Nightfall Games is a
United Kingdom
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based
role-playing game
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publishing company notable for publishing ''
SLA Industries'' and The Terminator RPG.
History
Nightfall Games was founded by
Dave Allsop, Anne Boylan and Jared Earle in April 1993 in
Glasgow, Scotland
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. In September 1993, Nightfall released their role-playing game ''
SLA Industries''. After releasing their first sourcebook ''Karma'' in 1994, Nightfall was purchased by
Wizards of the Coast
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(WotC). Nightfall was started up again in 1998 by Allsop, Earle and
Tim Dedopulos after regaining the rights to ''SLA Industries'' from WotC. In 1999, Nightfall partnered with
Hogshead Publishing to continue publishing ''SLA''. Hogshead closed operations in November 2002, after which Nightfall partnered with
Cubicle 7 Entertainment. In 2004, Dave Allsop, the creator of ''SLA Industries'', temporarily resigned from Nightfall.
In April, 2011, Nightfall Games returned to independent status while retaining Cubicle 7 as their publisher.
In April, 2012, Nightfall Games announced that
Romark Entertainment had acquired the film and television rights to SLA Industries and that a joint venture would produce comics, games and other media. Since March 2013 no updates have been made on this topic.
On 28 February 2018, Nightfall Games was incorporated in the UK. Directorship is Allsop, Earle and Rapson.
References
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External links
Nightfall Games' website
Publishing companies established in 1990
Privately held companies of the United Kingdom
Role-playing game publishing companies
1990 establishments in Scotland