GW revives Specialist Games?

[Path Walker]

The company is on its 3rd board game release of the last 18 months or so with the reissue of Space Hulk, the Execution Force and Betrayal at Calth. The know how to push out solid board games.

I do hope Forge World, now freed from having to cast tons of Space Marines with the plastic kits, is able to take on some new games.

[Erik Setzer]

And it falls down a bit in the face of GW cancelling the entire specialist games line due to low sales.

"Low sales" basically means they didn't like that a person can get a Necromunda gang for $100. Meanwhile, they're pushing 40K to have more super-heavies, lower points for models, and everything they can to make a basic 40K game feel like a game of Apocalypse used to feel, meaning you need a few hundred dollars of stuff easy. Heck, I think the basic box for Necromunda might have been less than the current 40K rulebook.

[Mr Mystery]

£40. I remember. I got it on release day.

Also, something not to much overlooked as not mentioned.....the digital world has been running with the old SG range for a while now, and seems to be popular enough.

Perhaps that success has something to do with the alleged resurrection?

[Psychosplodge]

And it was possible to buy it cheaper as well.
I remember buying three boxes of space hulk for about £8 each when it went EOL and the works were selling them off.

[Alaric]

Just a total non backed up guess here but I think they have finally got their plan of action. They got their pricing where they feel it should be (which is ALWAYS gonna be too much for most) so now maybe they are going back and re releasing things that didn't sell very well but had a good following. Ive had to ditch products myself that did not sell well in favor of products that do sell well, and am now able to offer those old products because now the better products pay the bills allowing me to take a minor hit on the not as popular products. I re read that twice and cannot think of a better way of putting it but that's what I think they are doing.
It just makes sense from my own perspective, HH and 40k can carry the weight while they try new things (AoS) and maybe re introduce the old stuff like what we currently be chatting aboot. I would love an all plastic gang and newer plastic ships, not even a price would scare me away. I think they know they priced all the people that actually care a lot aboot pricing right out of the game and thus they now have a "if they buy it they buy it" attitude because they already know people WILL pay the prices for HH and 40k.

[William Lang]

Confirmation

[Mr Mystery]

SING HOSANAS!

Right. Time to tap up Mr Shaun. Find out where he stashed my Epic Orks.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

They should hire me and I will sculpt lots of actually good looking aliens for them.

[Mr Mystery]

ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTYSQUILLION PERCENT TRUE!!!!

Screen grab from the GW App.

[Path Walker]

Yeah, I need to tell my mate I need my Epic Ork Army back now! Oh and continue the work on my Necromunda! And just off my Play Book oh, oh and get those ships out of mothballs...