Amarillo Design Bureau is a company which specializes in tactical and strategic board

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. The company is a successor to

Task Force Games Task Force Games was a game company started in 1979 by Allen Eldridge and Stephen V. Cole. TFG published many games, most notably including both ''Star Fleet Battles'' (currently published by the original designers, Amarillo Design Bureau) and ...

, and is owned and operated by Steve and Leanna Cole, with partner Steve Petrick, and based in

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. The company created and developed the series of games set in the ''

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''-based

Star Fleet Universe ''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a Military tactics, tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the ''Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current ...

, under license from

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, which includes the tactical combat games ''

Star Fleet Battles ''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the ''Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current edition is publi ...

'' and ''

Federation Commander ''Federation Commander'' is a tactical starship combat board wargame system, produced and developed by Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. (ADB) It is designed to represent combat between vessels of various factions in the Star Fleet Universe, such as the ...

'', the strategic-level game ''

Federation and Empire Federation and Empire (''F&E'') is a strategic-level board wargame set in the fictional Star Fleet Universe spinoff of ''Star Trek'', currently published by Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. (ADB). It is a stand-alone product, but has sometimes been co ...

'', the card-based tactical game ''

Star Fleet Battle Force ''Star Fleet Battle Force'' is a card-based starship combat game system, produced and developed by Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. It allows fast-paced multiplayer combat between vessels of various factions in the Star Fleet Universe, such as the Feder ...

'' and the role-playing game ''

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''. 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.
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