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	Steve Jackson Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		SJG borrowed and expanded upon ideas pioneered by strategy game companies such as Avalon Hill and TSR.
		SJG's early titles were all microgames initially sold in ziploc bags, later in similarly sized plastic shell cases.
		The manuscript for GURPS Cyberpunk was confiscated although this was merely coincidence and not the actual purpose of the raid at all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games (535 words)

	Steve Jackson (US) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Steve Jackson (born ~1952) founded Steve Jackson Games in the early 1980s.
		Jackson is a 1974 graduate of Rice University.
		He is often mistaken for Steve Jackson, a British gamebook and video game writer, by those new to the hobby.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Jackson_(USA) (231 words)

	Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. U.S. Secret Service
		Jackson and his lawyers in Dallas and Austin constituted a violation of the statute.
		Steve Jackson Games, Inc., through its Illuminati bulletin board services, was a "remote computing service" within the definition of Section 2711, and, therefore, the only procedure available to the Secret Service to obtain "disclosure" of the contents of electronic communications was to comply with this statute.
		Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated, as the provider and each individual Plaintiffs as either subscribers or customers were "aggrieved" by the conduct of the Secret Service in the violation of this statute.
	www.tomwbell.com /NetLaw/Ch09/SJGames1.html (2801 words)

	2600 Magazine
		Thus, Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated sustained damages in loss of sales in 1990 of $100,617.00 for a loss of profit of $42,259.00 as a direct and proximate result of the seizure of March 1, 1990, and the retention of the documents seized.
		Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated was in such financial condition that Chapter 11 proceedings in bankruptcy were contemplated.
		Steve Jackson Games, Inc., through its Illuminati bulletin board services, was a "remote computing service" within the definition of Section 2711, and, therefore, the only procedure available to the Secret Service to obtain _"disclosure"_ of the contents of electronic communications was to comply with this statute.
	www.2600.com /secret/sj/sj-decision.html (4632 words)

	Steve Jackson Games Lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The alleged membership of Steve Jackson employee Loyd Blankenship in the Legion of Doom hacker's group -- which was believed responsible for the break-in -- led agents to raid the Austin game publisher at the same time that Blankenship's Austin home was raided.
		O'Sullivan, who is a free-lance game writer employed by Steve Jackson, followed McCoy to the stand, where he testified that agents intercepted -- via the Illuminati seizure -- a critical piece of electronic mail seeking to establish when a quarterly royalty check would arrive.
		The purported membership of Jackson Games employee Blankenship in the Legion of Doom hacker's group triggered the raids that day on Jackson Games, Blankenship's home, and that of Goggans, a Houstonian who at the time was a University of Texas student.
	www.mega.nu:8080 /revolution/express/techno/jackson/lawsuit.html (2246 words)

	Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		What the ruling in the SJG case found, was that the government and it's agents are forbidden from seizing electronic media and equipment when it is used as a form of public communication.
		Steve Jackson, nor his business, was ever alleged to have been party to the conspiracy to hide and/or disseminate the stolen telco 911 file.
		Steve Jackson's current work, pending publications, and office management was placed in limbo pending the criminal outcome of the trial against those who used his systems.
	home.comcast.net /~derek.schott/sociology/computerseizure.html (1814 words)

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		SJG used the BBS to post public information about its business, games, publications, and the role-playing hobby; to facilitate play-testing of games being developed; and to communicate with its customers and free-lance writers by electronic mail (E- mail).
		Among other uses, appellants Steve Jackson, Elizabeth McCoy, William Milliken, and Steffan O'Sullivan used the BBS for communication by private E-mail.
		A search warrant for SJG was issued that same day, authorizing the seizure of, inter alia, [c]omputer hardware...
	www-swiss.ai.mit.edu /6095/assorted-short-pieces/sjg-appeal.txt (3422 words)

	EFF: Steve Jackson Games Versus United States Secret Service
		In a decision announced in Austin, Texas, on March 12, Judge Sam Sparks of the federal district court for the Western District of Texas announced that the case of Steve Jackson Games et al.
		But now the board was closed down—the Secret Service physically removed it from Steve Jackson Games on March 1, 1990, and did not return it until sometime in the end of June of that year.
		In any investigation prior to March1st (the day of the raid) was there any evidence that implicated Steve Jackson or Steve Jackson Games, other than [the employee's] presence?...You had a request from the owner to give the computers and disks back.
	www.eff.org /legal/cases/SJG?f=background.sjg.html (1469 words)

