Target Games was a Swedish publisher of role-playing games active from 1980 until the year 1999 when they went into bankruptcy proceedings. Until the mid-1990s they published their Swedish roleplaying games under the brand name Äventyrsspel (meaning "adventure games").
24-782: [REDACTED] Look up Casper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Casper may refer to: People [ edit ] Casper (given name) Casper (surname) Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque Tok Casper , first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426 Caspar David Friedrich (born 1774), German Romantic painter David Gray (snooker player) (born 1979), nicknamed Casper Casper (rapper) (born 1982), German musician DJ Casper (1965–2023), American musician Places in
48-530: A 1995 live-action film featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper: A Spirited Beginning , a direct-to-video prequel of the 1995 film Casper Meets Wendy , a direct-to-video sequel to Casper: A Spirited Beginning Casper's Haunted Christmas , a direct-to-video animated feature set in Christmas Time Casper's Scare School , second direct-to-video animated film Casper and
72-402: A 1995 live-action film featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper: A Spirited Beginning , a direct-to-video prequel of the 1995 film Casper Meets Wendy , a direct-to-video sequel to Casper: A Spirited Beginning Casper's Haunted Christmas , a direct-to-video animated feature set in Christmas Time Casper's Scare School , second direct-to-video animated film Casper and
96-666: A file used for persistency in Linux Casper, the Apollo Command/Service Module of the Apollo 16 spacecraft Transportation [ edit ] Hyundai Casper , a sport utility vehicle Other uses [ edit ] USS Casper (PF-12) , a World War II frigate Casper (admissions test) , a medical school admissions test Casper (cat) (c. 1997–2010), a cat famous for riding on buses Casper College , Casper, Wyoming, US Casper (skateboarding) ,
120-491: A file used for persistency in Linux Casper, the Apollo Command/Service Module of the Apollo 16 spacecraft Transportation [ edit ] Hyundai Casper , a sport utility vehicle Other uses [ edit ] USS Casper (PF-12) , a World War II frigate Casper (admissions test) , a medical school admissions test Casper (cat) (c. 1997–2010), a cat famous for riding on buses Casper College , Casper, Wyoming, US Casper (skateboarding) ,
144-525: A skateboarding trick Casper Sleep , a mattress manufacturer Casper's , a hot dog restaurant chain in Northern California a line of Swedish boardgames published by Target Games See also [ edit ] Caspar (disambiguation) CASPR , a human protein Casspir , a South African armored personnel carrier Gasper (disambiguation) Kasper (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
168-417: A skateboarding trick Casper Sleep , a mattress manufacturer Casper's , a hot dog restaurant chain in Northern California a line of Swedish boardgames published by Target Games See also [ edit ] Caspar (disambiguation) CASPR , a human protein Casspir , a South African armored personnel carrier Gasper (disambiguation) Kasper (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
192-417: A translation into Swedish of Steve Perrin 's Basic Role-Playing (BRP). The various Äventyrsspel editions of the game all remained fundamentally BRP system games.The earlier editions did not include any campaign setting except for some information about generic fantasy creatures and so on. Over time, different writers created the "Ereb Altor" campaign setting piecemeal in adventures and source books. For
216-746: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Casper [REDACTED] Look up Casper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Casper may refer to: People [ edit ] Casper (given name) Casper (surname) Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque Tok Casper , first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426 Caspar David Friedrich (born 1774), German Romantic painter David Gray (snooker player) (born 1979), nicknamed Casper Casper (rapper) (born 1982), German musician DJ Casper (1965–2023), American musician Places in
240-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Target Games They published much of their early material in the form of stapled books in G5 (169 × 239 mm) format in a box together with dice . Until the mid-1990s Target Games published their Swedish role-playing games under the brand name Äventyrsspel (meaning "adventure games"). Äventyrsspel released
264-636: The Doomtrooper collectible card game as well as the Warzone miniature wargame . Kult is a contemporary horror-themed game that Äventyrsspel first released in 1991. The setting was inspired by Gnostic philosophy and horror films such as Hellraiser . The violent horror themes of the game made it a subject of controversy in Sweden on multiple occasions. This resulted in Swedish toy stores refusing to sell
