Business and Publishing
Near the end of the 1970s Robin started calling his gaming system Hârn and began shopping it with publishers. In 1980, Robin made first contact with the gaming company that would later become Columbia Games Inc.
Robin signed his first contract with the Vancouver-based gaming company in 1983. Throughout that year CGI published a series of booklets called Encyclopedia Hârnica, consisting of the history and background of several regions of the island of Hârn. These were followed in the next three years by the Kingdom Modules, a re-release of much of the same material in a more condensed format. Also in the early 80s, Columbia Games released the Hârn Regional Module, which included a massive, full-colour map that attracted many reluctant players to the system. The Hârn Regional Module was later re-released as HârnWorld.
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