Yaquinto was a games
publisher from 1979 till 1983. In its time they produced a few dozen
war and
strategy games.
One of the things that set them apart from the other
game makers of that era was thier introductory games. These were packaged in an
LPalbum sleve. The game board was printed on the inside flaps while the pieces and ruleswere placed in the pockets. The outside depicted the game in both graphics and
text. This places them on the boarder of microgame teritory. Often the games packaged like this were followed up by more robust
bookshelf sized games with expanded rules and features.
The games themselves ran from stright up war games to hard core
science fiction to
fantasy flavored themes. There were also a few
pirate themed games, the main one being
Swashbuckler.
Yaquinto dropped out of the
game industry after 1983 and is currently a printing company.