The Fantasy Productions Medienvertriebsgesellschaft mbH (aka FanPro) is a German game company based in Erkrath producing the German-language versions of Shadowrun, and BattleTech, and previously German-only Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) fantasy Role-Playing Games. Erkrath is a North-Rhine-Westphalian (Germany) city directly on the Düssel river. ... Cover of Shadowrun Third Edition Shadowrun is a cyberpunk-fantasy cross-genre role-playing game, set in the not too distant future, following a great cataclysm that has brought use of magic back to the world, just as it begins to embrace the marvels (and dangers) of technologies such as... 20 Year Anniversary of BattleTech logo BattleTech (MechWarrior) is a science-fiction board game (wargame) (designed by FASA in 1984) which simulates warfare in the distant future of the 31st century, where humans battle in gigantic walking machines powered by fusion reactors (known as BattleMechs), tanks, spaceships and other aircraft... The Dark Eye (TDE, German: Das Schwarze Auge (DSA), literally the black eye, but without its idiomatic sense, as the German version of black eye is blaues Auge literally blue eye), is a German role-playing game created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched by the Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of fictional characters via role-playing. ...

The company was funded 1983 by Ulrich Kiesow, Werner Fuchs and Hans-Joachim Alpers to produce small tin miniature figures. When the Droemer Knaur Verlag and Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH published Kiesows role playing game "Das Schwarze Auge". Kiesow organised the editorial work at Fantasy Productions. After the bankruptcy of the Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH in 1997 Fantasy Productions the started to publish Das Schwarze Auge by itself. 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Name, Symbol, Number tin, Sn, 50 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous gray Atomic mass 118. ... A miniature figure -- also known as a miniature or just a mini -- is a small figurine commonly used in role playing games (RPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons. ... The Dark Eye (TDE, German: Das Schwarze Auge (DSA), literally the black eye, but without its idiomatic sense, as the German version of black eye is blaues Auge literally blue eye), is a German role-playing game created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched by the Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today Fantasy Productions is a publisher for fantasy books and various role playing games. The company currently owns licensing agreements with WizKids to produce new material for Shadowrun, Third Edtion and Classic BattleTech Fourth Edition, and also the German language versions of Pirates of the Spanish Main, and the "Clix" games of Mage Knight and HeroClix. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... WizKids, Inc. ... Cover of Shadowrun Third Edition Shadowrun is a cyberpunk-fantasy cross-genre role-playing game, set in the not too distant future, following a great cataclysm that has brought use of magic back to the world, just as it begins to embrace the marvels (and dangers) of technologies such as... Classic BattleTech is the fourth edition of FASAs BattleTech miniatures game, published by FanPro under license from WizKids. ... Pirates of the Spanish Main is a tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. ... A brand of pre-painted miniatures game by WizKids featuring rotating statistics dials in the base of the figures. ... Mage Knight is a miniatures wargame using collectible figures, created by WizKids, Inc. ... Heroclix is a collectible miniature-based wargame produced by WizKids Games. ...

External links

• English website
• German website