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[[Independence Games]] is a small press publisher created by '''[[John Watts]]''' in November 2019 by renaming [[Gypsy Knights Games]]
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* It publishes using the [[Cepheus Engine]] model
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[[Independence Games]] is a small press publisher founded by '''[[John Watts]]''' in February 2011. Until November 2019 it was known as '''Gypsy Knights Games'''.
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* It formerly published supplements under the [http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/index.php Mongoose Publishing] ''Traveller'' Logo License.
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* It now publishes using the [[Cepheus Engine]] model.
 
   
 
   
 
== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
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[[Independence Games]] has published the following products for Traveller:
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[[Independence Games]] (and its predecessor, [[Gypsy Knights Games]]) have published the below products for [[Traveller]] and [[Cepheus Engine]]. Not all remain in print.
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
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See also [[Gypsy Knights Games#Books|Gypsy Knights Games]]
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==== Core Setting ====
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* [[Almighty Credit: Corporations in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Anderson & Felix Guide to Naval Architecture]]
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* [[Anderson & Felix Optional Components Guide]]
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* [[Artificial: Robots in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Balancing Act: Interstellar Relations in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Career Companion]]
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* [[Career Track 1 Medic]]
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* [[Clement Sector Core Setting Book]]
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* [[Clement Sector: The Rules]]
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* [[Diverse Roles: A Clement Sector Careers Catalog]]
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* [[Earth Sector]]
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* [[Earth Sector Map]]
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* [[Ensemble Cast]]
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* [[The Hub Federation]]
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* [[Hub Federation Ground Forces]]
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* [[Hub Federation Navy]]
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* [[Interface: Cybernetics in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Introduction to Clement Sector]]
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* [[Manhunters: Bounty Hunters in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Outlaw: Crime in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Skull and Crossbones: Piracy in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Tech Update: 2350]]
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* [[Tree of Life: Altrants in Clement Sector]]
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* [[Unmerciful Frontier: The CCA Sourcebook]]
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* [[Wonderous Menagerie:Uplifts in Clement Sector]]
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==== Subsector Sourcebooks ====
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook 1: Cascadia]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook 2: Franklin]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook 3: Hub]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook 4: Sequoyah]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook 5: The Colonies]] - Republishes: -
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** [[The Dade Colonies]]
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** [[The Dawn Colonies]]
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** [[Peel Colonies]]
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** [[The Superior Colonies]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook: Artemis]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook: Durga]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook: Earth]]
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* [[Subsector Sourcebook: Hecate]]
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==== Adventures ====
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* [[The Cascadia Adventures]] - republishing:
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** [[Cascadia Adventures 1 Save Our Ship]]
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** [[Cascadia Adventures 2 The Lost Girl]]
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** [[Cascadia Adventures 3 Fled]]
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* [[Dawn Adventures 1 The Subteranean Oceans of Argos Prime]]
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* [[Dawn adventures 2 Hell's Paradise ]]
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* [[Grand Safari]]
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* [[Hell's Paradise]]
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* [[Long Road to Redemption]]
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* [[The Slide]]
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==== 21 Series ====
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* [[21 Organizations]]
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* [[21 More Organizations]]
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* [[21 Pirate Groups]]
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* [[21 starport places|21 Starport Places]]
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* [[21 Vehicles]]
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* [[21 Villains]]
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* [[21 Plots]]
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* [[21 Plots Too]]
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* [[21 Plots III]]
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* [[21 Plots Go Forth]]
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* [[A Fifth of 21 Plots]]
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* [[21 Plots Misbehave ]]
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* [[21 Plots Planetside]]
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* [[21 Plots Samaritan]]
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* [[21 Characters]]
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==== Ships ====
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* [[Atlanta-class Carrier]]
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* [[Brightwater class Personal Yacht]]
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* [[Copeline-class Merchant Vessel]]
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* [[Hercules-class Heavy Freighter]]
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* [[Historical Ships of the Clement Sector: Trent-class Destroyer]]
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* [[Knox-class Frigate]]
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* [[Lance-class Gunboat]]
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* [[Lion-class Battlecruiser]]
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* [[Opportunity-class Light Trader]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 1-3: Hub Federation Warships]] - Republishes -
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 1 Kiviat-class Patrol Corvette]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 2 Vulkan-class Attack Boat Tender ]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 3 Moltke-class Cruiser]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 4-6: Traders, Scouts and Small Craft]] - Republishes: -
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 4 Small Craft]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 5 Traders and Scouts]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 6 Jinsokuna Chirashi-class Yacht]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 7-9: Defence Craft and Light Warships]] - Republishes: -
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 7 Perth-class Frigate]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 8 Type 2 System Security Cutter]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 9 Rattlesnake-class Attack Craft]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 10-12: Workhorses]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 13-15: Escort and Support]] - Republishes: -
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 13: Strikemaster-class Brig]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 14: Boyne-class Replenishment Ship]]
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** [[Ships of Clement Sector 15: Milligan-class Hospital Ship]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 16: Rucker-class Merchant]]
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* [[Ships of Clement Sector 17: Atlas-class Freighter]]
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==== Military & Naval Organisations ====
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* [[Tim's Guide to the Ground Forces of the Cascadia Subsector]]
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* [[Tim's Guide to the Ground Forces of the Hub Subsector]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to Fleets of Cascadia Subsector]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to Fleets of Franklyn Subsector]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to Fleets of Hub Subsector]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to Fleets of Sequoyah Subsector]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to Fleets of The Colonies]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to the Fleets of Earth Sector, Volume 1]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to the Fleets of Earth Sector, Volume 2]]
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* [[Wendy's Guide to the Fleets of Earth Sector, Volume 3]]
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====Miscellaneous====
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* [[Clement Sector Coloring Book]]
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==== Quick Worlds ====
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All by [[Gypsy Knights Games]] and now out of print. Re-published by [[Independence Games]] in [[Subsector Sourcebook 1: Cascadia]], [[Subsector Sourcebook 2: Franklin]], [[Subsector Sourcebook 3: Hub]] or [[The Slide]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 1: Kyiv]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 2: Fairfax]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 3: Roskilde]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 4: Monroe]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 5: Dimme]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 6: Hendershot]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 7: Gagnon]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 8: Slaren]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 9: Tlix]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 10: Campbell]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 11: Chance]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 12: Megara]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 13: Chennai]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 14: Hiallt]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 15: Vasynov]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 16: Serapis]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 17: Tal'Kalares]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 18: Era]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 19: Etxarte]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 20: Atargatis]] (Limited Time Give-away)
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* [[Quick Worlds 21: Karnataka]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 22: Minerva ]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 23: Ararat]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 24: Erlik]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 25 Saphronius]]
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* [[Quick Worlds 26 Winston]]
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===Independence Games Publications===
 
