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Mongoose Publishing is a highly prolific British manufacturer of roleplaying, miniatures, and card games, actively publishing material since 2001. Their licenses include products based on the popular science fiction properties Babylon 5, Judge Dredd, and Starship Troopers, as well as Conan the Barbarian.

History

Mongoose Publishing grew out of the d20 boom sparked by Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition, quickly achieving popularity and notoriety in equal measure by virtue of the sheer volume of its releases. Early product lines were aimed directly at supplementing the Dungeons & Dragons game; later, as the company's fortunes solidified, Mongoose began an aggressive pursuit of licensed properties, acquiring the rights to the popular British comic series Sláine and Judge Dredd in 2002 and the landmark television series Babylon 5 in 2003.

2003 also saw the release of the magazine Signs and Portents, a house organ aimed at supplementing and supporting Mongoose's growing range of products, as well as a range of generic standalone products based on the d20 system, collectively known as the "OGL series". Further acquisitions followed in 2004, including the rights to a roleplaying game based on Conan the Barbarian, the defunct roleplaying game Paranoia, and a joint venture with popular d20 portal EN World, the EN World Gamer quarterly magazine.

As of 2005, Mongoose Publishing has released roleplaying and miniatures games based on the Starship Troopers license, as well as the rights to RuneQuest, another out-of-print roleplaying game. The company also bid - albeit unsuccessfully - on roleplaying rights to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon franchises, as well as Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion cycle.

Controversy

In its early years, Mongoose Publishing sparked some measure of controversy due to poor layout, inconsistent editing. As part of an effort to improve overall quality, Mongoose destroyed all remaining copies of Sheoloth and two other titles, Ultimate Monsters and Ultimate Arcane Spellbook.

Games and products

Miniature Games

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
Judge Dredd: Gangs of Mega-City One
Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game
Mighty Armies

Role-Playing Games and Supplements

Armageddon: 2089
Babylon 5: The Roleplaying Game
Cities of Fantasy series
Classic Play series
Conan: The Roleplaying Game
Encyclopedia Arcane series
Jeremiah RPG
Judge Dredd: The Roleplaying Game
Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game
Macho Women With Guns
OGL Ancients
OGL CyberNet
OGL Horror
OGL Steampunk
Paranoia XP
Power Classes series
Quintessential series
RuneQuest
Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes
Slayers Guide series
Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game
Travellers' Tales series
Ultimate series
Wars RPG

Standalone Card Games

Paranoia Mandatory Card Game

Periodicals

Signs & Portents
EN World Gamer

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