The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Lost Egg]

Indeed...from their point of view its just not worth it.

[Westfalia Chris]

I suspect it's a combination of factors that unleashed the dogs of law, in that the company name was both phonetically similar (War Banner / Warhammer) and the company logo (white font on black field) is very close to the rebranding they did for their "Warhammer" stores a couple of years back.

Pity for War Banner, of course, but brand law is an awful quagmire, IMHO, and I am glad that I don't have to deal with it on a regular basis.

[Belligerentparrot]

Is it also (he says, knowing not of what he speaks) a case of GW barricading up a potential slippery slope? You have to protect your name relatively widely, lest an exploitable precedent be set?

E.g. if War Banner is OK, then why not Warbanner, and before you know it some random company is selling a game called Heroquest 

[Cubs]

The thin end of the wedge effect? Could be. Perhaps they should go with Battle Banner and be done with it.

[FionaWhite]

War Banner games (seriously, is that close enough to Warhammer to warrant bullying them? I remain unconvinced) then changed their name to Dark Peak games … and were promptly slapped with a 'Cease and Desist' from Peak Games.

I don't know what to think about any of it.

There's just no winning for them, is there.

I vote for Peacecudgel Workshop as their next name.

[mcfonz]

So the Peak Games one is more unfortunate as they don't even exist in the same realms, they are about mobile phone games.

War Banner/Warhammer I get, although it's taken them a while to slam down the C&D. Now, I might be reading too much into this but Andy Hobday recently took on War Banner didn't he? And he went there and essentially took the game he had created, Test of Honour, which meant Warlord Games could no longer stock it.

Thing is with them, they have a number of ex GW employees. It just seems to coincidental that War Banner suddenly gets a C&D after over a year of operating otherwise.

[Andrew May]

Are Graham’s Workshop still trading?

[von Lucky]

I assume you mean these guys (Graham's Wuerkshoppe)?
https://www.facebook.com/grahamswuerkshoppe.co.uk/

No idea - the website link doesn't seem to work.

[Dr Mathias]

There's just no winning for them, is there.

I vote for Peacecudgel Workshop as their next name.

 

[Andrew May]

I assume you mean these guys (Graham's Wuerkshoppe)?
https://www.facebook.com/grahamswuerkshoppe.co.uk/

No idea - the website link doesn't seem to work.

That’s the one, “new” name since I last heard of them. 

[3 fingers]

Just had this in a email,I could never paint it or use it ,but damn it looks nice
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Chaos-Space-Marines-Vex-Machinator-2019

[Lost Egg]

I dunno, its kinda busy though maybe thats the paint job. Part of me wonders if it isn't the same same kind of silliness that gave us marines riding wolves and that damn wolf sledge.

[AWu]

Nah
This thing is cool.
Santa wolf is not :>

I wonder if it can be built without the rider.

[3 fingers]

Nah
This thing is cool.
Santa wolf is not :>

I wonder if it can be built without the rider.

Have a look if you scroll through the pics , there's sprue shots second one looks like it.

[Andrew_McGuire]

I'm waiting for a C&D for my War-Hamster idea

Actually it was Sandy Petersen's idea: http://glorantha.temppeli.org/digest/gd5/1997.11/1898.html

There's also a board game called Warhamster Rally:

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1314/warhamster-rally

You might get credit for the hyphen, however.