Steve Jackson Games: История, Игры и Судебные Разбирательства

American game publishing company
Today SJ Games publishes a variety of games, such as card games, board games, strategy games, and in different genres, such as fantasy, sci fi, and gothic horror. They also published the book Principia Discordia, the sacred text of the Discordian religion.

On March 1, 1990, the Secret Service raided the offices of Steve Jackson Games, seizing three computers, two laser printers, dozens of floppy disks, and the master copy of GURPS Cyberpunk; a genre toolkit for cyberpunk games, written by Loyd Blankenship, an employee at the time. The Secret Service believed that Blankenship had illegally accessed Bell South systems, and uploaded a document possibly affecting 9 1 1 systems onto Steve Jackson Games's public bulletin board system and/or another board known as Phoenix which he also administered; and, furthermore, that GURPS Cyberpunk would help others commit computer crimes. During their investigation, the Secret Service also read (and deleted) private emails on one of the computers. Though the materials were later returned in June, Steve Jackson Games filed suit in federal court, winning at trial. The raid led to the formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which was founded in July 1990.

In April–May 2012, Steve Jackson Games ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for a new "Designer's Edition" of Ogre. The final game was planned to weigh 14 pounds or more, partly because the high level of extra funding achieved in the Kickstarter enabled significant game additions.

Steve Jackson Games' main product line, in terms of sales, is the Munchkin card game, followed by the role playing system GURPS.

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 Solar System. Tribes, players play cave men (and women) trying to protect and nurture their descendants. Partly designed by science fiction author David Brin.

Ogre & G. E. V have also been published as in miniatures wargaming format. Cardboard Heroes, paper miniatures.

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.

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.