	Proteus from Steve Jackson Games
		You would think that a game that is cool and inexpensive would not incur my wrath.
		You start the game on the first two rows of fl squares and all of the dice are turned to pawns.
		The game is over when one player is down to only one die left or if one player cannot make a legal move.
	www.nggnet.com /games/ttgs/ArticlesReviews/Back/proteus.htm (496 words)

	Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Steve Jackson Games was founded in 1980 by (no surprise here) Steve Jackson in Austin, Texas and publishes books, games and magazines for game fans.
		Their best-known games include INWO, the trading card game of world domination; GURPS, the "Generic Universal RolePlaying System"; the original Illuminati game on which INWO was based; TOON, the cartoon roleplaying game; Car Wars, about battle on the highways; and OGRE, the classic simulation of future war.
		In Nomine is a modern roleplaying game in which the players take the part of celestial beings -- angels and demons -- as they struggle for control of humanity and themselves.
	www.doordice.com /Games/CompanyDetails.cfm?Company_UID=BVJ36KY4 (624 words)

	Starship Modeler - Steve Jackson Games' PanEuropean Galahad GEV
		A new line of Ogre game products known as Macrotures is being released by Steve Jackson Games, and the Paneuropean Galahad GEV is the first of the line.
		SJG's intention is to keep cost down as true players of this game will more than likely buy more than one of each tank.
		According to the game rules for Ogre, visual spotting of the opponent is obsolete.
	www.starshipmodeler.com /rv/jw_gev.htm (937 words)

	STEVE JACKSON GAMES IMPLICATED IN HEAVEN'S GATE??
		We talked to Steve Jackson and were well aware that he also had program name and very similar circumstances w/raid etc. We are just waiting for all the dust to settle and media to finish digging hole on this one.
		It was kind of hard to operate it after the FBI carted off all their equipment, and some game manuals that described "science fiction" technology in a way that was far too accurate for the comfort of certain agencies.
		But let's just say Steve Jackson is not pleased; he vows revenge against the Conspiracy, and is now publishing the "game" to end all "games," THE INWO SUBGENIUS.
	www.subgenius.com /hellsgate/HeavenGate-SJGames.html (6684 words)

	EFF: Steve Jackson Games v. Secret Service Case Archive
		On March 1 1990, the offices of Steve Jackson Games, in Austin, Texas, were raided by the U.S. Secret Service as part of a nationwide investigation of data piracy.
		A brilliant and witty booklet detailing the background of the SJG raid, the Phrack raid, and the larger "Operation Sundevil" they were a part of, as well as the formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in response to the gross civil rights abuses in these cases.
		The application and affidavit for the search warrant for Steve Jackson Games (Case #A-90-54m), dated February 28, 1990, and signed by U.S. Magistrate Stephen H. Capelle in Austin Texas and Special Agent Timothy M. Foley of the U.S. Secret Service.
	www.eff.org /legal/cases/SJG (1169 words)

	Newsbytes News Network: Cyberpunk could prove end of Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Steve Jackson Games, best-known for its classic Ogre board game and Generic Universal Role Playing System, or GURPS, was raided by Chicago-based U.S. Secret Service agents Mar. 1.
		Working with author Lloyd Blankenship, Jackson reconstructed the draft and released it recently, but he estimates the raid cost him "$125,000 I don't have," adding that he could still be driven out of business by cash-flow problems in the next few months.
		It's available in game or hobby stores at $16,95, or by mail order at $18.96 directly from the publisher at Box 18957, Austin, TX 78760.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1990_May_10/ai_8624288 (692 words)

	Steve Jackson Games at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Steve Jackson Games is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games.
		On March 1, 1990, because of a misunderstanding about a game under development, SJG's offices in Austin, Texas were raided by the U.S. Secret Service.
		More than three years later, a federal court awarded damages and attorneys' fees of US$50,000 to SJ Games, ruling that the raid had been careless, illegal, and completely unjustified.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Steve_Jackson_Games.html (225 words)

	Talon Comics & Games - Steve Jackson Misc.
		Now the "big red guy" enters the world of gaming withThe Hellboy Roleplaying Game and Sourcebook, a complete RPG guide to the world of Hellboy, featuring a brand-new short story by Christopher Golden, and extensive information on his friends, his foes, and his adventures.
		In the game, players portray agents of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, including Hellboy himself, Abe Sapien, and original characters created by the players, solving occult mysteries, beating up demons, falling from great heights, and saving the world from Things Man Was Not Meant To Know.
		This is not a stand-alone game; it's a supplement for Frag, SJ Games' best-selling game of "first-person shooter" computer game mayhem, and you'll need that game to play.
	www.taloncomics.com /stevejacksonmisc.html (537 words)

