Guardians of Order
Canadian publisher of roleplaying games
Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired Big Eyes, Small Mouth. In 2006 Guardians of Order ceased operations due to overwhelming debt.
History
In 1996, Mark C. MacKinnon founded Guardians of Order—named in reference to a character he had made playing Phage Press' Amber Diceless Roleplaying (1991)—to publish his anime game, Big Eyes, Small Mouth (1997). The game's minimalistic mechanics, known as the Tri-Stat System, were also influenced by Amber. At the time, there was no other generic anime roleplaying game besides the more comedic Teenagers from Outer Space, as most anime RPGs were based on licenses.
In 1998, Guardians of Order hired David Pulver. In 1999, Jeff Mackintosh was hired; and 2000 brought in Liz Fulda, Lucien Soulban, and John R. Phythyon Jr. In 2002, Guardians of Order launched their "Magnum Opus" program, licensing the company's intellectual property to third parties to create new games.
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