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A successful licensing arrangement with
Lucasfilm and profitable sales of a Star Wars role-playing
game helped establish WEG as a leading RPG company, and new
corporate offices were occupied in Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1988.
The offices would later move to Downington in 2004 under Eric
Gibson, by which time more than 350 separate role playing games and
related products were in print, including many licensed products of
Hollywood films such as Ghostbusters or the Indiana Jones
films.
Nonetheless, as with
many gaming companies faced with the growing popularity of
electronic media (as well as the popularity of Collectible Card
Games (CCG) which also posed a threat to conventional role playing
games), WEG declared bankruptcy in July 1998, though the exact
reasons have never been publicly divulged. Speculation revolved
around the sheer number of licensed products in print, declining
quality, and shrinking audiences. A final suggestion offered by
critics has been the failure of WEG to create an online presence or
web-based entry into the marketplace.
Under Eric J. Gibson,
changes were implemented to keep the company in existence; no
further tactical offerings in either RPG or conventional boardgames
have been forthcoming. In July 2008, Gibson announced on the
company's web forums that he is prepared to sell the company and
does not know if the brand name will survive the process of
dismantling the company's assets.
Tactical
Games Published by WEG
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