Specialist games going, going, gone...

Chris

Seems like GW won't be producing anything from the Specialist Games range, and when the remaining stock is gone that'll be it. So says people here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/524134.page

http://epicaddiction.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/fw-specialist-games-going-too/

A shame if true.

Jammybee

Yeah, It's going. The last step from games company to toy company.

Krypter

The link for tactical wargames gives me an unrelated thread, think this was the one you meant to post chris:

http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24999&sid=f7572e854fdd8985feccd9666b1b707e

Chris

That looks right, don't even recognise the link I posted :-)
I should buy those epic terminators I've been meaning to for the last 10 years...

Sim

While a disaster for the fans, all the stuff I buy is long OOP anyway.

There is a growing cottage industry for 3D printed alt figs, seen some nice BFG ships and 6mm figs.
Bloodbowl is well covered by third parties, as is Necromunda and Mordheim.

They also seem to be retiring the classic stuff like guard and dogs of war.

Krypter

Looks like this is true. According to head office they are selling off the specialist stock with no plans to replenish the lines.

Jswiers

They have been doing this for a good year or two. (arguably, for about eight years, but less severely.)

They don't replace broken molds. They stopped casting. Its only because someone suddenly noticed things going out of stock and told the internet that the buying frenzy happened.

Arguably, it might make GW reconsider, and do some rereleasing of the games, given they probably just saw hundreds of thousands of pounds of stock vanish...

Sim

It's regrettable that they seem almost ashamed of their older games. Bloodbowl has at least 49 open tournaments in the UK this year, more than when it was supported in stores. Probably more than Warhammer too.

Chris

Could be a good thing. When GW supported the games, albeit minimally, people were constrained by what was 'official'. Now that the games are dead people might be a bit more adventurous.