Bards and Sages is an American publisher of speculative fiction and role-playing games.
The company was founded in 2002 by horror writer and game designer Julie Ann Dawson.
The company was nominated for best electronic publisher in 2006 in the annual Preditors and Editors Readers' Poll.
[1] While the company published a limited number of print products, its primary focus is on electronic media for role-playing games.
[2] The lack of women involved in both video and tabletop game production is often a topic of conversation among hobbyists, leading to lengthy forum arguments and hundreds of articles on the subject.