[GW] surreal news

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:29:58 -0500, Myrmidon <imnot.RemoveThis@home.com> wrote:

>In article <fnkp1q$1ck$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
>estarriol@estarriol.jeansNTshirt.co.uk says...
>> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=350
>>
>> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
>> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the 40k RPG
>> have sold out the entire print run...
>>
> Heh! That makes sense. I can see working mainly on the novels,
>but it seems extremely odd to drop the gaming line when all indications
>are that it's selling decently.
>
> Myr -it beats me...- midon

It could be that they're licensing out that line to one of the small
publishers like Green Ronin or someone.

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:29:58 -0500, Myrmidon <imnot RemoveThis @home.com> wrote:

>In article <fnkp1q$1ck$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
>estarriol@estarriol.jeansNTshirt.co.uk says...
>> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=350
>>
>> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
>> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the 40k RPG
>> have sold out the entire print run...
>>
> Heh! That makes sense. I can see working mainly on the novels,
>but it seems extremely odd to drop the gaming line when all indications
>are that it's selling decently.
>
> Myr -it beats me...- midon

The more I read on their site, the less this makes sense. Dark Heresy
was pre-sold-out, and even the Collector's Edition sold out in six
minutes, and you know how people seem to avoid GW's overpriced
collector editions.

At the same time, they're up to a ridiculous number of WFRP books and
supplements, all of which are selling well. And Talisman sold
brilliantly as well.

So what happened?

What pisses me off is that they took their license away from Hogshead
to do all this stuff, now they can't even do more than two years' work
on it, and the one game that's gotten everyone excited is going to go
away practically before it even gets here! I remember one guy locally
wanting to buy all three versions and run/play them all. The Rogue
Trader version would have been the best, mainly for the freedom it'd
allow players. Instead, we've only got ONE of the three versions,
focusing on the Inquisition.

They better find another publisher for this stuff. I'm sick of GW
killing off all their better games. First they did in Specialist
Games for Lord of the Rings (which has beautiful figures but pathetic
rules), now they're killing off WFRP and 40KRP so they can sell more
horribly written novels.

I can see their stock prices soaring now...

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"estarriol" <estarriol RemoveThis @estarriol.jeansNTshirt.co.uk> wrote in message
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> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=350
>
> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the 40k
> RPG have sold out the entire print run...

theres a 40k rpg? where can i get my hands on this?
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Erik Setzer wrote:
> What pisses me off is that they took their license away from Hogshead
> to do all this stuff.....

Not so. The owner of Hogshead decided to do something else with his life,
and so the licence reverted back to Games Workshop.

Stephen
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:53:55 GMT,
glipe.TakeThisOut@thesame.free-online.co.uk(Stephen Weir) wrote:

>Erik Setzer wrote:
>> What pisses me off is that they took their license away from Hogshead
>> to do all this stuff.....
>
>Not so. The owner of Hogshead decided to do something else with his life,
>and so the licence reverted back to Games Workshop.

Okay, fair enough. I remember them taking it back from Armorcast,
thought I'd heard the same happen here. Sounds about right as support
had come to a crawl for WFRP and some books just never got published.

But still... why take it back under their own wing and then just kill
it when it got popular again?

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"The Cheshire Cat" <Roknese.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "estarriol" <estarriol.DeleteThis@estarriol.jeansNTshirt.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:fnkp1q$1ck$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=350
>>
>> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
>> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the 40k
>> RPG have sold out the entire print run...
>
> theres a 40k rpg? where can i get my hands on this?
>

You can't its sold out and unless they print more before september...

Look at the site link, the 40k game is out in feb officially.
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"estarriol" <estarriol RemoveThis @estarriol.jeansNTshirt.co.uk> wrote in message
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> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=350
>
> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the 40k
> RPG have sold out the entire print run...
Its their damned obsession with having everything operated "in-house". God
forbid they licence out the publishing to real publishers and just focus on
making goddamn games.
This jack of all trade bullshit ends up exactly the same way every time:
mediochre across the board.
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, The Cheshire Cat wrote:

>
> "estarriol" <estarriol.TakeThisOut@estarriol.jeansNTshirt.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:fnkp1q$1ck$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=350
>>
>> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
>> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the 40k
>> RPG have sold out the entire print run...
>
> theres a 40k rpg? where can i get my hands on this?

Its release date was Friday here in the UK. I think that was global - or
near enough the dates coincided.

Scan the usual set of online retailers for you country for 'Dark Heresy'.

If you want a taster to see what its like (and the basis on whichI went
for the full version) then BI has a downloadable demo scenario on their
website.

Tim
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On 29 Jan, 04:02, "Kevin Milner" <dontspa... DeleteThis @ihatespam.net> wrote:
>
> mediochre

Is this one of the new Foundation Colours?

Cheers,

Moramarth
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In article <e0b8b2b3-8542-403e-82b2-
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Moramarth DeleteThis @moramarth.demon.co.uk says...
> On 29 Jan, 04:02, "Kevin Milner" <dontspa... DeleteThis @ihatespam.net> wrote:
> >
> > mediochre
>
> Is this one of the new Foundation Colours?
>
If not, by God it should be!

Myr

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"Tim Fitzmaurice" wrote...
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, The Cheshire Cat wrote:
>>
>> theres a 40k rpg? where can i get my hands on this?
>
> Its release date was Friday here in the UK. I think that was global - or
> near enough the dates coincided.
>
> Scan the usual set of online retailers for you country for 'Dark Heresy'.

You might just be right. I saw Dark Heresy in a local game store [I'm in
California, USA] this past Sunday, so its obviously available in some places
outside the UK.
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Between saving the world and having a spot of tea estarriol said

> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=3
> 50
>
> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the
> 40k RPG have sold out the entire print run...

If you have GW books from the last five years have a look at where they're
being published. If it's been changing then potentially they're struggling
to keep the publishing costs in line with what they can reasonably put a
book on a store shelf for.

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Rob Singers
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On 29 Jan 2008 21:59:00 +1300, Robert Singers
<rsingers DeleteThis @finger.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Between saving the world and having a spot of tea estarriol said
>
>> http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=3
>> 50
>>
>> BI announce they are ceasing to publish anything except novels from
>> september 2008, and on the same page announce the pre-orders for the
>> 40k RPG have sold out the entire print run...
>
>If you have GW books from the last five years have a look at where they're
>being published. If it's been changing then potentially they're struggling
>to keep the publishing costs in line with what they can reasonably put a
>book on a store shelf for.

My Skaven book says "Printed in the UK". My Orc and Ork books both
say "Printed in China". Sounds like a good assumption.

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