Chessex Manufacturing is an American company that sells dice, primarily for the role-playing game (RPG) and collectible card game (CCG) market. It also offers other accessories used in RPGs and CCGs.[2] The company also has a Chessex Europe branch office.[3]
Chessex was also a distributor and publisher of tabletop games—RPGs, CCG, miniature wargames, board games, and related merchandise—until October 1998 when they merged distribution with The Armory to form Alliance Game Distributors.[4]
Games published
- Banemaster: The Adventure (1995) collectible card game.[5]
- Skyrealms of Jorune (1984–1994) role-playing game.[6]
- Wiz-War (1993-2010) A board game originally self published by Tom Jolly starting in 1985, Chessex published the 4th through 7th editions of the game and a single expansion. While they continued to have rights to the game until 2010 the game was sold out and unavailable shortly after 2000.[7]
References
- Company links retrieved 2018-06-08^
- Chessex Online Chessex.com^
- Chessex European Location Chessex.com^
- Chessex and The Armory Form Alliance Pyramid, Steve Jackson Games, October 2, 1998^
- John Jackson Miller. Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition 2003^
- Harold Ogle. Review of Skyrealms of Jorune RPG.net, August 14, 1997^
- Tom Jolly. A brief History of Wiz-War LeagueofGamemakers.com, July 18, 2014^