	Steve Jackson Games
		Chez Geek is the award-winning card game that throws open the door on apartment life - the cheap booze, the interrupted sleep, the shrieks of your roommate's S.O. Now add even more stress to your living situation with Chez Geek 2: Slack Attack.
		The classic board game that spawned generations of paranoia is coming back to your shelves.
		And, of course, it features the twisted humor of Steve Jackson and the wacky cartoons of John Kovalic.
	www.gameslore.co.uk /acatalog/Products_Steve_Jackson_Games_221.html (2721 words)

	Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		IT is a 2 games slot adventure, event slots 1 &2.
		game currently has 7 players and has room for 1 more.
		game and "PC" slots open up, they will be given on a "first come - first serve" basis.
	members.aol.com /nproulx/SJG.html (208 words)

	WD: Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Steve Jackson Games was founded in 1980 by (no surprise here) Steve Jackson.
		Our best-known games include INWO, the trading card game of world domination; GURPS, the `Generic Universal RolePlaying System`; the original Illuminati game on which INWO was based; TOON, the cartoon roleplaying game; Car Wars, about battle on the highways; and OGRE, the classic simulation of future war.
		We publish Pyramid Magazine, which covers `The Best In Gaming` in all genres and from all publishers.
	www.wargamesdirectory.com /html/traders/view.asp?ID=1077 (135 words)

	Steve Jackson Games v. U.S.
		Starting in the mid- 1980s, SJG operated an electronic bulletin board system, called "Illuminati" (BBS), from one of its computers.
		SJG used the BBS to post public information about its business, games, publications, and the role-playing hobby; to facilitate play-testing of games being developed; and to communicate with its customers and free-lance writers by electronic mail (E-mail).
		The district court held that the Secret Service violated the Privacy Protection Act, and awarded actual damages of $51,040 to SJG; and that it violated Title II of the ECPA by seizing stored electronic communications without complying with the statutory provisions, and awarded the statutory damages of $1,000 to each of the individual appellants.
	www.davismccownlaw.com /articles/c-jcksn.htm (3683 words)

	Steve Jackson Games Daily Illuminator Archive - June 2004
		It will be released in PDF form on e23, Steve Jackson Games' ever-closer site for sales of digital products.
		West End Games, publisher of the recently released D6 Adventure game as well as the forthcoming D6 Space and D6 Fantasy games, is conducting a playtest of D6 Space: Ships open to all Pyramid subscribers.
		Z-Man Games puts a new twist on superhero gaming with Omlevex, a detailed study of a Silver Age superhero comics setting.
	www.sjgames.com /ill/archives.html?m=June&y=2004 (6373 words)

	Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At every convention you go to, someone, somewhere is playing a Steve Jackson game.
		Steve Jackson Games produces high quality games best known for fast, easy rules and hours of fun
		This is a complete game using the best-selling Munchkin rules (with a few new twists like Sidekicks).
	www.newwave.org /boardgames/stevej (608 words)

	Steve Jackson Games free Discussion Boards... FINALLY - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
		Steve Jackson Games join the internet community at large, rather than hiding away...
		The equivalent for HERO Games would be if only Digital HERO subscribers got access to the forums.
		but when Steve Jackson responded to an email about Car Wars (basically saying the entire line was 'off the schedule indefinitely'), I kind of got away from the company.
	www.herogames.com /forums/showthread.php?t=20661 (778 words)

	Federal judge rebukes Secret Service's handling of Steve Jackson Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The lawsuit further said that since one of the computers was being used to run a bulletin board system containing private electronic mail, the seizure violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in regards to the 388 callers of the Illuminati BBS.
		Foley, that seizing this material could harm Steve Jackson economically?" Foley replied, "No, sir," but the judge offered his own answer.
		Has Loyd Blankenship's computer been returned to him?" The purported membership of Jackson Games employee Blankenship in the Legion of Doom hacker's group triggered the raids that day on Jackson Games, Blankenship's home, and that of Goggans, a Houstonian who at the time was a University of Texas student.
	foner.www.media.mit.edu /people/foner/Essays/Civil-Liberties/Project/sjg-ss-rebuke.html (729 words)

	Steve Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It's hard to imagine what was going through the minds of the Secret Service as they seized a computer bulletin board with private mail belonging to hundreds of innocent people and took into custody a fictitious manuscript that they defined as "a handbook for computer crime".
		In the end, Steve Jackson actually won a lawsuit against the Secret Service and a federal judge chastised them for their actions.
		The decision in the Steve Jackson case against the Secret Service.
	www.2600.com /secret/sj.html (287 words)

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