* Warmachine ( Privateer Press, 2003 )-A steampunk-inspired miniatures game featuring steam-powered robots fighting under the direction of powerful wizards.

Commercial products just for miniatures wargamers and awareness as a single community of people with similar interests date back to the 1950s with the efforts of Jack Scruby ; major developments in the field since then include the rise in the 1960s and 1970s of fantasy and science fiction wargames as an alternative to games based on historical conflicts, and the emergence of companies like Games Workshop, Battlefront, Foundry, Warlord Games, Privateer Press and many others.

Warmachine is a tabletop steampunk wargame produced by Privateer Press.

The game is played with white metal and plastic miniatures manufactured by Privateer Press representing military characters from the Iron Kingdoms D20 Role Playing Game setting.

April 2009 saw an open " Field Test " of the Warmachine Mk2 rules, hosted on Privateer Press ' website.

Players could download a full set of rules, plus rules for every model in the game, and post feedback to Privateer Press through an online field test website.

On 14 August 2009, Privateer Press announced they were in the beginning stages of development for a Warmachine video game.

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In 2009, Privateer Press bid on and won an item at the annual Child's Play Holiday auction, donated by Harmonix, which brought them the rights to commission a downloadable song track for the Rockband game.

Privateer Press is based in Bellevue, Washington, where they have their headquarters and American distribution center / factory.

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* Privateer Press founded by Brian Snōddy, Matt Staroscik and Matt Wilson.

Privateer is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States.

Privateer is located at ( 33. 819630 ,-80. 393205 ).

The game is currently in the process of being remade by the Privateer Gemini Gold Project.

One hundred years after the original story of Privateer, a cargo ship Canera is attacked during landing and crashes into Mendra City on planet Crius.

Strike Commander has been called " Privateer on Earth ," due to the mercenary role-playing in the game.

In the PC game Wing Commander: Privateer, a fanatical quasi-religious group, called the Retros, wishes to overthrow all forms of technology, even if doing so, they themselves have to use it in order to fulfill their goal.

Elite was a hugely influential game, serving as a model for more recent games such as Space Rogue, Eve Online, Freelancer, Jumpgate, Infinity: The Quest for Earth, Wing Commander: Privateer, the Escape Velocity series and the X series of space trading games.

Starting with Wing Commander III, every game ( excluding Secret Ops ) contained cutscenes that incorporated live action filming, starring several major Hollywood actors, including John Rhys-Davies, Mark Hamill, Thomas F. Wilson and Malcolm McDowell, as well as Christopher Walken, John Hurt, and Clive Owen in Privateer 2: The Darkening.

Origin aborted several attempts to continue the Privateer franchise between 1995 and 2003, by either developing a sequel ( Privateer 3 ) or an online game ( Privateer or Wing Commander Online ).

Four titles were initially announced: Conquest: Frontier Wars, a Command & Conquer-style game set in space ; Loose Cannon, a racing game similar to the later Driver and Grand Theft Auto games ; Starlancer, a space combat game in the Wing Commander tradition, and the company's flagship, Freelancer, an ambitious unofficial follow up to Wing Commander: Privateer.

Notable early game credits of Hannigan include Sim Theme Park, Space Hulk, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Wing Commander: Privateer 2: The Darkening and FreeLancer, and he has created and remixed tracks for numerous titles on the EA Sports label, along with creating scores for the BAFTA-nominated titles Evil Genius and Republic: The Revolution.

She also provided the voice for the onboard ship's computer ( coincidentally ) named Dani in the computer game " Privateer 2 ".

It was also available in a CD bundle with Wing Commander: Privateer ; both games included the core game, the expansion pack and voice pack on a single CD-ROM disc.

She also appeared in the 1996 space adventure game Privateer 2: The Darkening.

* Wing Commander: Privateer, a 1993 computer game

Warthog was founded in April 1997, the core of the development team composed of ex-Electronic Arts personnel responsible for, amongst other titles, the hit Privateer 2: The Darkening.

In 1938's Le corsaire Privateer, a " play-in-a-play " device, pioneered by Luigi Pirandello, depicts film actors portraying the life of a long-ago pirate, finding themselves caught in an endless loop of similarities.

Ships of several types ( Caravel, Merchantman, Galleon, Privateer, and Frigate ) can be purchased or built ( a larger ship, the Man-O-War, can only be acquired during the War of Independence, and then only by recruiting a European power to join your revolution ).

During the War of 1812, the American Privateer Young Teazer was trapped off the shores of Chester by the HMS Hogue ( 1811 ).

Privateer 2 was launched in late 1996 by Erin Roberts.

* April 8, 1950, a U. S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer, ( Bureau Number: 59645 ), flying out of Wiesbaden, Germany, was shot down by Soviet fighters over the Baltic Sea.

* Privateer: A privately owned ship authorised by a national power ( by means of a Letter of marque ) to conduct hostilities against an enemy.

Nevertheless, some successful gameplay elements from Strike Commander were re-used by other more notable Origin products such as Privateer and the Wing Commander series.

* Privateer Du Guay Trouin captured by on 30 December 1760.

* Consolidated PB4Y-2S Privateer 59819 ( damaged by Hurricane Ike 9 / 13 / 08 )

Victor, the Supermarine Walrus, Handley-Page Halifax and PB4Y Privateer, and in 1: 48th Scale the A1-E four-seat Skyraider.

* Andrew Barton, Privateer Lord High Admiral of Scotland d. 1511

* Robert Barton, brother of the above, Privateer and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland d. 1540

* Johnsen, Frederick A. B-24 Liberator: Combat and Development History of the Liberator and Privateer.

Consolidated B-24D-M Liberator in USAAF-RAF-RAAF-MLD-IAF-CzechAF & CNAF Service, PB4Y-1 / 2 Privateer in USN-USMC-Aeronavale & CNAF Service.

* Dominique You: Privateer.

* Consolidated QP-4 Privateer, a target drone conversion of the United States Navy's PB4Y-2 patrol aircraft.

However, within a year's time, in part due to Ultima IXs poor reception, EA canceled all of Origin's new development projects, including Ultima Online 2, Privateer Online, and Harry Potter Online.

* Scharf, J. Thomas, History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel ; Its Stupendous Struggle with the Great Navy of the United States, the Engagements Fought in the Rivers and Harbors of the South and upon the High Seas, Blockade-Running, First Use of Iron-Clads and Torpedoes, and Privateer History.

Super Wing Commander reuses several 3D models from Wing Commander II and Privateer.