Editing Steve Jackson Games

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[[Steve Jackson Games]] ([[SJG]]) is a [[wikipedia:game|game]] company that creates and publishes [[Wikipedia:role-playing game|role-playing]], [[Wikipedia:board game|board]], and [[Wikipedia:card game|card game]]s. 
* It was founded in 1980 by [[Wikipedia:Steve Jackson (USA)|Steve Jackson]].
* It held a license to publish [[Traveller]] for many years until it returned it licensed rights to [[FFE]].

=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
''[[Setting]]:''
* [[ATU]]
* [[IMTU]]
* [[Lorenverse]]
* [[OTU]]
* [[Retcon]]

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
''Overview Synopsis:'' No information yet available.  

=== Storyline & Setting ===
The [[Imperium Eternal]], or [[Lorenverse]], is a [[setting]] in which the [[Third Imperium]] avoids the assassination of Strephon, and does not fall until after the [[Empress Wave|Wave]] passes through it.
* It is an alternate timeline and the default [[setting]] for [[GURPS Traveller]].
* The Lorenverse eventually rejoins the primary [[timeline]] of the [[OTU]].
* In this [[setting]] there is no [[Second Civil War]] or [[Rebellion]]. [[Archduke]] [[Dulinor]]'s ship is destroyed in [[1116]] en route to [[Capital]], which sparks an investigation that unwinds over several [[TNS]] entries.

=== ‎Popular Artists & Authors ===
''Artists:'' 
* [[TBD]]

''Authors:''
* [[TBD]]

=== External Link/s ===
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.sjgames.com/ Steve Jackson Games' official web site]
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.sjgames.com/general/news_stories/880418_fantasy.html "Fantasy for Fun and Profit"]: An article about the company from the Austin American Statesman, April 18 1988

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[Imperium Eternal]]

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
[[Image:Illum-CarWars.JPG|right|thumb|''Car Wars'' and ''Illuminati'' are two of SJ Games' greatest successes.]]
Founded six years after the birth of ''[[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'', and before the height of [[wikipedia:role-playing game|role-playing game]]s, SJG created several role-playing and strategy games with [[Wikipedia:science fiction|sci-fi]] themes.  SJG borrowed and expanded upon ideas pioneered by strategy game companies such as [[Wikipedia:Avalon Hill|Avalon Hill]] and [[Wikipedia:TSR, Inc.|TSR]].  Despite these similarities, SJG had a unique feel all their own and became popular with their releases. SJG's early titles were all [[Wikipedia:microgame (board game)|microgames]] initially sold in [[Wikipedia:ziploc|ziploc]] bags, later in similarly sized plastic shell cases. Games such as ''Ogre'', ''Car Wars'' and ''G.E.V'' (an ''Ogre'' spin-off) were popular during SJG's early years.

Today SJG publishes games of various varieties ([[Wikipedia:card game|card game]]s, [[Wikipedia:board game|board game]]s, [[Wikipedia:strategy game|strategy game]]s) and genres ([[Wikipedia:fantasy|fantasy]], [[Wikipedia:sci-fi|sci-fi]], [[Wikipedia:Goth|gothic]] [[Wikipedia:Horror fiction|horror]]); they also publish the book ''[[Wikipedia:Principia Discordia|Principia Discordia]]'', the sacred text of the [[Wikipedia:Discordianism|Discordian]] religion.

=== Bibliography-Ludography (Published Products) ===
This edition is best known for the following products:
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===Raid===
:''Main Article: [[Wikipedia:SJ Games vs. The Secret Service|SJ Games vs. The Secret Service]]''
On March 1 1990, SJG's offices in [[Wikipedia:Austin, Texas|Austin, Texas]] were raided by the [[Wikipedia:United states secret service|U.S. Secret Service]].  The manuscript for [[Wikipedia:GURPS Cyberpunk|GURPS Cyberpunk]] was confiscated although this was merely coincidence and not the actual purpose of the raid at all. The raid was related to [[Wikipedia:Operation Sundevil|Operation Sundevil]], a nationwide investigation of computer crime. More than three years later, a federal court awarded damages of $50,000 and attorneys' fees of $250,000 (amounts in [[Wikipedia:USD|USD]]) to SJ Games, ruling that the raid had been careless, illegal, and completely unjustified. [[Wikipedia:Cyberpunk|Cyberpunk]] popularizer [[Wikipedia:Bruce Sterling|Bruce Sterling]] discussed the affair in his book ''The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier''.  The case also helped motivate the formation of the [[Wikipedia:Electronic Frontier Foundation|Electronic Frontier Foundation]]. See ''[[Wikipedia:GURPS Cyberpunk|GURPS Cyberpunk]]'' for more information on the raid and the ensuing case.

===Roleplaying games===
* ''[[Wikipedia:GURPS|GURPS]]'', the ''Generic Universal Role Playing System''
**''[[GURPS Traveller]]'', the version of Traveller for GURPS
* ''[[Wikipedia:In Nomine (role-playing game)|In Nomine]]'', a game about [[Wikipedia:Angels|Angels]] and [[Wikipedia:demon|Demons]] based on the popular [[Wikipedia:France|French]] [[Wikipedia:roleplaying game|roleplaying game]] ''[[Wikipedia:In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas|In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas]]''
* ''[[Wikipedia:Toon (role-playing game)|Toon]]'', the cartoon roleplaying game

=== Books ===
Note: Although the heading indicates 32 GURPS Traveller publications, only 31 are shown. The missing one is [[Droyne Coyn Set]].

== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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