Crafty Games is an American publisher of

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s based on espionage and fantasy themes, particularly '' Mistborn'' and

Spycraft Spycraft is a d20 and OGL-based role-playing game dealing with superspies and modern action. Originally published by the Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), it is currently published under licence by Crafty Games. History Originally envisi ...

. The company was founded by the creative team behind the Classic Spycraft and Spycraft 2.0

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s, shortly after both lines were shut down by then-publisher

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. Since its inception, Crafty Games has published over 50 products in print and

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format. Crafty Games' work on Spycraft 2.0 has won nominations for the

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and 4

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s in 2006.

Founders

The founders of Crafty Games were affiliated with Alderac Entertainment Group in various capacities. When the Spycraft line was cut in the summer of 2005, they jointly formed Crafty Games.

Patrick Kapera

A professional content producer and creative manager in the hobby gaming industry since 1998, Patrick Kapera was the co-creator of the award-winning

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and its many offshoots, including the Stargate SG-1 RPG while working as a staff writer, editor, developer, and brand manager for

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. Additionally he has worked on many acclaimed games, including

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, 7th Sea, Doomtown, When Darkness Comes, and the Battlestar Galactica RPG.

Alex Flagg

Once an organizer for the Oregon-based gaming convention Dairyland, Alex was recruited as an AEG freelancer to work on ''Classic Spycraft'' in 2002 based on the strength of his homebrewed setting Ten Thousand Bullets. Over the subsequent 5 years, he worked on nearly 2 dozen books for a number of publishers, including

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, and Mythic Dreams Studios, and was a core designer of the critically acclaimed Spycraft 2.0.

Games and products

Beyond ''Spycraft'', Crafty Games has recently begun to branch into other games, including

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, a new system developed as part of their Fantasy Craft RPG. On September 7, 2008, the company also announced its first licensed property, the ''

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'', based on

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's Mistborn series of novels."'Mistborn RPG' on the Way," ICv2 website
Retrieved December 9, 2008.

References

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Founders

Patrick Kapera

Alex Flagg

Games and products

See also

References