West End Games
| Private | |
| Industry | Role-playing, board, wargaming |
| Fate | Bankruptcy in 1998. Partially merged in 1999 and definitely acquired in 2001 by Humanoids Inc. |
| Successor | D6Legends, Inc. (a Humanoids Inc. unit, 1999–2003) Purgatory Publishing (since 2003) |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
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Key people
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Daniel Scott Palter (founder) |
West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its current and past product lines include Paranoia, Torg, Shatterzone, Men In Black, DC Universe, Star Wars, The World of Indiana Jones, Junta, Necroscope, Tales from the Crypt, Bloodshadows, and Metabarons.
Previously a producer of board wargames, the company began producing roleplaying games in 1984 with Paranoia. The high production values demanded by the wargames industry made them one of the few companies who could compete with TSR, and they were able to acquire the license from Columbia Pictures to produce an RPG based on the film Ghostbusters. This game, Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game, formed the basis of the D6 System which was to be heavily used in many of their licensed products.
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