GW acknowledge the existence of Specialist Games

[Skragger]

Well gentlemen, I stand corrected on LotR. A few buddies of mine run a hobby store and they picked up some LotR stuff to stock when it came out, and it still hasn't moved, they have to dust it off on a regular basis. It must just not be too popular in these parts!

[wittdooley]

Step 3) DON'T do limited "Splash" releases like you did with Space Hulk, I wanted so bad, but they were all sold out by the chance I could get to the FLGS, and I didn't feel like sinking $200 into one on Ebay, so GW lost over $100 CDN from me, and who knows how many others. If you're going to bring it back, bring it back with a bang!

You certainly make a fair point, as GW certainly didn't allow anyone to pre-order the game. Shame on them.

[Lane]

The real problem was that A$$hats were ordering 50 of them to sell on Ebay at double the price.
IIRC they were available to order online for about a week. One of the local GW stores had been shipped too many and had a dozen on the shelf a month later.

[Skragger]

The real problem was that A$$hats were ordering 50 of them to sell on Ebay at double the price.
IIRC they were available to order online for about a week. One of the local GW stores had been shipped too many and had a dozen on the shelf a month later.

My local FLGS had like.. two of them. The nearest store that had any beyond that was Toronto, about an hour drive from here (and I don't own a car, so about 2 hours by Train). Sucked demiurge so bad

[Archon]

Two of the best games GW has brought us are Blood Bowl and Battlefleet Gothic. Unfortunatly we play both not often enough. My last BB League is years away und my last BFG engagement was in Aug 10 - but ist still was a big one - bringing some fluff to a big apo-battle. The SG games-range lives from the developement of your team/fleet but i honestly don´t understand why gw showed them no love in the past.

[Skragger]

Two of the best games GW has brought us are Blood Bowl and Battlefleet Gothic. Unfortunatly we play both not often enough. My last BB League is years away und my last BFG engagement was in Aug 10 - but ist still was a big one - bringing some fluff to a big apo-battle. The SG games-range lives from the developement of your team/fleet but i honestly don´t understand why gw showed them no love in the past.

Absolutely! Finding leagues for BB and BFG is a challenge I find. The BB PC game isn't bad, but its just not the real thing. Maybe liscencing the PC games are GWs way of saying "suuuuuure.. we still support that product.. but.. we don't want to make more models for it if we can avoid it..."

[wittdooley]

Absolutely! Finding leagues for BB and BFG is a challenge I find. The BB PC game isn't bad, but its just not the real thing. Maybe liscencing the PC games are GWs way of saying "suuuuuure.. we still support that product.. but.. we don't want to make more models for it if we can avoid it..."

I sincerely urge you to check out FWs Aeronautica Imperialis then. Super fun.

[Lane]

I wonder if the Specialist Games range suffers from lack of designers.

IIRC Andy Chambers wrote BFG and a good chunk of 2nd - 3rd edition Epic. Jervis was in charge of specialist games for a while and had a few updates during that time. Not sure when the last time I sa Jervis listed as the designer on anything. I think Rick Priestly has been management for even longer.

One of the key features of the specialist games range is that they do not adapt 40k or WHFB rules to other scales, they have they own rules mechanics suited to the scope of the game. As we have seen some of the current designers have a problem with balance in an established rule set. It could be that nobody is left that could handle a new rules set or change in scope.

[facelessone]

space hulk hooked me at 1st sight,then got into 40k then necromunda,gorkamorka,bloodbowl,BFG,epic,mordahime & ternid attack....would love a new nec or gork game not just a book like nec did, and i love the new space hulk now weres the back up 4 it deathwing,. geansteler.....

[Skragger]

I sincerely urge you to check out FWs Aeronautica Imperialis then. Super fun.

I've been thinking about it quite a bit lately, but its a tricky one. Living in Canada our dollar pales to the pound, so anything from Forge World tends to get pricy for me (oh, 18 pound sterling for that gubbin? well... thats only $35CDN...), and I've had some bad experiences from them shipping to me. Went the long way around the world for some reason, so it took me a month to get my bitz.

Still, the stuff for AI looks great, and I've been thinking on. Just need to convince my friends to play too, they have the same price/delivery problems.