citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message steve jackson games type private industry game publisher founded 1980 founder steve jackson headquarters austin texas united states key people steve jackson products munchkin chez geek car wars ogre gurps revenue us 8 800 000 gross 2013 1 owner steve jackson number of employees 43 full time 2013 1 website sjgames.com steve jackson games sjgames is a game company founded in 1980 by steve jackson that creates and publishes role playing board and card games and the gaming magazine pyramid . contents 1 history 1.1 raid 1.2 kickstarter project 2 games published 2.1 card games 2.2 board games 2.3 role playing games 2.4 miniatures 2.5 computer games 2.6 dice games 3 magazines 3.1 publication history 4 mentions in third party media 5 references 6 external links history edit founded in 1980 six years after the birth of dungeons & dragons and before the height of role playing games sjgames created several role playing and strategy games with science fiction themes . sjgames borrowed and expanded upon ideas pioneered by strategy game companies such as metagaming concepts avalon hill and tsr . despite these similarities sjgames had a unique feel all their own and became popular with their releases . sjgames early titles were all microgames initially sold in 4 7 inch ziploc bags and later in the similarly sized pocket box . 2 games such as ogre car wars and g.e.v an ogre spin off were popular during sjgames early years . today sjgames publishes games of numerous varieties card games board games strategy games and genres fantasy sci fi gothic horror ; they also publish the book principia discordia the sacred text of the discordian religion . raid edit main article steve jackson games inc. v. united states secret service kickstarter project edit in april may 2012 steve jackson games ran a successful kickstarter.com campaign for a new designer s edition of ogre . 3 4 the final game due to be shipped in november 2012 will weigh 14 pounds or more partly because the high level of extra funding achieved in the kickstarter enabled significant game additions . 5 games published edit steve jackson games main product line in terms of sales is the munchkin card game followed by the role playing system gurps . 6 card games edit battle cattle the card game a card game compatible with the car wars card game based on the battle cattle miniatures system . burn in hell a semi satirical game centered on collecting circles of notable historical and contemporary people s sinners souls that share common characteristics . car wars the card game a card game version of the car wars miniatures system . chez geek a card game parody of geek culture with many spinoffs and expansions chez goth chez greek chez grunt chez guevara chez cthulhu chez dork a card game centered on the characters in the comic book dork tower collecting the objects they obsess over . cowpoker a card game partly based on poker mechanics with a central theme of old west cattle ranchers . dino hunt a card game where players travel through time to capture dinosaurs . features over a hundred dinosaurs with color drawings and accurate scientific data on each one . hacker a modern day card game based on the mechanics of illuminati . hacker ii the dark side illuminati a game of competing conspiracies based largely on the illuminatus trilogy by robert anton wilson . originally published in microgame format followed by three numbered expansions . later published in a full sized box with expansions 1 and 2 as deluxe illuminati . expansion 3 would later be reprinted as illuminati brainwash . illuminati y2k all card expansion for deluxe illuminati illuminati bavarian fire drill all card expansion for deluxe illuminati illuminati new world order inwo the collectible card game based on concepts in illuminati . inwo subgenius expansion based on church of the subgenius concepts which can also be played stand alone . illuminati crime lords a mafia based variation on illuminati which combines gameplay elements of the original illuminati and inwo . king s blood a japanese card game originally published by kadokawa shoten . lord of the fries a game of zombies attempting to assemble orders in a fast food restaurant . originally designed by james ernest and published by cheapass games . munchkin a card game parody of hack and slash roleplaying with many spinoffs all able to be mixed with the original . and expansions main series munchkin munchkin 2 unnatural axe munchkin 3 clerical errors munchkin 3.5 clerical errata munchkin 4 the need for steed munchkin 5 de ranged munchkin 6 demented dungeons munchkin 6.5 terrible tombs munchkin 7 more good cards munchkin 8 half horse will travel star munchkin star munchkin 2 the clown wars star munchkin 3 diplomatic impunity munchkin fu munchkin fu 2 monky business munchkin bites munchkin bites 2 pants macabre super munchkin super munchkin 2 the narrow s cape munchkin impossible munchkin cthulhu munchkin cthulhu 2 call of cowthulhu munchkin cthulhu 3 the unspeakable vault munchkin cthulhu 4 crazed caverns the good the bad and the munchkin the good the bad and the munchkin 2 beating a dead horse munchkin booty munchkin booty 2 jump the shark munchkin zombies munchkin zombies 2 armed and dangerous munchkin zombies 3 hideous hideouts munchkin zombies 4 spare parts munchkin zombies the walking dead munchkin axe cop munchkin conan munchkin apocalypse munchkin apocalypse 2 sheep impact munchkin legends munchkin legends 2 faun and games munchkin legends 3 myth prints munchkin pathfinder munchkin steampunk munchkin oz munchkin christmas lite munchkin blender munchkin dice munchkin miniatures ninja burger a fast paced ninja delivery card game based on the ninja burger website . space pirate amazon ninja catgirls spanc a