RAFM was founded in 1977 by a group of wargaming enthusiasts in Paris, Ontario to publish a set of miniature battles rules called The Universal Soldier: Wargame Rules for Ancient, Medieval and Pike and Shot (1977) by Patrick Jenkins, John Laing, Colin McClelland, and Paul Sharpe.
Like their contemporaries at Ral Partha Enterprises and Grenadier Models Inc., the company turned their focus to the rapidly expanding market in fantasy games.
RAFM's miniatures are typically unmarked and in order to be identified must be matched to pictures and descriptions in product catalogs.
[9] RAFM was also the Canadian caster and distributor of Ral Partha Enterprises and Citadel Miniatures, carrying most of their lines.
Other sculptors included Murch's apprentice Stephen Koo, Carol Moyer, James Johnson, and Bill Schwarz who specializes in the engines and vehicles of war throughout history.