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== Name Change ==
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In November 2019, the company changed its name to "[[Independence Games]]".
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[[John Watts]] stated<ref>John Watts, 25 April 2021, Independence Games on Discord.com, #general thread</ref>
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:Gypsy Knights had been the name of my gaming group since the early 90s and, in 2011, when I decided to begin publishing, it seemed to be the natural name to use for the company.  In doing so, I fully expected that the members of the gaming group would also make contributions.  As it turned, out that really wasn't the case, so that was one reason that I decided there should be a name change.
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:The name of the gaming group stems from a campaign that I ran at a game shop in East Ridge, TN.  The guy who was playing the captain was a guy named Tim Lee who thought it would be clever both as a nod to his last to name the ship "Gypsy Rose" as in the famous stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee.  Gypsy Rose was the ship used by the characters until the end of that campaign when they became rulers of their own world.  At that point, the captain, now king, determined that they would be "Gypsy Knights".  Hence, the name of the gaming group and, later, the name of the company.
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:I embraced the name not only because of the gaming group but also because, at the time, I worked in construction.  Those who were "independent" and were not part of the local union or part of a large corporation were called "gypsies" which carried the implication that they were independent and that was something I wanted to convey with the company name.
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:All of which is odd because my grandmother on my father's side (with whom I had no relationship really) was Roma.  She had referred to herself as a "Gypsy" for all the time that I knew her.  My Dad, up until I explained the above, thought I had named the company that as a nod to my grandmother and as some sort of reconciliation ... which, really, wasn't the case at all.
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:So I'd never really heard the term used as a pejorative nor did I think it could ever be offensive to anyone.  I'd never heard it used as any sort of negative term, so it somewhat took me by surprise when folks began telling me that it was around 2015 or so.  As I looked into it, I determined that it seemed to be a pejorative in Europe and the UK, so I started taking time to kind of look at changing the name... something I had considered since the first paragraph of this story became true.  The troubles with Mongoose and all of the resulting problems of changing 30+ books at the time, resulted in me shelving the name change idea for a while as I had to retool everything for Cepheus.
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:By 2019, it became obvious that a name change was not only something I wanted to do, but something that was needed as we continued to be more popular in places that might find the name somewhat offensive.  So I started looking for replacement names and was shocked that the name I wanted all along "Independence Games" was not taken.  So I acted rather quickly and changed the name of the company within a day or two of this realization.
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:I'm in the business to sell games.  I want people to have fun.  I've no intent or desire to offend anyone, so that coupled with my earlier desire to change the name anyway made the name change a no-brainer.
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:However, I still cannot afford to change all of the books again.  I already went through those losses thanks to Mongoose in 2016.  So, slowly, over time, replacement products will come along that will have the new name on it.  You'll never see a new product with the name "Gypsy Knights Games" on it again.
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:Which, BTW, brings me to the other reason I wanted to change the name.  "Gypsy Knights Games" has an error built right into the name.  As I intended to have the company be a group effort of my gaming group, it was originally intended to be "Gypsy Knights' Games".  As it became unclear if this would be the case, I left out the apostrophe.  Over time, folks thought I was the "Gypsy Knight" and it was "Gypsy Knight's Games".
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:The error in the name of the company irritated me greatly and that was also a major contributing factor to the change.
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===Gypsy Knights Publications===
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{{BookImageList|Gypsy Knights Games}}
 
