Eyes, Small Mouth;
* Silver Age Sentinels;
* Ex Machina;
* Dreaming Cities;
* Reality Storm (совместно с Hero Games);
* игры по лицензии:
* Sailor Moon RPG and Resource Book;
* Dominion Tank Police RPG And Resource Book;
* Demon City Shinjuku RPG And Resource Book;
* Tenchi Muyo RPG And Resource Book;
* El-Hazard RPG And Resource Book;
* Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai RPG and Resource Book;
* A Game of Thrones (совместно с Sword and Sorcery Studios);
* The Authority RPG And Resource Book;
* Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game (планировался выпуск второй редакции игры, но из-за прекращения деятельности компании не состоялся);
* Nobilis;
* Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne;
* The Slayers d20 Role-Playing Game.
- Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. Mackinnon based out of Guelph, Ontario in the business of creating roleplaying games. Their first and perhaps most famous game is the anime inspired game Big Eyes, Small Mouth. In 2006 Guardians of Order ceased operations due to overwhelming debt. The Big Eyes, Small Mouth game used the "Tri-Stat" system. The Tri-Stat system would later be modified for use in other games and be more generally named the "Tri-Stat dX" system. Most of Guardians of Order's game use some form of the Tri-Stat dX system. After Big Eyes, Small Mouth, Guardians of Order would go on to achieve significant success with the Sailor Moon RPG and Resource Book. The game was built on Big Eyes, Small Mouth but featured an extensive reference to the Sailor Moon universe. Guardians of Order acquired licenses and published Big Eyes, Small Mouth based RPGs for a number of other anime series including Dominion Tank Police, Demon City Shinjuku, and Tenchi Muyo. After El Hazard, the last such game, the company's strategy with licensed anime series changed and it began issuing "Ultimate Fan Guides" which served the same purpose while avoiding the need to reprint the same BESM-based mechanics. All of these books included game statistics for characters in the series as well as extensive episode guides and character summaries. Guardians of Order expanded beyond anime based games when the Tri-Stat dX system was adopted for the superhero game Silver Age Sentinels. Guardians of Order later acquired the rights to publish the Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game from Phage Press. Guardians of Order licensed the rights to produce role-playing games set in existing fictional works. These include games based on The Authority, Tekumel, and A Song of Ice and Fire. Between February 14 2006 and August 1 2006 there were no official updates to the Guardians of Order website. There was speculation on the official forums that the company was out of business. On July 28 2006 a post to George R. R. Martin's official web site announced that Guardians of Order was out of business. In response, on August 1 2006 Mark MacKinnon posted confirmation that Guardians of Order "ceased operations." According to MacKinnon the company had too much debt. MacKinnon is attempting to place Guardians of Orders games with other companies. He promised that existing orders would be filled. On September 9 2006, ArtHaus Games, whose titles are published by White Wolf Publishing, announced that it has acquired the Big Eyes, Small Mouth RPG. The announcement stated the company was "extremely confident" that a release date of January 2007 would be met and confirmed that those who pre-ordered and prepaid for the book would be "in good hands," though it was also said that they have not taken on Guardians of Order's liabilities. On March 7 2007, George R. R. Martin wrote that he had regained control of his intellectual property rights and was "all square" with Guardians of Order. As part of their settlement, Mr. Martin received all remaining stock of the limited edition version of the RPG. No further information regarding the settlement was revealed, nor the status of other creditors' claims on the property.
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