| Allen Eldridge | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Game designer |
Allen D. Eldridge is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games.
Allen Eldridge first met Stephen Cole through a game club in Amarillo, Texas, and Cole brought Eldridge into his company JP Productions a few years after he founded it in 1973.[1] Cole and Eldridge made the decision to close JP in November 1976, and the company was shut down in spring of 1977.[1] Cole and Eldridge co-founded Task Force Games in the fall of 1978 and chose to sell products directly to wholesalers and retailers rather than to individuals.[1] Eldridge was able to make an arrangement for inexpensive boxes, so Task Force was able to release Star Fleet Battles in a regular-sized second edition box.[1] Eldridge stayed with Task Force Games when Cole left in 1983 to form the new Amarillo Design Bureau company.[1] Eldridge sold Task Force Games to the computer game company New World Computing in April 1988.[1]