Tabletop gaming covers quite a lot of different things, including board games, card games, dice games, miniature war games, role-playing games and tile-based games.
It later became an importer of the US role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, before going on to publish war games and role-playing games in its own right.
In this golden age of video games and comic book movies, experts say tabletop gaming has been "pulled along" into the mainstream and is currently enjoying a "renaissance" in the UK.
The firm, which was founded in 1975 by three friends, was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris, and go.
The 'geeky' hobby that's a billion-pound industry and lifeline for those seeking friendship It would be easy to dismiss tabletop gaming as a "geeky" hobby played by young boys in the basements of their homes.
