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The sad state of Games Workshop Australia.


Avakael

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First codex I brought, back in 2005. Eldar, 3rd edition, goes with the Warhammer 40k 4th edition rules.

Still got the pricetag on the book (need to take a photograph).

Price. 28 dollars.

New Eldar codex released todayish, 2013. Eldar, 5th edition, goes with the Warhammer 40k 6th edition rules.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod2060036a

Price. 83 dollars.

In stark contrast, from the leading competitor,

Current War Machine Core Rulebook, Australian online store.

http://defiantgaming.com/shop/index.php?_a=product&product_id=1648

Price. 27 dollars.

I am watching Warhammer clubs, still advertised in the White Dwarf, convert wholesale to playing War Machine. I wonder how long Games Workshop will actually last from here on out, because the prices don't stop going up, Privateer Press hasn't raised prices in living memory, the Australian dollar is starting to deflate against the US dollar (dropping 10 cents since April), and people are starting to catch on to the fact that the Privateer Press game rules are far more fun.

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I must have spent around eight hundred dollars on GW merch when I was a teenager. I even had a birthday party in a local store. Not surprised at this, it was always an expensive habit to begin with, this is just slowly killing it off. GW seems to not mind given the money it makes from franchise material like computer games. All these figurines of mine have been collecting dust for over half a decade as I realised I enjoyed the gameplay but not the need to constantly buy things to field a larger, more a competitive army.

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Is this the tabletop thing where you get to paint miniature soldiers and call them chaos or ork or imperial guard? Instead of playing dawn of war on pc? or dark crusade?

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GW has been wayyyyyyyyyyyyy overpriced for about 5 years now, I wanted to play IG but after about 3,000 points, and 2k of iron hands, i decided to stopw asting hundreds of dollars on it and play war machine instead, I love 40k, the amount of lore/fluff is spectacular, but going from $22 US for 20 IG grunts to $35 for 10 is absurd.

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the tabletop game has existed since the 80s. dawn of war is the recent game.

It is cheaper in the long run, it is quick gratification and it is fun. And does not make me squint in order to paint small figurines.
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