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<blockquote data-quote="Mighty Halfling" data-source="post: 3276583" data-attributes="member: 13134">TSR struggles for a few years, releasing scads of Buck Rogers material, finally succumbing to bankruptcy in 1996.West End Games, fueled by the interest in the re-release of the new Star Wars movies (which are actually good in this universe), takes over as leader of the RPG industry thanks to ties to licensed products.With those licensing deals in mind, WEG snaps up the remanents of TSR. It builds a new ruleset that mixes D6 with old-style D&amp;D, essentially coming up with d20, minus the tactical reliance. It then builds world books for all sorts of fantasy books and movies, culminating in the capture of a lucrative &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; license.Intrigued by WEG's success, Kenner (the licensor of Star Wars toys) buys WEG and starts building a miniatures game. The success of that game leads to the addition of miniatures rules in yet another new version of D&amp;D, which now (in 2009) almost entirely matches what we have today (in 2007).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mighty Halfling, post: 3276583, member: 13134"] TSR struggles for a few years, releasing scads of Buck Rogers material, finally succumbing to bankruptcy in 1996. West End Games, fueled by the interest in the re-release of the new Star Wars movies (which are actually good in this universe), takes over as leader of the RPG industry thanks to ties to licensed products. With those licensing deals in mind, WEG snaps up the remanents of TSR. It builds a new ruleset that mixes D6 with old-style D&D, essentially coming up with d20, minus the tactical reliance. It then builds world books for all sorts of fantasy books and movies, culminating in the capture of a lucrative "Lord of the Rings" license. Intrigued by WEG's success, Kenner (the licensor of Star Wars toys) buys WEG and starts building a miniatures game. The success of that game leads to the addition of miniatures rules in yet another new version of D&D, which now (in 2009) almost entirely matches what we have today (in 2007). [/QUOTE]

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