Goodman Games

Goodman Games is an American game publisher, best known for the Dungeon Crawl Classics series of adventure modules, the Dragonmech and the award-winning Etherscope role-playing games. The company produced licensed adventures Wicked Fantasy Factory, Judges Guild, Xcrawl, Iron Heroes, Castles and Crusades, and Death Dealer.

Goodman Games
TypePublisher
IndustryCollectible card game, RPG & other assorted media.
Founded2001
HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA, USA
Key people
Joseph Goodman: Owner, Aeryn "Blackdirge" Rudel: Staff Writer, Harley Stroh: Staff Writer, Doug Kovacs: Artist
ProductsDungeon Crawl Classics, Dragonmech, Etherscope & others
Websitehttp://www.goodman-games.com/

History

Joseph Goodman started Goodman Games in 2001 and took advantage of the new d20 System license by publishing his first RPG, Broncosaurus Rex.[1]: 386  Goodman Games released a series of Complete Guides beginning with Complete Guide to Drow (2002), and another 10 books after that, several of which focused on unusual races that were not being covered by other publishers, such as Complete Guide to Doppelgangers (2002), Complete Guide to Rakshasas (2003), Complete Guide to Treants (2003) and Complete Guide to Wererats (2003).[1]: 386–387  Despite success with Broncosaurus Rex and then moving to fantasy dungeon crawls, Goodman did not hire any in-house game designers and continued to work with freelance creators.[1]: 387  With the Dungeon Crawl Classics label, Goodman intended to publish intelligent dungeon crawl adventures, and to serve the growing demographic of older gamers.[1]: 387  Goodman Games expanded into a wide range of fantasy and science fiction role playing game (RPG) supplements, mostly for the d20 license; that is adventures compatible with the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons ruleset. Their card games include Geek Wars, World Championship Dodge Ball and Scavenger Hunt.

Dungeon Crawl Classics role playing game
Further information: Dungeon Crawl Classics

In May 2012, Goodman Games released an original OGL-based role-playing game named after their earlier series of D&D-compatible adventures called Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game]] (DCC RPG). The design intention was "to create a modern RPG that reflects D&D’s origin-point concepts with decades-later rules editions."[2]

Community activity

In July 2009, Goodman Games held a contest to award a Game Store with the award of "America's Favorite Game Store", the award went to Yottaquest.[3][4]

Reception

Goodman Games won the 2006 Gold Ennie Award for "The Grognard Award".[5]

Goodman Games won the 2013 Silver Ennie Award for "Fans’ Choice for Favorite Publisher".[6]

Notes
  1. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. Goodman, Joseph. "DCC RPG: Designer's Blog #1: What It Is And What It Isn't". Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. "America's Favorite Game Store". Goodman Games. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  4. Tortora, Andrea (July 31, 2009). "America's favorite game store". Business Courier. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  5. "Archived copy". www.ennie-awards.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20190829103719/http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2012-noms-and-winners
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