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Coyote    Topic opened July 21, 2008, 10:55:43 AM
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Turns out that the current owner of West End Games is selling, because of backlash from the failed Septimus proeject in March and a subsequent whiny blowout of the owner against the gaming community as a whole.  So he's selling West End and its properties.  Here's his announcement.

http://www.westendgames.com/forum/showthread.php?p=32452#post32452
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da chicken Reply #1 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 11:23:50 AM
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It's a joke. Laugh.
Meh.  Only decent thing they made was d6 Star Wars... and that had those shitty starfighter combat rules.
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machiavelli33 Reply #2 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 12:15:28 PM
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...how much are they selling for?
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Coyote Reply #3 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 12:18:15 PM
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I'll take American History for $2000 please, Alex.
It mentions he's taking bids.
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Bunner Reply #4 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 02:43:52 PM
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I was so excited until I realized that we weren't talking "Rocket Propelled Grenades".
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Scix Reply #5 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 05:53:48 PM
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I bid $8.35
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fae Reply #6 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 07:16:27 PM
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He's got major gaming publishers interested Scix, this isn't a bid for monies, it's just giving the fanbase a change to opt in if they want to.
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da chicken Reply #7 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 07:18:14 PM
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It's a joke. Laugh.
Major gaming publishers?  In that case, I bid $9.35.
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Scix Reply #8 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 07:44:56 PM
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Quote from: fae on July 21, 2008, 07:16:27 PM
He's got major gaming publishers interested Scix, this isn't a bid for monies, it's just giving the fanbase a change to opt in if they want to.

...did you really think I was bidding $8.35 to buy an RPG company?

Quote from: Coyote on July 21, 2008, 12:18:15 PM
It mentions he's taking bids.
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IridiumFleas Reply #9 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 21, 2008, 09:39:32 PM
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Quote from: da chicken on July 21, 2008, 11:23:50 AM
Meh.  Only decent thing they made was d6 Star Wars... and that had those shitty starfighter combat rules.

Did you actually play Star Fighters?  The actual tactical, stand-alone supplement to d6 Star Wars?

Or are you just referring to the rules that were in the main game instead in regards to starfighter combat?
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da chicken Reply #10 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 22, 2008, 03:06:42 AM
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It's a joke. Laugh.
We used the rules in the main game, because the only person who had Star Fighters told us it was a chit-based strategy boardgame that took even longer to resolve combat than the d6 rules did.  After looking it up, yeah, it's *way* too fucking detailed for a suitable expansion to a pen and paper RPG.
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IridiumFleas Reply #11 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 22, 2008, 06:35:34 AM
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As a stand-alone game, it was a lot of fun for my brother and I.

Having never played it as an expansion to a pen and paper RPG, I can't say for sure.
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machiavelli33 Reply #12 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 22, 2008, 07:25:21 AM
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Man the things I could do with an RPG company of my own...
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da chicken Reply #15 in Wanna buy an RPG company? — Posted July 23, 2008, 08:25:30 AM
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It's a joke. Laugh.
Because the interplanetary rules haven't been released yet.
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Major gaming publishers?  In that case, I bid $9.35.

Shush you.  Bite me.
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