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White Wolf’s co-founder buys West End Games

April 15, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have you played the first ever Star Wars RPG? Paranoia or Torg? These games all came from West End Games (WEG). WEG was founded in 1974 and produced wargames originally but earned a reputation for leading RPG products including helping to pioneer portable gaming mechanics with their slick D6 system.…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bill Coffin, d6 system, Nocturnal Media, paranoia, septimus, Stewart Wieck, west end games

West End Games finally closes; Torg to be sold

April 20, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

West End Games (known as WEG to many of us) was started in 1974 Daniel Scott Palter. It’s had a number of big name franchises in it’s lifetime: Star Wars Ghostbusters Men in Black Xena: Warrior Princess Hercules: the Legendary Journey DC Universe Tales from the Crypt The World of Indiana Jones It’s the company that brought us Torg, Paranoia and Junta among others.…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bill Coffin, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, men in black, Tales from the Crypt, Torg, west end games

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