Редактирование: Fantasy Games Unlimited


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'''Fantasy Games Unlimited''', often referred to as just '''FGU''', is a [[publishing house]] for both [[table-top games|table-top]] and [[role-playing games]]. They have no in-house design teams and rely on submitted material from outside talent.<ref name="noble">{{cite web |url=http://www.nobleknight.com/ViewProdLine.asp_Q_ManufacturerID_E_32_A_CategoryID_E_12_A_GenreID_E_0 |title=Fantasy Games Unlimited |accessdate=2007-09-13 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Noble Knight Games}}</ref>

==History==

Founded in 1975 by Scott Bizar, the company's first publications were the wargames '''Gladiators''' and '''Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age'''. Upon the sudden appearance and massive popularity of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] from [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], the company turned its attentions to role-playing games, seeking out and producing systems created by amateurs and freelancers. Rather than focusing on any one line and supporting it with subsequent supplements, FGU instead produced a continuous stream of new games. In its time, FGU published dozens of different role-playing games, more than any other company.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

In [[1989]], ''Fantasy Games Unlimited'' won ''All Time Best Ancient Medieval Rules for 1979'' [[Origins Award|H.G. Wells Award]] at Origins 1980 for [[Chivalry & Sorcery]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.originsgames.com/awards/1979 |title=1979 List of Winners |accessdate=2007-09-13 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming, Art, & Design}}</ref>

Though FGU stopped publishing in 1987, the company still exists and maintains copyright over its titles. FGU has been very vigorous in defending any perceived threat to its intellectual property, sometimes taking what many consider to be unjustified umbrage at other publishers for even barely perceptible infringements. For instance, FGU has twice threatened legal action when other companies published role-playing games with the term "Space Opera" in the titles, even though the term pre-dates FGU's game as a genre label by several decades. FGU has also earned a bad reputation for holding their games in limbo, replying to requests from new companies even for simple reprint rights with demands for exorbitant licensing fees. 

A new FGU website appeared in July 2006 offering the company's back catalog. It promises new products "coming soon".

==Publications==
* ''[[Aftermath!]]''
* ''[[Bushido (role-playing game)|Bushido]]''
* ''[[Bunnies and Burrows]]''
* ''[[Chivalry & Sorcery]]'' (1st & 2nd editions)
* ''Daredevils''
* [[Down Styphon]]
* [[Fire, Hack & Run]]
* [[Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo]]
* ''[[Flashing Blades]]''
* [[Frederick the Great]]
* [[Freedom Fighters]]
* [[Gangster!]]
* [[Gladiators]]
* [[Land of the Rising Sun]]
* [[Lands of Adventure]]
* [[Merc]]
* ''[[Middle Sea]]''
* [[Odysseus]]
* [[Other Suns]]
* [[Privateers & Gentlemen]]
* ''[[Psi World]]''
* [[Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age]]
* [[Skull & Crossbones]]
* [[Space Marines (game)|Space Marines]]
* ''[[Space Opera (game)|Space Opera]]''
* [[Star Explorer]]
* [[Starships & Spacemen]]
* [[Swordbearer]]
* [[Tyrannosaurus wrecks]]
* ''[[Villains & Vigilantes]]''
* [[Wargaming magazine]]
* ''[[Wild West]]''
* [[Wizards' World]]
* [[Year of the Phoenix]]

==External links==

* [http://www.fantasygamesunlimited.net www.fantasygamesunlimited.net Official site]
* [http://www.sden.org/jdr/spaceopera/mirror/fgu/default.htm Mirror of the old official FGU site]
* [http://www.sden.org/jdr/spaceopera/GB/interviews/scott.htm Interview with Scott Bizar]
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