Tom Dalgliesh

Tom Dalgliesh is the owner of Columbia Games and a designer of many wargames and fantasy role-playing materials.

Dalgliesh began his career in games by playing poker while working as a midshipman serving in the British Merchant Navy, before he emigrated to Canada in 1967.

[1] Dalgliesh co-designed Wizard Kings with his son Grant Dalgliesh, EastFront with Craig Besinque, Hammer of the Scots, Crusader Rex, and Richard III with Jerry Taylor,[1] and Sam Grant, and Shenandoah with Gary Selkirk.

Dalgliesh also entered into a partnership with N. Robin Crossby to publish a fantasy game called Hârn.

[2]: 183  Dalgliesh's work on the Hârn system includes the sourcebooks Kanday (1986),[3]: 185  Kaldor (1986),[3]: 185  Azadmere (1986),[3]: 181  Melderyn (1987),[3]: 185–186  and Pilots' Almanac (1988).