The company was founded in 1983 by Ulrich Kiesow, Werner Fuchs and Hans Joachim Alpers to produce small metal miniature figures.

[1]: 434  Fantasy Productions created FanPro LLC as a subsidiary in the USA to hold the FASA game line rights.

[1]: 435  The Dark Eye did not sell well in the US, so FanPro LLC did not further supported the game and did not publish Degenesis as intended in late 2006 as another translation of a second German RPG.

The company owned licensing agreements with WizKids to produce the German-language versions of Classic BattleTech, Shadowrun, Pirates of the Spanish Main, and the "Clix" games of Mage Knight and HeroClix.

[1]: 435  Boyle and Bills attempted to purchase FanPro LLC from Fantasy Productions but when that failed they threatened to leave bid for the WizKids licenses when they came up for renewal; WizKids came to mediate and while they would not allow Boyle and Bills to start a new company, they did grant the licenses to InMediaRes.