The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Too Bo Coo]

Got the new white dwarf this morning. Turns out Space Hulk is back on the 3rd. £75, no mention if it's limited or not.

Perhaps even though it was 'limited', sales in the first two rounds never hit the production 'limit'....

[Major_Gilbear]

Space Hulk is back on the 3rd. £75, no mention if it's limited or not.

[Andrew Rae]

What exactly is the problem? It's a great game, available again. If they've any sense (and it seems there's more going around now) it'll be a permanent addition.

[YPU]

What exactly is the problem? It's a great game, available again. If they've any sense (and it seems there's more going around now) it'll be a permanent addition.

Mostly that the first re-release was touted as "strictly limited get it now or regret it forever edition"

[Andrew Rae]

Was it though? And did you all buy it because of that reason alone?

[Major_Gilbear]

A lot of people paid what was (then) perceived to be a price premium in order to get something that was highly publicised as being strictly limited - and in fact the game basically sold out on pre-order alone due to this.

That then turned out not to be so limited (they "found" 50k units more), and then tweaked it ever so slightly to sell again a couple of years later.

I personally would mind less if the upcoming release of the game was cheaper and the models a little more compact/storable. At least it would be clear that it's not a limited (although perhaps seasonal) release, and that it's aimed at the boardgame market, and it would be different enough to not tread on those who bought the earlier version.

Anyway, it's a really shabby thing to do to all those customers that had the faith to buy that premium product unseen/unreviewed (and thereby made it a big commercial success on pre-orders alone).

Now, should it ever have been a LE in the first place? I think not, but GW obviously felt differently.

[Andrew Rae]

Are you describing your own situation, or is it vicarious anger?

Anyone who bought multiple - or single, still shrink wrapped - copies in 2009 had plenty of time of make money out of it. Anyone who bought multiple copies in 2014 was daft.

Anyone who bought it and actually played the bloody thing, well done, that was the whole point. Now more people can do likewise.

[Malebolgia]

Jup...it just stinks because they lied about it. Nothing else. Still a good release for any spaceship crawlers

[Andrew Rae]

Jup...it just stinks because they lied about it. Nothing else. Still a good release for any spaceship crawlers

You already sold your copy!

[Malebolgia]

Jup, true. But that doesn't change the facts. And maybe I would have kept it if it was still LE

[Dr Mathias]

I bought every version of Space Hulk, happy to do so.

We will never know if GW was disingenuous about offering it on a limited basis with a plan to sell more later (as I recall there was a mysterious "discovery" of a few hundred copies a couple months after the 3rd edition sell out), or if they realized it was more popular than they expected and wanted to meet a demand.

Other companies have done the same thing- Foundry, Copplestone Castings, etc.

I suppose it is bad for investors but good for those who missed their opportunity for various reasons.

I'd just like to take a moment to applaud GW for releasing Mechanicus and Genestealer Cults, and exploring 30K. Who'd have guessed that three years ago?

[Chico]

I'm the first to bash GW (They broke my heart/wallet and a ex-staffer) but they have been doing alot of good things of late, 'Stealer Cult, 30k, cheaper (for GW pricing) stand alone games and now Blood Bowl.

Now if they bring back Warmaster as 10/12mm and stay with the same or simpler  unit layout (3 stands) I may just go and spent some cash with them again. As Warmaster unlike Necromunda, Mordheim & other Spec games who have a large fan base all these later is a real bugger to get a game of and could use the ''Offical'' treatment.

[jambo1]

I'm the first to bash GW (They broke my heart/wallet and a ex-staffer) but they have been doing alot of good things of late, 'Stealer Cult, 30k, cheaper (for GW pricing) stand alone games and now Blood Bowl.

Now if they bring back Warmaster as 10/12mm and stay with the same or simpler  unit layout (3 stands) I may just go and spent some cash with them again. As Warmaster unlike Necromunda, Mordheim & other Spec games who have a large fan base all these later is a real bugger to get a game of and could use the ''Offical'' treatment.

I haven't bought anything from GW in donkeys years but I'm with you on the Warmaster idea, if they released that again I would certainly be up for spending some cash with them.

[Major_Gilbear]

Are you describing your own situation, or is it vicarious anger?

My own situation, and it isn't anger - it's deep disappointment.

Not because I'm some sort of horrible selfish person who doesn't want other people to enjoy it, but because because there was no real reason to have ever made it limited in the first place.

[Vanvlak]

Now if they bring back Warmaster as 10/12mm and stay with the same or simpler  unit layout (3 stands) I may just go and spent some cash with them again. As Warmaster unlike Necromunda, Mordheim & other Spec games who have a large fan base all these later is a real bugger to get a game of and could use the ''Offical'' treatment.

And Epic 30K would be cool... .