Sovereign Press
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Role-playing games publishing and distribution |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Margaret Weis, Don Perrin |
| Headquarters | Lake Geneva , United States |
| Products | Sovereign Stone role-playing game, Dragonlance RPG products |
Sovereign Press, Incorporated operates as both a publisher and distributor specializing in role-playing games, with its headquarters located in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Established in 1998 by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin, it represents one of the two enterprises owned by Weis.
Games produced
The company developed the Sovereign Stone role-playing game, which draws inspiration from the Sovereign Stone novel series, originally created by Larry Elmore and Don Perrin. Sovereign Press obtained a license from Wizards of the Coast to manufacture new Dragonlance RPG products; however, Wizards retained the rights to publish fiction within the Dragonlance setting.
Notable Dragonlance releases included:
- Age of Mortals: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion
- Dragonlance Dungeon Master's Screen
- Key of Destiny: Dragonlance Age of Mortals Campaign, Vol. I
- Bestiary of Krynn
- Towers of High Sorcery: A Dragonlance d20 System Supplement
- War of the Lance: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Supplement
- Tasslehoff's Map Pouch series
- Spectre of Sorrows: Age of Mortals Campaign, Vol. II
- Holy Orders of the Stars
- Dragonlance Starter Pack
- Legends of the Twins: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion
- Knightly Orders of Ansalon
- Dragons of Autumn: War of the Lance Chronicles, Vol. I
- Price of Courage: Age of Mortals Campaign, Vol. III
- Bestiary of Krynn (Revised)
- Races of Ansalon
- Dragons of Krynn
- Dragons of Winter and Spring: War of the Lance Chronicles, Vols. II & III
- Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home
Under its Sovereign Stone label, the firm published ten titles primarily utilizing the d20 system.
After the founding of Margaret Weis Productions
In the aftermath of Weis and Perrin's divorce in 2004, Margaret Weis launched Margaret Weis Productions, which transformed the Sovereign Stone mechanics into the Cortex System, employed in games such as the Serenity RPG. The Sovereign Stone official website was discontinued in July 2004. By early 2008, ownership rights for Dragonlance returned to Wizards of the Coast; Sovereign Press issued its last Dragonlance publication, Dragons of Spring, in January that year. The Sovereign Press website ceased operations by late 2008, with dragonlance.com becoming inactive after mid-2009 and ultimately removed in early 2011.