Gamelords

Gamelords was an American game company that produced tabletop role-playing games and game supplements.

Gamelords

Industry	Tabletop role-playing games
Founded	1980 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Founders	Kerry Lloyd Richard Meyer Janet Trautvetter Michael Watkins
Owner	Tadashi Ehara

History

Kerry Lloyd founded the company, with three friends - Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins in 1980.^[1]: 129 Gamelords was centered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.^[1]: 130 Gamelords published the role-playing game Thieves' Guild in 1980.^[2] Looking to produce more group-oriented products for The Fantasy Trip, Howard M. Thompson of Metagaming Concepts signed an agreement in 1982 with Gamelords to create a campaign world for the game, but he terminated the agreement after only two campaign books were published.^[1]

When FASA ended its support of Traveller, William H. Keith Jr. and J. Andrew Keith moved their Traveller writing to Gamelords.^[1]: 120 The Keith brothers wrote seven Traveller supplements for Gamelords, including The Mountain Environment (1983), The Undersea Environment (1983), and The Desert Environment (1984).^[1]: 131

Gamelords was sold to Tadashi Ehara in 1986.^{[1]: 131–132}

Publications

• Duel Arcane (1980)
• The Compleat Tavern (1981)
• The Phantastical Phantasmagorical Montie Haul Dungeon (1982)

Thieves Guild

see Thieves Guild Publications

Traveller

• Lee's Guide to Interstellar Adventure (1983)
• The Mountain Environment (1983)
• The Drenslaar Quest (1983)
• The Undersea Environment (1983)
• Ascent To Anekthor (1984)
• Startown Liberty (1984)
• The Desert Environment (1984)
• Duneraiders (1984)
• A Pilot's Guide to the Drexilthar Subsector (1984)
• Wanted: Adventurers (1984)