The Armory was a distributor and publisher of tabletop games—RPGs, CCG, miniature wargames, board games, dice, and related merchandise—founded in 1976 by Roy Lipman.[1] By 1997, the company—then owned by son Max Lipman—was one of the five largest distributors of RPGs and CCGs in the United States, and the second largest dice manufacturer, with annual sales exceeding $15 million.[1]
In October 1998, The Armory merged with Chessex to form Alliance Game Distributors, becoming the largest games distributor in the United States.[2][3]