Tabletop Games (TTG)
(Note: a different game company from Table Top Games, Inc..) TableTop Games was founded by Bob Conner in the 1970's. He started TableTop Games because he thought figures were too expensive and not enough innovative rules were seeing the light of day. Without him the late Ian Beck might never have published his distinctive rules. It was Bob who published Rudis, Pony Wars and Once Upon a Time in the West and Shock of…
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Impact, all utilising the distinctive artwork of J.D. Spencer. He also issued the series of complete TableTop Games of the Micro Series (Series I and Series II Games). In additiona Bob published Halifax Wargame Group members well known rules Retinue - Medieval Skirmish, Action Under Sail - Napoleonic, and Armada. TableTop Games frequently attended small local conventions within the UK. The owner Bob Conner passed away in 2003. TableTop Games published a number of micro-games and miniature rulesets in the late 1970's thru 2003. They are higly compact, require only a small playing area but still retain the qualities of a more conventional minatures-based game. The company co-published a number of these game via Heritage Models, Inc. and the cover art and the layout of some of these games varies between the Tabletop Games version vs. the Heritage Models versions. The company was sold June 14 2004 following the death of company principal Bob Conner to new owners. Dave Polhill formed Tabletop Games Ltd. and acquired the rights to the Tabletop Game line. The Company claimed on its website that they were unable to locate many of the authors of the games and royalty payments were not paid to the game authors in some cases after the change in ownership. This company developed a basic website which existed from 2004 to 2008. However, the website ceased being updated in 2006. Tabletop Games Ltd. primarily became a game distributor of multiple product lines after this time but did continue carry some of the tabletop game line. The rights to the miniature games were split to a different entity in 2004 and some of the those miniatures can still be purchased at www.15mm.co.uk. They currently sell digital copies of the Laserburn Rulesets. In December 2005 Tabletop Games Ltd. acquired the company Gamers Quest. The company merged stock with Gamers Quest and moved to a new location in 2006 in order to hold the stock of both companies. The miniature line has been acquired by www.15mm.co.uk. In November 2004 Tabletop Games Ltd. introduced the Tabletop Games Classics line of re-released titles in a new A4 format. The first two reprints were "Once Upon a Time in the West” and “Imperial Commander”. Siege, Medieval Skirmish Rules, Probsub, Dreadnought Era, Dreadnought Ship Data Cards, Action Under Sail (4th Edition), Advanced Laserburn, Combat 3000, Starhound, Encounter 1, Bodycount, Challenger 2000, Modern Equipment Handbook Part 1, Firefly,Death in a Distant Land, Death in a Distant Land Scenarios were also reprinted. Series I Games were printed in the mid 1970's thru the early 1980's. Series II Games were printed in the late 1970's thru the mid 1980's. These games are designed to enable players to recreate complete battles in a particular period of military history. Each games is complete in itself, but in addition, there are extra Army/Force cards available in each period to increase the scope of the game. The series of Miniature Games were published from the 1970's through 1994. Tabletop Games published game lines for other game design companies: ACTIVE SERVICE PRESS created a number of titles that were published by Tabletop Games: Indian Mutiny Crimean War American Civil War Quick Play American Civil War The Great War 1914-15 Medieval Skirmish Rules Starhound Terrain Maps for Wargames Death in a Distant Land - French-Canadian & American War of Independence Rules Scenarios for Above Sword & Bayonet M.G. Strachan Productions (New Zealand Wargame Company) Tabletop printing in UK: American Civil War First Bull Run Second Bull Run Gettysburg Antietam Fredericksburg Cedar Mountain Fair Oaks Wilson Creek Stones River The Uniforms and Organizations of the Armies of the Franco-Prussian War Warfare in the Industrial Age - Wargame Rules for Warfare in Europe and North America for the Period 1854-1871 They Printed the following games: SERIES I GAMES SERIES I SPARES SERIES II GAMES TTG-M-GAL Galactic War TTG-M-OS1 Order Sheets TTG-M-ANC Micro Ancients TTG-M-MTB M.T.B. - Motor Torpedo Boat TTG-M-GC1 Game Cards TTG-M-MED Micro Medieval TTG-M-UP U-Boat TTG-M-NAP Micro Napoleonic TTG-M-BAL Ballistic Missile TTG-M-COL Micro Colonial TTG-M-WWII Micro Modern World War II TTG-M-SFI Micro Sci-Fi TTG-M-N01 Micro Fleet WWI TTG-M-N02 Micro Fleet WWII TTG-M-N03 Micro Fleet Napoleonic Series II Additional Armies Ancients Medieval Napoleonic TTG-MA-A01 Persian TTG-MA-M01 Burgundians TTG-MA-N01 Prussian TTG-MA-A02 Macedonian TTG-MA-M02 Scots