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FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001, after which they closed publishing operations for several years, becoming an IP holding company under the name FASA Inc. In 2012, a wholly owned subsidiary called FASA Games Inc. went into operation, using the name and logo under license from the parent company. FASA Games Inc. works alongside Ral Partha Europe, also a subsidiary of FASA Corporation, to bring out new editions of existing properties such as Earthdawn and Demonworld, and to develop new properties within the FASA cosmology.

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  • Die FASA Corporation, kurz „FASA“ genannt (Akronym für: „Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration“), ist ein US-amerikanisches Unternehmen für Rollen- und Brettspiele. Der Verlag entwickelte u. a. die Spielwelten Shadowrun, BattleTech, Earthdawn und Crimson Skies. FASA war ursprünglich der Mutterkonzern des Computerspielentwicklers FASA Studio, welcher 1999 an Microsoft verkauft wurde. (de)
  • FASA Corporation, acronyme de « Freedonian Aeronautical and Space Association » était une société américaine d'édition de jeux de rôle et de jeux de société, née en 1980, fermée en 1999. L'un de ses principaux collaborateurs était Mike « Skuzzy » Nielsen. Le siège social de la société se situe à Chicago. (fr)
  • FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001, after which they closed publishing operations for several years, becoming an IP holding company under the name FASA Inc. In 2012, a wholly owned subsidiary called FASA Games Inc. went into operation, using the name and logo under license from the parent company. FASA Games Inc. works alongside Ral Partha Europe, also a subsidiary of FASA Corporation, to bring out new editions of existing properties such as Earthdawn and Demonworld, and to develop new properties within the FASA cosmology. (en)
  • FASA Corporation è stata una casa editrice statunitense di giochi di ruolo e wargame fondata da e nel 1980. Il nome è un acronimo fantasioso inventato da Jordan Weisman che significa "Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration", un riferimento scherzoso al film La guerra lampo dei Fratelli Marx dei Fratelli Marx. (it)
  • FASAコーポレーション（FASA Corporation）は、1980年から2001年まで存在したアメリカ合衆国のロールプレイングゲームとウォーゲームとボードゲームの出版社である。FASAの社名の起源はen:Marx Brothersの映画Duck Soupの中のジョーク"en:Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration"のアクロニムである。この冗談的な態度は、FASAのゲームにおいてユーモラスな自己参照に引き継がれた。例えば、シャドウランでは、シカゴのFASAのオフィスの近くで戦術核兵器が爆発したという設定がある。 (ja)
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