Lay-offs at Fantasy Flight Games?

Rumours have been posted over on Reddit that layoffs are taking place at FFG, which produces the Star Wars and Genesys RPGs, amongst many other things, most notably a metric ton of board games.

Its unclear what’s the situation is, but Sam Bailey, formerly of FFG has reported 14 layoffs, and Tim Gerritson confirms on LinkedIn that Fantasy Flight Interactive has been shut down.

This report suggests that the RPG department is a casualty. And this blog post has a good summary of what's currently in the pipeline, product-wise.



This post on LinkedIn confirms that Fantasy Flight Interactive is being closed:

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Fantasy Flight Games RPG Products Still in the Pipeline

Reviews and discussions about Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying games, and wider geek culture.

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[darjr]

Oh no! I hope folks land on their feet!

 

[vpuigdoller]

Rumours have been posted over on Reddit that layoffs are taking place at FFG, which produces the Star Wars and Genesys RPGs, amongst many other things, most totally a ton of board games.

I saw the news in linkedin it even said confirmed. Let me try to fetch it up.

 

[vpuigdoller]

This what I saw at Linkedin.

 

[Ulfgeir]

That's not good. I hope the people involved quickly find some new employments, and I hope it doesn't affect their current rpg's too much

 

[innerdude]

Much more worried that they'll cancel reprints of the LOTR Living Card Game than I am about their RPG properties.

I'm guessing, though, that the total shutdown of FFI means that the Steam version of the LOTR LCG never really took off for them.

Really a shame.

 

[Zaukrie]

Good luck to everyone that is losing their job, and good mental health to those keeping theirs. Survival guilt is real....take care of yourself. I used to run a website for people that got laid off. I make no money there....it still temporarily exists. If anyone wants some content about looking for work, handling the stress, etc, let me know.

 

[Henry]

Hell of a thing to happen at the end of a year.

I hope the best outcome for all the staff involved.

 

[M.T. Black]

This is a good summary and assessment of the situation:

Fantasy Flight Games RPG Products Still in the Pipeline

Reviews and discussions about Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying games, and wider geek culture.

knighterrantjr.blogspot.com

Bottom line - it is unlikely there will be any more RPG books from FFG after the currently scheduled books are released.

 

[aramis erak]

Sad, but not unexpected.

I'm surprised Asmodee didn't trim more than they did. Time to buy the Star Wars books I'm missing.