# Gamelords

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**Gamelords** was an American game company that produced [tabletop role-playing games](/source/Tabletop_role-playing_game) and game supplements.

## History

[Kerry Lloyd](/source/Kerry_Lloyd) founded the company, with three friends - [Richard Meyer](/source/Richard_Meyer_(game_designer)), [Janet Trautvetter](/source/Janet_Trautvetter), and [Michael Watkins](/source/Michael_Watkins_(game_designer)) in 1980.[1]: 129 Gamelords was centered in [Gaithersburg, Maryland](/source/Gaithersburg,_Maryland).[1]: 130 Gamelords published the role-playing game *[Thieves' Guild](/source/Thieves'_Guild_(role-playing_game))* in 1980.[2] Looking to produce more group-oriented products for *[The Fantasy Trip](/source/The_Fantasy_Trip)*, [Howard M. Thompson](/source/Howard_M._Thompson) of [Metagaming Concepts](/source/Metagaming_Concepts) signed an agreement in 1982 with Gamelords to create a campaign world for the game, but he terminated the agreement after only two campaign books were published.[1]

When [FASA](/source/FASA) ended its support of *[Traveller](/source/Traveller_(role-playing_game))*, [William H. Keith Jr.](/source/William_H._Keith_Jr.) and [J. Andrew Keith](/source/J._Andrew_Keith) moved their *Traveller* writing to Gamelords.[1]: 120 The Keith brothers wrote seven *Traveller* supplements for Gamelords, including *[The Mountain Environment](/source/The_Mountain_Environment)* (1983), *[The Undersea Environment](/source/The_Undersea_Environment)* (1983), and *[The Desert Environment](/source/The_Desert_Environment)* (1984).[1]: 131

Gamelords was sold to [Tadashi Ehara](/source/Tadashi_Ehara) in 1986.[1]: 131–132

## Publications

- *[Duel Arcane](/source/Duel_Arcane)* (1980)
- *[The Compleat Tavern](/source/The_Compleat_Tavern)* (1981)
- *[The Phantastical Phantasmagorical Montie Haul Dungeon](/source/The_Phantastical_Phantasmagorical_Montie_Haul_Dungeon)* (1982)

### Thieves Guild

see *[Thieves Guild Publications](/source/Thieves'_Guild_(role-playing_game)#TGPublications)*

### Traveller

- *[Lee's Guide to Interstellar Adventure](/source/Lee's_Guide_to_Interstellar_Adventure)* (1983)
- *[The Mountain Environment](/source/The_Mountain_Environment)* (1983)
- *[The Drenslaar Quest](/source/The_Drenslaar_Quest)* (1983)
- *[The Undersea Environment](/source/The_Undersea_Environment)* (1983)
- *[Ascent To Anekthor](/source/Ascent_To_Anekthor)* (1984)
- *[Startown Liberty](/source/Startown_Liberty)* (1984)
- *[The Desert Environment](/source/The_Desert_Environment)* (1984)
- *[Duneraiders](/source/Duneraiders)* (1984)
- *[A Pilot's Guide to the Drexilthar Subsector](/source/A_Pilot's_Guide_to_the_Drexilthar_Subsector)* (1984)
- *[Wanted: Adventurers](/source/Wanted:_Adventurers)* (1984)

## References

1. Shannon Appelcline (2011). *Designers & Dragons*. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.

1. ["Game:Thieves' Guild - Gamelords, Ltd."](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/game-thieves-guild-gamelords-ltd/8wGuV31v_39mGw). *Google Arts & Culture*. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

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