TTG-MA-N02 Russian TTG-MA-A03 Gallic TTG-MA-M03 Italian States TTG-MA-N03 Austrian TTG-MA-A04 British TTG-MA-M04 Russian TTG-MA-N04 Polish TTG-MA-A05 Indian TTG-MA-M05 Polish TTG-MA-N05 Spanish TTG-MA-A06 Sassanid TTG-MA-M06 German TTG-MA-A07 Byzantine TTG-MA-M07 Spanish TTG-MA-A08 Goth TTG-MA-A09 Hun TTG-MA-A10 Late Roman TTG-MA-A11 Egyptian TTG-MA-A12 Assyrian TTG-MA-A13 Seleucid TTG-MA-A14 Chinese TTG-MA-A15 Norman TTG-MA-A16 Saxon TTG-MA-A17 Viking Colonial WWII Sci-Fi TTG-MA-C01 British / Egyptian (Sudan) TTG-MA-W01 German Infanry (Eastern Front) TTG-MA-S01 Xylon TTG-MA-C02 Dervish (Sudan) TTG-MA-W02 German Panzer Gren. (Eastern Front) TTG-MA-S02 Time Warriors TTG-MA-C03 Rorkes Drift Set TTG-MA-W03 German SS (Eastern Front) TTG-MA-S03 Kripton TTG-MA-W04 Russian Armoured (Eastern Front) TTG-MA-S04 Star Pods TTG-MA-W05 Russian Mech Inf. (Eastern Front) TTG-MA-W06 British Infantry (North Africa) TTG-MA-W07 British Armoured (North Africa) TTG-MA-W08 German Light (North Africa) TTG-MA-W09 German Infantry (North Africa) TTG-MA-W10 US Armoured (North Africa) TTG-MA-W11 Italian Mech. Inf. (North Africa) Naval WWI Naval Napoleonic Series II Spares TTG-MN-101 British Jutland Set TTG-MN-301 Trafalgar Fleets TTG-M-OS2 Order Sheets TTG-MN-102 German Jutland Set TTG-M-GC2 Game Cards TTG-M-CC2 Combat Charts TTG-M-TC2 Terrain Cards TTG-M-WD2 Wind Direction Disc Miniature Rulesets published by Tabletop Games Ancients Medieval and Renaissance 18th Century The Shock of Impact Lance (3 Editions / Medieval) Mid 18th Century Rules The Shock of Impact Army Lists Tercio (5 Editions / Renaissance) 18th Century Army Lists Ancient Army Lists Kadesh to Dyrrachium SIEGE (Med & Anc Siege Warfare) ARMADA (Naval Rules) Napoleonic American Civil War Colonial Napoleons War (Fast Play) Circa 1863 The 1879 Zulu War (Colonial Rules) To the Sound of Guns (3 Editions) American Civil War Rules (ASP) Soldiers of the Queen (Colonial) To the Sound of Guns Army Lists Fast Play American Civil War Rules (ASP) More Soldiers of the Queen 25mm Napoleonic Rules When Johnnie Comes Marching Home - ACW Rules Pony Wars (Indian Fighting Napoleonic Army Lists 1/50 & 1/20 Scale Warfare in the Industrial Age in Europe and North American for the period 1854-1871 (M.G. Strachan) 200 Years (5mm Rules) Death in a Distant Land (French Canadian & American War of Independence Rules)(ASP) 200 Years Army List Scenarios for Death in a Distant Land (ASP) Action Under Sail (4 Editions) L'Empereur (Rules and Game for Napoleons Campagins in Europe) WWI WWII Fantasy & Sci-Fi Trench (WWI Trench Warfare) Firefly (1/300th Rules) Reaper (Fantasy Wargame Rules) Dogfight Over Flanders (WWI Air) Combined Arms (1/300th Rules) Attack of the Fungoid Trolls (Reaper Expansion) Kaiserbosh (WWI Rules) WWII Army Lists & Organizations Monster Combat (pre-historic & fantasy) Dreadnought (WWI Naval Rules Tactical Commander (Skirmish) Combat 3000 (Sci-Fi Comabat) Ship Data Charts (British / German) Korps Commander WWII (Div Scale) Combat 3001 (Expansion) The Great War 1914-18 Rules (ASP) WWII Battlezones (Scenarios) Star Force 300 Salvo Fire (WWII Naval Rules) Encounter 1 (Space Fleet Actions) (3 Editions) (ASP) Starhound (Space Fighter Combat)(ASP) Modern Period Role Playing & Skirmish Rules Laserburn Challenger Once Upon a Time in the West Basic Laserburn Ruleset Challenger Revised Edition Return to Once Upon a Time in the West Advanced Laserburn Challenger II Rudis (Gladitorial Combat) Robot (Robots & Androids) Challenger 2000 Retinue (Medieval Skirmish) Forces of the Imperium Battlezones - Scenarios for the Ultra Modern Period Sword & Shield (Ancient Skirmish) Imperial Commander (Military Combat) Corps Commander OMG (Div Scale) Sword & Pistol (Rennasiance Skirmish) Scavenger (Solo Book) By Air & Sea (Naval / Airborne OPs Gridiron Heroes (American Football) Bunker 17 Scenario Firefight (Modern Skirmish) Sword & Bayonet (Colonial Skirmish) (ASP) Sewerville Shootout Scenario Bodycount (Vietnam) Medieval Skirmish Rules (ASP) Sea Prison Siege Scenario Probsub (Sub-v-Sub Rules) Tarim Towers Heist Skyfight (Modern Air Combat) Record Sheet for Laserburn Ultra Modern Army Lists and Organisations (For WRG Ruleset) Ultra Modern Army Lists and Organisations Second Edition (For WRG Ruleset) Ultra Modern Army Lists and Organistation Volume 1 Challenger Ultra Modern Army Lists & Organisation Volume 2 Challenger Digest No. 3 - Challenger / Corps Commander Digest 4 Ultra Modern Army Lists for Challenger II Rules Digest 5 Ultra Modern Army Lists for Challenger II Rules Modern Aircraft Handbook - Aircaraft Details & Weapons for Challenger II Revised Modern Aircraft Handbook - Aircaraft Details & Weapons for Challenger II 19th Century Miscellaneous Other Crimean War Rules (ASP) Terrain Maps for Wargames (100 Maps)(ASP) 19th Century Skirmish - Birmingham Backshooters (ASP) Musketeer - Wargames Rules 1490-1690 Indian Mutiny Rules (ASP)
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