Sovereign Press

'''Sovereign Press, Incorporated''' is a publisher and distributor of role-playing games based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1998 by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin and is one of two companies that Weis owns.

== Games produced ==

Sovereign Press released the ''Sovereign Stone'' role-playing game, based on the ''Sovereign Stone'' novels,<ref>{{cite journal | title=Pyramid Review: Sovereign Stone | url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=1081 | journal=Pyramid (Online) | publisher=Steve Jackson Games | last=Haring | first=Scott D. | authorlink=Scott Haring | date=1999-09-10 | accessdate=2008-02-23}}</ref> by Larry Elmore and Don Perrin and had the license from Wizards of the Coast to release new ''Dragonlance'' role-playing products. The publishing of fiction set in the ''Dragonlance'' milieu is still handled by Wizards of the Coast.

Products produced for Dragonlance were:<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090808015701/http://www.dragonlance.com/products Dragonlance.com products listing]</ref> * Age of Mortals: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion * Dragonlance Dungeon Master's Screen * Key of Destiny: Dragonlance Age of Mortals Campaign, Vol. I * Bestiary of Krynn * Towers of High Sorcery: A Dragonlance d20 System Supplement * War of the Lance: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Supplement * Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: The Age of Mortals * Spectre of Sorrows: Age of Mortals Campaign, Volume II * Holy Orders of the Stars * Dragonlance Starter Pack * Legends of the Twins: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion * Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: The War of the Lance * Knightly Orders of Ansalon * Dragons of Autumn: War of the Lance Chronicles, Volume I * Price of Courage: Age of Mortals Campaign, Volume III * Bestiary of Krynn (Revised) * Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: Legends * Races of Ansalon * Dragons of Krynn * Dragons of Winter: War of the Lance Chronicles, Volume II * Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home * Dragons of Spring: War of the Lance Chronicles, Vol. 3

Under the Sovereign Stone imprint, Sovereign Press produced ten books<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040609210022/http://www.sovstone.com/products/roleplaying.php Web.archive.org products listing for sovstone.com]</ref> and all save one were using the d20 system.<ref>[http://rpggeek.com/rpg/1717/sovereign-stone RPG Geek listing of the Sovereign Stone book]</ref>

== After the founding of Margaret Weis Productions ==

In 2004, after Margaret Weis and Don Perrin divorced, Margaret Weis founded Margaret Weis Productions<ref>{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref> which used the Sovereign Stone system as the basis for the Cortex System and the Serenity RPG. The Sovereign Stone website was deleted at the end of July 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040602043256*/http://sovstone.com/ Web.archive.org record of sovstone.com]</ref> In early 2008 the rights to Dragonlance reverted to Wizards of the Coast<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080529025612/http://www.dragonlance.com/ Web.archive.org link for dragonlance.com]</ref> with the final book in the line, Dragons of Spring, being produced in January 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090808015701/http://www.dragonlance.com/products Dragonlance.com products listing]</ref> The Sovereign Press website closed down at the end of 2008<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080815000000*/http://www.sovpress.com/ Web.archive.org listing - site disappeared between November 1 2008 and February 1 2009]</ref> with dragonlance.com not being updated after June 2009 and being taken down in early 2011.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110322025234/http://www.dragonlance.com/ Web.archive.org listing of Dragonlance.com]</ref>

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