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![]() A fifth version, designed by a freelance group named Fantasimulations Association, was finally approved, and the game was released in late 1982. Paramount rejected four versions of the game the company felt that the games presented relied too heavily on combat mechanics, which clashed with series creator Gene Roddenberry’s more utopian vision. When FASA acquired the license to produce the first Star Trek roleplaying game, this proved highly influential in the game’s design. Originally a licensee for Game Designers’ Workshop’s Traveler roleplaying game, FASA produced supplements set in that science fiction universe. ![]() The company name was, originally, an acronym for “Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration,” a humorous reference to the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup. Ross Babcock III, who were friends and fellow gamers from the United States Merchant Marine Academy they were joined five years later by Mort Weisman, Jordan’s father. FASA Corporation was founded in 1980 by Jordan Weisman and L.
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