the right thing to do." Thompson wrote MicroQuest #3 Treasure of the Silver Dragon (1980) and MicroQuest #6 Treasure of Unicorn Gold (1981) for The Fantasy Trip and marketed each of them linked to a real treasure hunt where readers could find out the clues in the books and receive $10,000 from Metagaming. Looking to produce more group-oriented products for The Fantasy Trip, Thompson signed an agreement in 1982 with RPG publisher Gamelords to create a campaign world for the game, but only two campaign books were published. On 1 January 1982, Thompson created Games Research Group, Inc., which was initially part of Metagaming. On April 16, 1982, Thompson let his two wargame designers go, allowing them to work as freelancers for Games Research Group instead of working as employees. In April 1983, Metagaming ceased operations and Thompson left the industry; Steve Jackson tried to purchase The Fantasy Trip from Thompson, but Jackson declined the offered price of $250,000. Thompson promised to return to the field to produce computer games, but by 1984 he stopped returning phone calls and has subsequently disappeared entirely from the gaming community. Games designed Stellar Conquest (1974) Chitin: I (1977) WarpWar (1977) Treasure of the Silver Dragon (1980) (module for The Fantasy Trip role-playing game) Treasure of the Unicorn Gold (1981) (module for The Fantasy Trip) Starleader: Assault! (1982) Illustrations Thompson also provided illustrations for two of his company's games, Helltank and Monsters! Monsters! References External links Board game designers Place of birth missing Possibly living people Year of birth missing