Multi-Man Publishing (MMP) was founded in 1994 by four Avalon Hill playtesters and a graphics art designer.
[1] Their first publication was Backblast, a fanzine for Avalon Hill's wargame Advanced Squad Leader (ASL).
[1] Around the same time, Avalon Hill had made the decision that ASL did not have a future, and so MMP sought to keep it alive among fans by publishing occasional scenarios and a fanzine.
[1] Avalon Hill did not agree to either offer, they held out for more money, but introduced Schilling to MMP, who subsequently joined the company as a one-third partner, the other two-thirds owned equally by Perry Cocke and Brian Youse.
Co-owner Brian Youse has stated that the company supports itself solely through the sale of its games, and has done so since 1999.