Re: Warhammer 40k Tabletop
In reply to jamat (msg # 141):
Guilty, old enough. Still makes me wonder why smaller skirmish games are not popular and sell at terrible rates and are hardly played? Necromunda, Mordhiem, even just smaller games on a bigger scale, such as Man O' War. The box set games for 60 dollars with plastic mini's and rules for a larger army that would cost you hardly another 100 dollars makes sense to me. And being able to switch entire venues of battles, from the sewers of a hive-world to the high seas of the Old world, I think was a nice idea, and something different. But for most it is Table-Top Warhammer and 40k. For Heaven's sake, one of the best games ever "Space Hulk", ended up being a collecters addition to be saved like a damned trophy, "No we don't play that son, we just look at it and remember having fun, now run along son and buy a bunch of Tau warriors."
That game and many more could have been re-tooled using modern tile structures and been endless fun. Yes I am old enough to remember the few "counter" games GW tried, and tried is laying it on thick.
Plus yes, I like being able to pack up a small group of mini's and play a evening worth of Tabletop. At the Stores on the west coast of the United States I see nothing but gigantic point battles raging for what seems like days, the entire room reeking of pre-pubescent glands, Mountain Dew and the synth-crunch additives on spicy crisps.
Sure I was 13 once, but I could never afford some of the armies people play, it is not a new thing to me though and I doubt new to anyone else that has been around GW stores, it is like walking onto the Ferrari showroom of gaming. 25 years of it and the story is still the same.
It always seemed like the armies of Warhammer and 40k where just to big to me, and White Dwarf made it look so easy and amazing, who wouldn't want a thousand dollar Tabletop army in their own display case at the local shop, this is just not my idea of fun and what ever the reason (The Baron seems to know waaaaaaay more than I would ever want to know, although Baron I believe Abnett gives Werner a ride for the money, but we can take that up on the appropriate thread;)
GW has always and will always be slammed for being to expensive. But if you can afford it, it is just not a problem, and I would never argue that their is a better brand of Table-Top gaming. But the greatest point was made earlier, GW complete lack of business sense has left them throwing intellectual property to some motivated people, it is nice to see such good ideas come from such stupid behavior, I wish I was so lucky. So let them eat cake, and I'll take the pie.