Celebrate the games of Games Workshop
John Bandettini
United Kingdom
London
No, no, no, no, no, yes
A new season and all is well in the world
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In these days of anger and hatred targeted at the mega corp known as Games Workshop, I thought it might be a good time to go back in time. Back to a time when Games Workshop actually made games.
With the exception of the recent limited edition remake of Space Hulk it's been a long time since Games Workshop made games rather than game systems.
I'm sure many users don't even remember the time before Games Workshops games systems. You go into a Games Workshop shop buy a rules book, go back latter for some figures then some more, than some paint, then some terrain etc etc and you finally realise how much you have spent on one game and wish you had taken up a nice cheap hobby like playing Magic the Gathering.
I even remember when Games Workshop sold other peoples games. I bought my copy of Avalon Hill's Dune from the very first Games Workshop shop in Hammersmith. In fact I used to buy most of my games there.
I'm going to list the Games Workshop games I had and enjoyed with a few comments. Feel free to add your own as we travel back to a much happier time for Games Workshop.
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Posted Fri Dec 4, 2009 11:40 pm
Arlington
Virginia
Portland
Oregon
I agree with the intent here. Tell GW What we Like along with what we Don't Like.
Thanks for the list and memories. I still want to try out Space Crusade and I need to put my copy of HeroQuest to work. I wonder if it's safe to bring it to my local meetup... ^_^
(for the record) I deleted my first comment because it didn't add positively to the conversation.
Vancouver
BC
On a different note, if you had fan material removed, here are some items that might be of interest to you, although the two "stamped out" and "kicked out" microbadges were (in concordance with my own view, actually, but it was still fun making them) judged too controversive). Here you can at least see them, even though you won't be able to get them anywhere.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/4298992#4298992
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/4299485#4299485
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/microbadge/10847
Madison
Alabama
I rate YOU a 1.
I will also rate first poster a 1
I rate the second poster a 1
Games Workshop has sent a follow-up to their original C&D letter. They now ban the use of their name at all. They prefer to be called the "Company Formerly Known as Games Workshop". This can't be written out, but will be represented by the symbol
Missouri