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#1732844058969288-501: The Casper trademark) and translated fantasy novels (beginning with a Conan the Barbarian book). Target Games also published at least three computer games (including one Drakar och Demoner game) before reconstruction. The fantasy role-playing Drakar och Demoner (first edition published in 1982) was Äventyrsspel 's best-selling series of games. The first editions were basically
312-507: The intellectual property rights were transferred to the daughter company Paradox Entertainment , which later became an independent company. Some of the titles have since been licensed to new game companies. Beside role-playing games, the company had its own store chain named Tradition , a trade magazine named Sinkadus , published translated gamebooks (the Lone Wolf series among others) as well as publishing family board games (under
336-472: The miniature wargames Warzone and Chronopia , and several collectible card games including Doomtrooper . They also released three generic sourcebooks, Grymkäfts fällor (1987) (translated from the classic game supplement Grimtooth's Traps ), Stadsintermezzon (1988) and Skattkammaren (1988) as well as many adventures and sourcebooks for their games. Target Games was reconstructed in 1999 and ceased publication of all of its inventory and
360-513: The Apocalypse ) by Järnringen, and År Noll by Fria Ligan (who publishes the English-language version of that game, Mutant – Year Zero , as Free League ). An offshoot of Mutant , as an RPG set in a dystopic future solar system, Mutant Chronicles evolved into a brand of its own. The Mutant Chronicles brand later became so popular that it spawned multiple spin-offs as well, most notably
384-585: The Spectrals , a 2009-2010 three issued comic book miniseries that revamped Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper (video game) , a series of video games based on the 1995 film "Casper" (song) , by Takeoff " The Day That Never Comes ", a song by Metallica with the working title "Casper" Casper, one of three parts of the biocomputer in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion Science and technology [ edit ] Casper (persistency) ,
408-469: The Spectrals , a 2009-2010 three issued comic book miniseries that revamped Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper (video game) , a series of video games based on the 1995 film "Casper" (song) , by Takeoff " The Day That Never Comes ", a song by Metallica with the working title "Casper" Casper, one of three parts of the biocomputer in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion Science and technology [ edit ] Casper (persistency) ,
432-594: The United States [ edit ] Casper, Wyoming , a city Casper Mountain , overlooking Casper, Wyoming Entertainment [ edit ] Casper Gutman, the primary antagonist of The Maltese Falcon Casper the Friendly Ghost , a Paramount cartoon character owned by Harvey Comics Casper the Friendly Ghost in film , a series of films based on the Harvey Comics character Casper (film) ,
456-425: The United States [ edit ] Casper, Wyoming , a city Casper Mountain , overlooking Casper, Wyoming Entertainment [ edit ] Casper Gutman, the primary antagonist of The Maltese Falcon Casper the Friendly Ghost , a Paramount cartoon character owned by Harvey Comics Casper the Friendly Ghost in film , a series of films based on the Harvey Comics character Casper (film) ,
480-508: The fifth edition, released in 1994, a new setting was created, dubbed "Chronopia", that had a darker tone. Today the Drakar och Demoner brand is owned by Swedish company Free League Publishing. The name Mutant was used for a series of related science fiction themed role-playing games. The 1984 version was set in a post-apocalyptic world similar to the one in Gamma World . Mutant 2 (1986)
504-491: The role-playing games Drakar och Demoner (1982), Mutant (1984) (with the later versions Mutant (1989), Mutant RYMD (1992) and Mutant Chronicles ), Kult (1991), Chock (1985, a translation of Chill ), Sagan om Ringen (1986, a translation of Middle-earth Role Playing ) and Stjärnornas Krig (1988, a translation of the WEG Star Wars role-playing game ). Target Games also published
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#1732844058969528-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Casper . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casper&oldid=1182354552 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
552-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Casper . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casper&oldid=1182354552 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
576-462: Was an expansion module with more advanced rules. The 1989 version was a cyberpunk game while the later Mutant RYMD (1992) and Mutant Chronicles (first edition 1993) were science fantasy games set in the Solar System . These versions used variants of the same Basic Role-Playing rule system used in Drakar och Demoner . Later Mutant games include Undergångens arvtagare ( Heirs to
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