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The FASA Corporation (commonly referred to as FASA) was a company that produced role-playing, text, board, and video games and was founded around 1980 by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III. The "FASA" acronym stood for "Freedonian Air and Space Administration". Some of FASA's most popular and extensive early lines included the Shadowrun, MechWarrior, and BattleTech games.

FASA gaming miniatures assortment — Assortment of painted FASA gaming miniatures

In the early 1980s, FASA was licensed by Paramount Pictures to produce a role-playing game (RPG) based on Paramount's Star Trek movies and the original series and was released as Star Trek: The Role Playing Game. Star Trek: The Animated Series was also influential to the game's content and was covered by FASA's licensing, and the game also included some content from non-canon Star Trek novels and comics.

Conversely, information and designs from the FASA game have been influential in subsequent Star Trek novels, comics, and games. Despite the non-canonical nature of the game, content created by FASA designers has even influenced canon Next Generation-era filmed Star Trek productions.

FASA also produced four Star Trek "Micro-Adventure" games that incorporated some of the RPG's elements into smaller, less complex games. FASA eventually produced a TNG Season 1 sourcebook which was published in 1988 but the company's contract with Paramount ended shortly thereafter due to licensing difficulties.

FASA closed its doors around 2001 after twenty years in operation, but the creators continue to license new games based on earlier FASA releases. Meanwhile, Star Trek gaming has continued to evolve and been licensed to other companies including Last Unicorn Games, Decipher, Task Force Games, and WizKids.

External link

FASA at Wikipedia

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-The '''FASA Corporation''' (often referred to simply as '''FASA''') was a company which produced [[role-playing]] [[games]], other text and board adventures, as well as video games in later incarnations.
+The '''FASA Corporation''' (commonly referred to as '''FASA''') was a company that produced [[role-playing]], text, board, and video [[games]] and was founded around 1980 by [[Jordan Weisman]] and [[L. Ross Babcock III]]. The "FASA" acronym stood for "{{w|Freedonia|Freedonian}} Air and Space Administration". Some of FASA's most popular and extensive early lines included the ''Shadowrun'', ''MechWarrior'', and ''BattleTech'' games.
+[[File:FASA gaming miniatures assortment.jpg|thumb|Assortment of painted FASA gaming miniatures]]
-Founded around 1980 by [[Jordan Weisman]] and [[L. Ross Babcock III]], two of FASA's most popular and far reaching game lines are ''Shadowrun'' and ''MechWarrior/BattleTech''.
+In the early 1980s, FASA was licensed by [[Paramount Pictures]] to produce a role-playing game (RPG) based on Paramount's ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Star Trek films|movies]] and the [[TOS|original series]] and was released as ''[[Star Trek: The Role Playing Game]]''. [[TAS|''Star Trek: The Animated Series'']] was also influential to the game's content and was covered by FASA's licensing, and the game also included some content from non-[[canon]] ''Star Trek'' [[novels]] and [[comics]].
-In the early 1980s, FASA was licensed by [[Paramount Pictures]] to make a role-playing game (RPG) based on Paramount's ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Star Trek films|movies]] and the [[TOS|preceding series]] known as ''[[Star Trek: The Role Playing Game]]''. Influences of the [[TAS|animated ''Star Trek'']] were allowed in the license, and the game somewhat followed other non-[[canon]] ''Star Trek'' [[novels]] and [[comics]]. Conversely, information from the FASA version RPG has influenced and been included in later novels and comics, and games. Despite the non-canon nature of the game, information created by FASA designers has even influenced canon ''[[TNG|Next Generation]]''-era filmed productions produced by Paramount themselves. FASA also produced four ''Star Trek'' "Micro-Adventure" games that incorporated some of the RPG's elements into smaller, easy-to-play games.
+Conversely, information and designs from the FASA game have been influential in subsequent ''Star Trek'' novels, comics, and games. Despite the non-canonical nature of the game, content created by FASA designers has even influenced canon ''[[TNG|Next Generation]]''-era filmed ''Star Trek'' productions.
-FASA's game evolved to a [[TNG Season 1]] sourcebook published in {{y|1988}}, but the contract with Paramount ended shortly thereafter, because of licensing difficulties.
+FASA also produced four ''Star Trek'' "Micro-Adventure" games that incorporated some of the RPG's elements into smaller, less complex games. FASA eventually produced a [[TNG Season 1]] sourcebook which was published in 1988 but the company's contract with Paramount ended shortly thereafter due to licensing difficulties.
-FASA closed its doors around 2001 after 20 years, but the creators continue to license new games based on the creations released under this company's names. Meanwhile, ''Star Trek'' gaming has evolved and been licensed to and released by other companies such as [[Last Unicorn Games]], [[Decipher]], as well as [[Task Force Games]]' ongoing ''[[Star Fleet Battles]]'' game.
+FASA closed its doors around 2001 after twenty years in operation, but the creators continue to license new games based on earlier FASA releases. Meanwhile, ''Star Trek'' gaming has continued to evolve and been licensed to other companies including [[Last Unicorn Games]], [[Decipher]], [[Task Force Games]], and [[WizKids]].
+==See also==
+* [[Star Trek: The Role Playing Game]] - detailed list and photos of all FASA miniatures
+* [[Star Trek starship miniatures|''Star Trek'' starship miniatures]]
+* [[Star Trek model kits|''Star Trek'' model kits]]
+* [[Rawcliffe]]
 == External link ==
-*{{Wikipedia}}
+* {{wikipedia}}
-[[Category:Game companies]]
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+[[Category:Game companies]]
+[[Category:Collectibles]]