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'''FASA Corporation''' was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and boardgames between 1980 and 2001. Originally the name FASA was an acronym for "Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration", a joking allusion to the Marx Brothers film ''Duck Soup''. | '''FASA Corporation''' was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and boardgames between 1980 and 2001. Originally the name FASA was an acronym for "Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration", a joking allusion to the Marx Brothers film ''Duck Soup''. | ||
Notable titles published by FASA include the ''BattleTech'' (later ''MechWarrior'') franchise, the ''Star Trek Role Playing Game'', ''Shadowrun'', and ''Crimson Skies''. | Notable titles published by FASA include the ''BattleTech'' (later ''MechWarrior'') franchise, the ''[[Star Trek]] Role Playing Game'', ''Shadowrun'', and ''Crimson Skies''. | ||
FASA unexpectedly ceased active operations on April 30, 2001, but still exists as a corporation holding intellectual property rights, which it licenses to other publishers. | FASA unexpectedly ceased active operations on April 30, 2001, but still exists as a corporation holding intellectual property rights, which it licenses to other publishers. | ||
