Amarillo Design Bureau Explained

Amarillo Design Bureau
Foundation:1981
Location:Amarillo, Texas,
United States
Key People:Stephen V Cole, President
Industry:Games
Revenue:$250,000 (Estimate)
Num Employees:5 (Estimate)
Homepage:starfleetgames.com
Footnotes:Source Dun & Bradstreet[1]

Amarillo Design Bureau is a company which specializes in tactical and strategic board wargames. The company is a successor to Task Force Games,[2] and is owned and operated by Steve and Leanna Cole, with partner Steve Petrick, and based in Amarillo, Texas. The company created and developed the series of games set in the Star Trek-based Star Fleet Universe, under license from Paramount Pictures,[3] which includes the tactical combat games Star Fleet Battles[4] and Federation Commander, the strategic-level game Federation and Empire, the card-based tactical game Star Fleet Battle Force and the role-playing game Prime Directive. They also produce a large series of miniatures under the Starline 2400 and Starline 2500 label, as well as the biannual Captain's Log magazine.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: www.manta.com. Dun and Bradstreet. 2012-06-19.
  2. Web site: Pyramid Interview: Stephen V. Cole. 2008-01-08.
  3. News: Space, The Familiar Frontier. Jim. McBride. Amarillo Globe News. 2012-06-19.
  4. Book: Nesmith , Bruce . Star Fleet Battles . Hobby Games The 100 Best . Lowder . James . 295–297 . 2007 . . 978-1-932442-96-0.
  5. Book: Bethke, Erik. Game Development and Production. 1-55622-951-8. Wordware Publishing, Inc. 2003. 11. https://books.google.com/books?id=m5exIODbtqkC&dq=%22game+development+and+production%22+wordware+amarillo&pg=PA11
  6. Pyramid Pick: Starfleet Command . https://archive.today/20130104160223/http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=1219 . dead . 2013-01-04 . Pyramid (Online) . . Lucas . Andrew J. . 1999-11-12 . 2008-02-20.