Pacesetter Ltd was a game company based in Delavan,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

, founded in 1984. Company founders included CEO John Rickets, and Mark Acres, Andria Hayday, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez, Garry Spiegle, Carl Smith, Stephen D. Sullivan and Michael Williams. Pacesetter produced both tabletop

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out ...

s and

board game A board game is a type of tabletop game that involves small objects () that are placed and moved in particular ways on a specially designed patterned game board, potentially including other components, e.g. dice. The earliest known uses of the ...

s. ''

Chill In computing, CHILL (an acronym for CCITT High Level Language) is a procedural programming language designed for use in telecommunication switches (the hardware used inside telephone exchanges). The language is still used for legacy systems ...

'' was possibly Pacesetter's most well-known product. It was subsequently republished in revised form by

Mayfair Games Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board game, board, card game, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed German-style board game, Euro-style board games to publish them in English. The company licensed worldwide English-language pub ...

after Pacesetter's demise. When the company 54°40' Orphyte was founded in 1991, they purchased many of the product rights to Pacesetter's games and all of its backstock. ''Chill'' is owned by Martin Caron. In October 2014, it was announced that Martin Caron had granted Matthew McFarland the right to create and publish "Chill" (3rd edition) '' Star Ace'' is owned by Phillip Reed and Christopher Shy of Ronin Arts. ''Timemaster'' and ''

Sandman The Sandman is a mythical character originating in Germanic and Scandinavian folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. Representation in traditional folklore The San ...

'' are owned by Daniel Proctor of Goblinoid Games (publisher of '' Labyrinth Lord'', among other games). Goblinoid Games also purchased the copyrights and trademarks to the Pacesetter brand and logo, thus reviving the brand and folding it into their product lines. Goblinoid Games continues to publish games using the same Pacesetter RPG house system. Historical Pacesetter product line includes: :Role-playing games ::*''

'' (1984) ::*'' Star Ace'' (1984) ::*''

Timemaster ''Timemaster'' is a role-playing game centered on traveling through time and alternate dimensions, published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984. Players take on the role of Time Corps agents who fix deviations in the timeline of the game. The primary an ...

'' (Pacesetter Ltd, 1984; Goblinoid Games, 2011) ::*''

'' (Pacesetter Ltd, 1985; Goblinoid Games, 2012) :Board games ::*'' Chill: Black Morn Manor'' (1985) ::*'' Wabbit Wampage'' (1985) Winner of the 1985

Charles S. Roberts Award The Charles S. Roberts Awards (or CSR Awards) is an annual award for excellence in manual, tabletop games, with a focus on "conflict simulations", which includes simulations of non-military as well as military conflicts. From its founding in 1975 ...

for ''Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game'' ::*''Wabbit Wevenge'' (1986) Current Pacesetter product line includes:{{cite web, url=http://www.pacesetter.us, title=Pacesetter: The official Pacesetter site, accessdate=2014-10-07 :Role-playing games ::*''Cryptworld'' (2013); The new Pacesetter horror game. ::*''Rotworld'' (2011); A zombie

survival horror Survival horror is a Video game genre, subgenre of horror games. Although combat can be part of the gameplay, the player is made to feel less in control than in typical action games through limited ammunition or weapons, health, speed, and visio ...

game. ::*''Majus'' (2012); A modern

urban fantasy Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, placing supernatural elements in a contemporary urban area, urban-affected setting. The combination provides the writer with a platform for classic fantasy tropes, quixotic plot-elements, and unusual charac ...

game. ::*''

'' (2011) ::*''Sandman'' (2012)

References

External links

Official Pacesetter home page
Board game publishing companies Role-playing game publishing companies Defunct companies based in Wisconsin