== Sources ==
 
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|External Link: [https://independencerpgs.com/ Independence Games]
 
|External Link: [https://independencerpgs.com/ Independence Games]
 
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[[Category: Publishers]]
 
[[Category: Publishers]]

Revision as of 15:25, 5 November 2021

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Independence Games is a small press publisher founded by John Watts in February 2011. Until November 2019 it was known as Gypsy Knights Games.

Publications

Independence Games (and its predecessor, Gypsy Knights Games) have published the below products for Traveller and Cepheus Engine. Not all remain in print.

Books

Core Setting

Subsector Sourcebooks

Adventures

21 Series

Ships

Military & Naval Organisations

Miscellaneous

Quick Worlds

All by Gypsy Knights Games and now out of print. Re-published by Independence Games in Subsector Sourcebook 1: Cascadia, Subsector Sourcebook 2: Franklin, Subsector Sourcebook 3: Hub or The Slide

Independence Games Publications

81 publications for Independence Games


Name Change

In November 2019, the company changed its name to "Independence Games".

John Watts stated[1]

Gypsy Knights had been the name of my gaming group since the early 90s and, in 2011, when I decided to begin publishing, it seemed to be the natural name to use for the company. In doing so, I fully expected that the members of the gaming group would also make contributions. As it turned, out that really wasn't the case, so that was one reason that I decided there should be a name change.
The name of the gaming group stems from a campaign that I ran at a game shop in East Ridge, TN. The guy who was playing the captain was a guy named Tim Lee who thought it would be clever both as a nod to his last to name the ship "Gypsy Rose" as in the famous stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy Rose was the ship used by the characters until the end of that campaign when they became rulers of their own world. At that point, the captain, now king, determined that they would be "Gypsy Knights". Hence, the name of the gaming group and, later, the name of the company.
I embraced the name not only because of the gaming group but also because, at the time, I worked in construction. Those who were "independent" and were not part of the local union or part of a large corporation were called "gypsies" which carried the implication that they were independent and that was something I wanted to convey with the company name.
All of which is odd because my grandmother on my father's side (with whom I had no relationship really) was Roma. She had referred to herself as a "Gypsy" for all the time that I knew her. My Dad, up until I explained the above, thought I had named the company that as a nod to my grandmother and as some sort of reconciliation ... which, really, wasn't the case at all.
So I'd never really heard the term used as a pejorative nor did I think it could ever be offensive to anyone. I'd never heard it used as any sort of negative term, so it somewhat took me by surprise when folks began telling me that it was around 2015 or so. As I looked into it, I determined that it seemed to be a pejorative in Europe and the UK, so I started taking time to kind of look at changing the name... something I had considered since the first paragraph of this story became true. The troubles with Mongoose and all of the resulting problems of changing 30+ books at the time, resulted in me shelving the name change idea for a while as I had to retool everything for Cepheus.
By 2019, it became obvious that a name change was not only something I wanted to do, but something that was needed as we continued to be more popular in places that might find the name somewhat offensive. So I started looking for replacement names and was shocked that the name I wanted all along "Independence Games" was not taken. So I acted rather quickly and changed the name of the company within a day or two of this realization.
I'm in the business to sell games. I want people to have fun. I've no intent or desire to offend anyone, so that coupled with my earlier desire to change the name anyway made the name change a no-brainer.
However, I still cannot afford to change all of the books again. I already went through those losses thanks to Mongoose in 2016. So, slowly, over time, replacement products will come along that will have the new name on it. You'll never see a new product with the name "Gypsy Knights Games" on it again.
Which, BTW, brings me to the other reason I wanted to change the name. "Gypsy Knights Games" has an error built right into the name. As I intended to have the company be a group effort of my gaming group, it was originally intended to be "Gypsy Knights' Games". As it became unclear if this would be the case, I left out the apostrophe. Over time, folks thought I was the "Gypsy Knight" and it was "Gypsy Knight's Games".
The error in the name of the company irritated me greatly and that was also a major contributing factor to the change.

Gypsy Knights Publications

95 publications for Gypsy Knights Games

Sources

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  1. ↑ John Watts, 25 April 2021, Independence Games on Discord.com, #general thread
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