Company type | Private |
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Industry | Game supplies, former Game publisher |
Predecessor | Chessex, The Armory |
Founded | 1987; 37 years ago (1987) |
Headquarters | Fort Wayne, IN, United States |
Website | http://chessex.com |
Chessex Manufacturing is an American company that sells dice, primarily for the role-playing game (RPG) and collectible card game (CCG) market. It also offers other accessories used in RPGs and CCGs. The company also has a Chessex Europe branch office.
Chessex was also a distributor and publisher of tabletop games—RPGs, CCG, miniature wargames, board games, and related merchandise—until October 1998 when they merged distribution with The Armory to form Alliance Game Distributors.
Games published
- Banemaster: The Adventure (1995) collectible card game.
- Skyrealms of Jorune (1984–1994) role-playing game.
- Wiz-War (1993-2010) A board game originally self published by Tom Jolly starting in 1985, Chessex published the 4th through 7th editions of the game and a single expansion. While they continued to have rights to the game until 2010 the game was sold out and unavailable shortly after 2000.
References
- "Company links". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- "Chessex Online". Chessex.com.
- "Chessex European Location". Chessex.com.
- "Chessex and The Armory Form Alliance". Pyramid. Steve Jackson Games. October 2, 1998.
- Miller, John Jackson (2003), Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition, p. 688.
- Ogle, Harold (August 14, 1997). "Review of Skyrealms of Jorune". RPG.net.
- Jolly, Tom (July 18, 2014). "A brief History of Wiz-War". LeagueofGamemakers.com.
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