light hearted competition between starship crews of cat girls in search of toys and loot . spooks a halloween themed card game where players try to get rid of cards from their hands . board games edit the awful green things from outer space designed by tom wham and originally published by tsr . car wars futuristic battles between automobiles . dork tower a fantasy game that takes place in the world the dork tower characters play their games in . frag a first person shooter without a computer . globbo a black comedy game about a murderous alien babysitter . greedquest a light randomized romp through a simple dungeon to gain loot . knightmare chess a chess variant played with cards . translation of the french temp te sur l echiquier published by ludodelire . kung fu 2100 a simple game of hand to hand combat where players use martial arts to smash their way into the clonemaster s fortress . munchkin quest a boardgame variation of the munchkin card games nanuk a boardgame of bidding and bluffing centered on inuit hunters . necromancer a fantasy game for two players in which each player becomes a powerful wizard controlling the forces of the undead . ogre the classic simulation of future war involving a cybernetic armored juggernaut firing nuclear weapons . designed by jackson and originally published by metagaming concepts . battlesuit a spin off of ogre and g.e.v. featuring infantry using powered armor inspired by starship troopers . g.e.v. a spin off of ogre focusing on futuristic but conventional infantry artillery and armor units . shockwave an ogre g.e.v. expansion set with new units and a new map . ogre reinforcements pack an ogre g.e.v. expansion set with new rules and replacement pieces and maps . battlefields an ogre g.e.v. expansion set with new rules pieces and maps . one page bulge a simulation of the german ardennes offensive in 1944 with the rules printed on a single page . proteus a chess variant using dice to represent normal chess pieces . revolution a blind bidding area majority game . snits two classic tom wham games snit s revenge and snit smashing both originally published by tsr . star traders a game where players race through space to deliver cargoes . the stars are right a boardgame where players attempt to change a 5 5 tileboard through the use of cards and gaining victory points based on certain constellations of symbols . strange synergy a game where teams of warriors battle with a different set of powers each game . tile chess a multiplayer chess variant played without a chess board . x bugs a combat game where futuristic bugs are represented by colorful tiddly winks . role playing games edit gurps the generic universal role playing system . gurps traveller gdw s traveller based upon gurps . in nomine a game about angels and demons based on the popular french role playing game in nomine satanis magna veritas . killer the game of assassination a variant of assassin . munchkin rpg a series of d20 supplements based on the munchkin card game . toon the cartoon role playing game . transhuman space a near future science fiction setting spanning the sol system . tribes players play cave men and women trying to protect and nurture their descendants . partly designed by science fiction author david brin . miniatures edit ogre & g.e.v have also been published as in miniatures wargaming format . cardboard heroes paper miniatures . computer games edit autoduel an action arcade game with role playing elements . published by origin systems inc. ogre a computer version of the ogre board game . published by origin systems inc. ultracorps an online space strategy game originally developed by vr 1 . dice games edit cthulhu dice a custom dice game where the faces are cthulhu symbols including the eye of horus the yellow sign the elder sign cthulhu and tentacle . you roll the dice to compete with others to be the last sane person left . zombie dice a custom dice game where the faces are brains shotgun blasts and feet . the goal is to push your luck stacking up zombie kills before your buddies . proteus a custom dice game where the faces of the dice represent chess pieces . the goal is to change your pawns into higher pieces and take over all your buddies pieces . magazines edit publication history edit gaming magazines produced by steve jackson games have included 7 the space gamer 1980 1985 steve jackson took over the magazine from metagaming concepts with issue 27 and transferred the magazine to sjgames in 1982 ; the final sjgames issue was 76 in 1985 and the rights were sold to diverse talents inc. fire & movement 1982 1985 a wargaming magazine purchased from baron publishing sold to diverse talents in 1985 autoduel quarterly 1983 1992 home for car wars material moved from the space gamer fantasy gamer 1983 1984 short lived magazine split from space gamer roleplayer 1986 1993 replaced the space gamer as the company s periodical for their fan base until sjgames started the new generalist magazine pyramid pyramid 1993 1998 published for 30 issues as a print magazine pyramid volume 2 1998 2008 published as an online weekly subscription based magazine journal of the travellers aid society starting 2000 sjgames resurrected game designers workshop s old magazine as an online magazine d20 weekly 2002 2003 an online magazine devoted to the d20 market pyramid volume 3 starting 2008 a pdf only version of the magazine mentions in third party media edit in uplink a 2001 computer hacking simulation game by british software company introversion software there is a company named steve jackson games . while this company may occasionally offer hacking contracts to the player its main feature is a public access server which if accessed displays the following information steve jackson games public access server attention this computer