on the official forums that the company was out of business. On July 28, 2006 a post to George R. R. Martin's official web site announced that Guardians of Order was out of business. In response, on August 1 Mark MacKinnon posted confirmation that Guardians of Order "ceased operations." According to MacKinnon the company had too much debt. MacKinnon attempted to place Guardians of Orders games with other companies, and promised that existing orders would be filled. The company officially closed their doors August 1, 2006. On September 9, 2006 ArtHaus Games, whose titles are published by White Wolf Publishing, announced that it had acquired the third edition of Big Eyes, Small Mouth which was slated to be released in April 2006. The announcement stated the company was "extremely confident" that a release date of January 2007 would be met and confirmed that those who pre-ordered and prepaid for the book would be "in good hands," though it was also said that they have not taken on Guardians of Order's liabilities. On March 7, 2007 George R. R. Martin wrote that he had regained control of his intellectual property rights and was "all square" with Guardians of Order. As part of their settlement, Mr. Martin received all remaining stock of the limited edition version of the RPG. No further information regarding the settlement was revealed, nor the status of other creditors' claims on the property. Products Original properties Tri-Stat dX Big Eyes, Small Mouth - Guardians of Order's original game had four revisions before the company went out of business, with the third edition being in development and published by another company. Core rules Big Eyes, Small Mouth (1997) - 94 black and white pages. Big Eyes, Small Mouth Second Edition (2000) - 280 full color pages Big Eyes, Small Mouth Third Edition (2007) - 280 full color pages, released by ArtHaus publishing (for Fourth Edition please see Big Eyes, Small Mouth) Expansions Big Robots, Cool Starships (1999) - Rules for science fiction anime-inspired games, especially those featuring mecha. BESM Game Master's Screen (2000) Cute & Fuzzy Seizure Monsters (2000) - Rules for pet monster battling style games, inspired by cartoons like Pokémon. Also published as Cute & Fuzzy Seizure Monsters due to censorship concerns. Hot Rods & Gun Bunnies (2000) - Rules for modern day action adventure anime-inspired games. Centauri Knights (2001) - Science fiction setting Big Ears, Small