Companies with Exactly the Same Names
Bill Armintrout
names?
- Bill Armintrout, editor
The Miniatures Page
http://members.xoom.com/minipage
PS There are at least two pair...
Phil Dutre
Bill Armintrout wrote:
>
> Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> names?
Well, FOUNDRY originated from a merger between WARGAMES FOUNDRY
and GUERNSEY FOUNDRY. I think no-one really knew whether they
were the same company, two different companies, whether one was
a subbranch of the other etc...
For some reason I also always mixed up Ral Pharta and RAFM,
although that problem has been solved now.
Phil
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MDScholl , CMGagnon
>
> Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> names?
>
> The Miniatures Page
> http://members.xoom.com/minipage
>
> PS There are at least two pair...
Reaper and Grim Reaper
Citadel and Fortress (?)
what do I win?
M
rjo...@rmi.net
<,snip>>
>
>For some reason I also always mixed up Ral Pharta and RAFM,
>although that problem has been solved now.
>Phil
I believe a collector with a good nose would never confuse a Ral Pharta figure
with any other.
BJ
Steven M Goode
Companies with Exactly .. by MDScholl, CMGagnon@ntrne
> > names?
> >
> > - Bill Armintrout, editor
> > The Miniatures Page
> > http://members.xoom.com/minipage
> >
> > PS There are at least two pair...
Well, on your august page, you mentioned the two SimTacs, IIRC. Don't
know the other one, though.
"Bo" Mathews/Raven's Forge
>
> Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> names?
>
> - Bill Armintrout, editor
> The Miniatures Page
> http://members.xoom.com/minipage
>
> PS There are at least two pair...
How about:
Raven's Forge / Black Raven Foundry
Raven's Forge / Viking Forge
Raven's Forge / Vulcan's Forge
I have been aksed about not only my (Raven's Forge) figures, but also
about the others. Of course, it didn't help much that I was friends with
the guys who ran Vulcan's Forge (Are you out there scott, paul, dan or
jeff?) & did some conventions in conjunction with them. ;}
Nor does it help that both RF & Black Raven Foundry have websites at Tom
Pope's Website (you know - the guy who does the fireball thing!)
Take Care All,
"Bo" Mathews
Raven's Forge
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/miniatures/ravens-forge/index.html
FrankLancer
Bill Armintrout wrote in message ...
>Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
>names?
Before GW signed an exclusive contract with armorcast there was a Forge
World models, made a wave serpent based on the epic fig, some other stuff I
forget, now GW in dropping armorcast created their own forge world models,
to do their own stuff.
isn't it ironic, don't you think?
Kurt
>Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
>names?
>
thinking.
K
Cliff Linton
up with Reaper miniatures. My boss has told me he's always getting someone
asking him "Do you still make the (so+so) miniature?". And it's a figure made
by Reaper minis, not GRC. That's why I've taken to calling us "GRC" instead,
hoping to separate us from "them". (Those Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! <G>)
"Nasteez" Fantasy miniatures
by Grim Reaper Casting
for info contact :
GRC...@aol.com,
BatHe...@aol.com
Fabet
Faron Betchley
Little Wars
11213K Lee Highway
Fairfax Virginia 22030
(703) 352-9222
(703) 352-9279 <FAX>
GreenRonin
>Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
>names?>>
For several years there were two companies called Event Horizon. One was Event
Horizon Publications and the other Event Horizon Publishing. The one that did
the Hong Kong Action Theatre RPG was thankfully bought out by Guardians of
Order, so the confusion can finally end.
Chris
Niko Mikkanen
>
> Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> names?
>
Well, The Avalon Hill Game Company had some disagreement with another
firm, I believe it was a law firm, with the name "Avalon Hill" or
something similar. That's why the official short version of the game
company's name was TAHGC, not just AH.
GNiko
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Bill Armintrout
>know the other one, though.
That's one of the sets I was thinking of. Simtac of New England is a
miniatures company. Simtac of Spain makes historical boardgames.
- Bill
Star Ranger
> Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> names?
I remember, from your files even, there are two companies called
'Valiant'. One is in the UK and one in the US
Dean Gundberg
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proclaim to all the land...
> Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> names?
(about to answer)
> - Bill Armintrout, editor
> The Miniatures Page
> http://members.xoom.com/minipage
Actually, considering that that's where I know this from, maybe I'd
better not ... ^_^
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Duo Maxwell
FrankLancer <fo...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>
> Bill Armintrout wrote in message ...
> >names?
>
>
> World models, made a wave serpent based on the epic fig, some other stuff
I
> forget, now GW in dropping armorcast created their own forge world models,
> to do their own stuff.
>
> isn't it ironic, don't you think?
>
were 2 companies releasing similar stuff.
Duo Maxwell
GreenRonin <green...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> <<Bill Armintrout wrote in message ...
> >Can you name any two game companies with the same, or nearly the same,
> >names?>>
>
Event
> Horizon Publications and the other Event Horizon Publishing. The one that
did
> the Hong Kong Action Theatre RPG was thankfully bought out by Guardians of
> Order, so the confusion can finally end.
>
> Chris
Actually, SSI design house Dreamforge Intertainment was originally Event
Horizon
as well. They mentioned changing their name due to another company being
named Event Horizon.
Ellis Y. Alden
Easily confused ?
Bill Armintrout
Valiant Enterprises Limited (Illinois, United States)
[naval and starship models, and more]
Valiant Miniatures (Dorset, U.K.)
[15mm and 25mm historicals]
Valiant Miniatures (West Midlands, U.K.)
[54mm "toy soldier" knights and collectibles]