West End Games

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West End Games (often abbreviated as WEG ) was a role-playing game publisher from the USA. It was founded in 1974 in New York by Daniel Scott Palter. In 1999 the publishing house went bankrupt and was continued by Purgatory Publishing from 2004. In 2016 West End Games was bought by Stewart Wieck for his company Nocturnal Media, but he passed away in the summer of 2017.

The current status of the publisher is unclear, as the D6 system was to be placed under an open license and the rights to the games were sold, TORG to Ulisses games and Masterbook , Shatterzone and Bloodshadows to Precis Intermedia.

Systems

  • D6 system
  • Masterbook

Role play

These are individual games as well as the start of role-playing game series with several editions and extensions.

  • Paranoia (1984)
  • Ghostbusters (1986)
  • Star Wars (1987)
  • Ghostbusters International (1989, second edition of Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game )
  • TORG (1990)
  • Shatterzone (1993)
  • The World of Indiana Jones (1994)
  • Bloodshadows (1994)
  • Masterbook (1994) - universal system , forms the rule base for the following World-of -... publications
  • The World of Tank Girl (1995)
  • The World of Species (1995)
  • The World of Aden (1996)
  • The World of Tales from the Crypt (1996)
  • The D6 System: The Customizable Roleplaying Game (1996)
  • Indiana Jones Adventures (1996, implementation of The World of Indiana Jones on the D6 system )
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Hercules & Xena (1998)
  • Stargate SG-1 role playing game (1999, canceled due to bankruptcy)
  • DC Universe (1999, published by Humanoids Publishing)
  • Metabarons (2001, published by Humanoids Publishing)
  • Septimus (2007, published as print-on-demand )

More games

  • Bug-Eyed Monsters (1983)
  • Junta (1985, third edition only)
  • Against the Reich (1986)
  • Kings & Things (1986)
  • Cosmic Encounter (1986-1991)
  • Star Wars: Star Warriors (1987)
  • Star Wars: Assault on Hoth (1988)
  • Star Wars: Battle for Endor (1989)
  • Star Wars Miniatures Battles (1989)
  • Star Wars: Escape from the Death Star (1990)

Web links

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  1. ↑ Nocturnal Media Acquires West End Games (April 13, 2016)
  2. ↑ Kickstarter: Brief Update (July 3, 2017)
  3. ↑ ULISSES SPIELE takes over TORG ( Memento from August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Precis Intermedia Acquires Last West End Games RPG Properties ( Memento from August 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )