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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 the fifth edition, released in 1994, a new setting was created, dubbed "Chronopia", that had a darker tone.
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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
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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
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There were three editions based on the original ruleset published in Swedish, English and more by several companies.
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editions of the game all remained fundamentally BRP system games.The earlier editions did not include any
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brand later became so popular that it spawned multiple spin-offs as well, most notably the
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book). Target Games also published at least three computer games (including one
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They published much of their early material in the form of stapled books in
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series among others) as well as publishing family board games (under the
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Fredrik Malmberg, Lars-Ă…ke Thor, Johan Arve, Klas Berndal, Roger Undhagen
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by Fria Ligan (who publishes the English-language version of that game,
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Beside role-playing games, the company had its own store chain named
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first released in 1991. The setting was inspired by
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For the company formerly known as Target Games, see
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