and card game publisher industry role playing games board games founded 1970 headquarters blaine washington u.s.a key people tom dalgliesh grant dalgliesh products block wargames card games harn harnmaster website http www.columbiagames.com columbia games is a maker of board and role playing games including h rn and a variety of games mostly wargames wizard kings and various historical and quasi historical games using blocks instead of the more conventional chits . the company is based in blaine washington ; it is run by founder tom dalgliesh and his son grant dalgliesh . contents 1 history 2 block games 3 card games 4 h rn 5 future games 6 references 7 external links history edit columbia is one of the hobby s oldest wargame companies . tom dalgliesh lance gutteridge and steve brewster founded gamma two games in vancouver bc in the early 1970s and published their first game in 1972 . brewster left the company soon after its formation . ron gibson soon joined the company but left the company in 1986 . gamma two games became columbia games in 1982 . in the mid 1980s gutteridge left the company leaving dalgliesh as its sole owner although the two still associate frequently and gutteridge still makes some contributions . columbia games moved from vancouver bc to washington state in 1994 for a variety of personal and economic reasons . block games edit columbia s most well known games are block wargames . many of these games are designed for introducing new players to the hobby but more detailed games have been produced such as eurofront a wargame depicting the entirety of world war ii in europe with various what if situations . among the best known is hammer of the scots based on the english wars in scotland 1297 1315 . other wargames include athens & sparta a game based on the peloponnesian war war of 1812 a game based on the war of 1812 quebec 1759 based on the french and indian war also known as the 7 years war . liberty based on the american revolution pacific victory based on the pacific theater of world war ii victory in europe based on the european theater of world war ii texas glory based on the texan war of independence including the battle of the alamo richard iii based on the wars of the roses julius caesar based on the roman civil war shiloh 1862 based on the battle of shiloh shenandoah jackson s valley campaign based on jackson s valley campaign of 1862 block games are not limited to war themes last spike is a competitive strategy block games based on the golden spike completing the first transcontinental railroad in the usa . card games edit in the late 1990s the company began producing collectible card games based upon military themes for the american civil war such as dixie and the napoleonic wars eagles . h rn edit columbia also publishes h rn a low magic fantasy campaign setting created by n. robin crossby for use in role playing games and for collaborative fiction . the h rn product line is compatible with h rn products produced by kelestia productions robin crossby s own company and is supported by additional material produced by the game s fans . future games edit columbia games also publishes a set of supplement materials called h rnquest . 1 each issue is approximately 32 pages and includes articles about h rnic kingdoms cities castles history creatures and other gaming topics . new h rn atlas maps are also sent under this subscription as they are released . references edit 1 the h rnquest subscription page columbia games ltd retrieved 18 february 2010 external links edit columbia games website columbia games at boardgamegeek columbia games blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title columbia games & oldid 733913235 categories board game publishing companiescompanies based in washington state companies established in 1970role playing game publishing companieswargame companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsuomi edit links this page was last modified on 10 august 2016 at 22 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view