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).