Fantasy Productions Medienvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH
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The Fantasy Productions Medienvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH (aka FanPro) is a German game company based in Erkrath, producing the German-language versions of Shadowrun and BattleTech, and, previously, the German-only Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) fantasy roleplaying game.
The company was founded in 1983 by Ulrich Kiesow, Werner Fuchs and Hans-Joachim Alpers to produce small tin miniature figures. When the companies Droemer Knaur Verlag and Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH published Kiesow's roleplaying game Das Schwarze Auge, Kiesow organized the editorial work at Fantasy Productions. After the bankruptcy of Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH in 1997, Fantasy Productions started to publish Das Schwarze Auge by itself.
Today, Fantasy Productions is a publisher of fantasy books and various role playing games. The company currently owns licensing agreements with WizKids to produce new material for Shadowrun and Classic BattleTech, and also the German language versions of Pirates of the Spanish Main, and the Clix games of Mage Knight and HeroClix.
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