Comments on: West End Games is dead, long live West End Games

By: Stephen Marinaccio

Stephen Marinaccio — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:31:46 +0000

I playtested for WEG, ran adventures at conventions and did a lot of conversion from the 1st Edition to the 2nd Edition of the “Star Wars” RPG. I have every book WEG ever did and ran a campaign with friends from junior year of high school to senior year of college – 87 adventures total. It is an awesome game. I love it – and still have all my books sealed in a massive chest.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:44:04 +0000

Well, you know I still have D6 Star Wars stuff. While the Saga edition production values are good, I still prefer the d6 system for Star Wars. I guess part of it is that I just don’t like classes in my Sci-Fi gaming. Plus, every Star Wars game based or developed out of D20 just feel too “D&D” for me.

By: Caliber

Caliber — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:35 +0000

WEG Star Wars D6 holds most all of my fondest gaming moments. I’m not so sure I’d like to see it revisited as I want my fondness of the game to remain untainted.

Regardless, no system will ever relace it FOR ME in sheer simplicity.

-Cal

By: newbiedm

newbiedm — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:25:14 +0000

You know what?
I didn’t even get into the dirty laundry that revolved around weg lately. I kept it out of it. I thought the article was fair enough.
Nothing about lack of payments, refunds, or any of that stuff.

Meh…

By: newbiedm

newbiedm — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:21 +0000

If you are referring to this line: “A shame that WEG is being held by a guy who seems to lack the ability to manage it…”; that can certainly mean ability in other terms besides mental capacity. If you choose to read more into it, that’s a shame.

I lack the ability to fly to Paris on a weekly basis. Why? Because I have other responsibilities that keep me grounded in Miami. I lack the ability to run a gaming company. Why? Because I have a job that pays the bill and can’t afford to branch out into other areas.

I can appreciate you being Mr. Gibson’s gaming group buddy and wanting to defend the guy, but my post isn’t taking a shot at the guy, I can assure you. I’m sure he’s an okay guy that lacks the ability right now to run the company. That’s not an unfair statement to make.

By: Daedalus

Daedalus — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:37:59 +0000

I love the poster makes a comment about Eric’s management ability. It seems that gamers think they are all the best businessmen and know more then people actually running the game companies.

Sadly, the poster shows how little he knows. Eric has gone back to school to get into something that actually makes money and will probably do WEG on the side (which is how most game companies run these days).

RPGS dont make money. The fact that he is smart enough to see that and to move on to something that will make money, shows he has a lot of business sense. Good businessmen drop businesses that are a lost cause.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:42:14 +0000

You might want to check out the WEGFanSite (www.wegfansite.com) again. A lot has happened today. There might be life in the old girl yet…

By: Curtis Gibeaut

Curtis Gibeaut — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:38:21 +0000

Wow I just dusted that book off today as I finally started picking up D&D 4E books to start a campaign. I never did get to play the D6 Star Wars Game. Own the book but never even really broke the binding on it. I’ll have to spend some time with it now that WEG is no more

By: Beaumont Sebos

Beaumont Sebos — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:43:00 +0000

I have been the GM of a 12-year ongoing WEG D6 RPG. While I love 4E D&D, there’s something about grabbing a handful of D6 that just can’t be beat.

Long live Salimon Teff, Nova Starkiller, Mac and Beaumont Sebos!

By: newbiedm

newbiedm — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:46:15 +0000

It was a very cinematic system, fast, and deadly. It wasn’t a class based system, it was all skills, so it was very easy to create a character that matched your vision for him. You wanted a smuggler who was great at riding animals like Tauntauns, and played Smashball? Easy to do. The game used dice pools, which after a while had you rolling buckets of dice, but you could create house rules that limited you to a set number and add averages to avoid the problem if you wanted. The flavor of the game, like I stated in the article, is basically what helped launch the SW expanded universe, and it captured SW perfectly. Minis were not necessary, combat was abstract, so good narration was a necessary part of the system. I played it for years and loved it. I recommend you look for the pdf’s out there and give it a look. Yeah, I’m condoning piracy of a dead product. Sue me.