[2] Mayfair Games was founded in 1981[3] by Darwin Bromley in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The company was created to publish Empire Builder, a railroad game designed by Bromley and Bill Fawcett.
[4] In 1993, Mayfair was sued by TSR, Inc., who argued that Role Aids violated their 1984 trademark agreement, being advertised as compatible with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
[1] The company shut down for financial reasons in 1997 but was subsequently bailed out by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), who purchased most of their assets and restarted operations as Ironwind, Inc.
[8][9] On February 9, 2018, Mayfair announced it had sold all of its assets to the North American branch of Asmodée Éditions, and would be shutting down.