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Another issue with helping the younger generations on realizing what else is available in the hobby as a whole is us "older" players. When was the last time you went in a GW to play? I personally avoid the place now as it is a tween fest. But this is what GW is trying to do.

How are these younger players going to know what is available and easier/cheaper ways of doing things when the only enviroment they have is GW?

I really think GW should be running a raffle for Brick and Mortar Game Stores to 'win' these tables. Perhaps if you order X amount of product you earn Y amount of tickets to win the tables. That way these tables can be enjoyed by more than the friendly gaming group who happens to have a friend that took a table home(if any of those guys even have room to store or maintain the table). And it will help to move the games out of the GW stores(this is apparently what they want) and transition the stores into beginners only venues(also something the new GW business plan is encouraging).

They usually do that anyways? My old FLGS got first shots at some Games Day Baltimore tables, but didn't have the room to store them.

Lorne wrote:Another issue with helping the younger generations on realizing what else is available in the hobby as a whole is us "older" players. When was the last time you went in a GW to play? I personally avoid the place now as it is a tween fest. But this is what GW is trying to do.

How are these younger players going to know what is available and easier/cheaper ways of doing things when the only enviroment they have is GW?

That's the way GW want it. GW models and ice, GW table, GW buildings, GW flock, the lot. They don't want customers looking elsewhere for products and certainly don't want them feeling like they can use other manufacturer's stuff. But in reality, one metal model is very much like another.

Exactly.

Also, GW's basic marketing plan is that every year a new cohort of 12-year olds arrives so it doesn't matter if you lose most of the older ones.

This is horrible news. Those GW boards were somtimes (I repeat, sometimes) actually quite fantastic because they - as much as anything - showed you that the people working there gave a damn about making fine scenery to showcase what their own imagination can do. When I was younger I could just go and stare at their boards, some of the local ones were really really nice.

Brilliant. Bye, GW.

sA

TBH, the RoB boards are still better than what's running at my FLGS. Fold out tables with paper battle-mats taped on them.

One of the mats has become so shrivelled and stained because this one porker keeps spilling his coke on it -every- time he's playing a game on it that they've had to cover it in plastic wrap and tape

I´ll miss the gorgeous terrain some GWs had,talk about eye candy, so with this change if GWs wants me to buy their terrain they better put out some cool looking xenos terrain as I´m tired of imperial something chapel, imperial something factory... I already have a room full with that in Spain that I can´t bring to Japan.

On the other hand recently I found some cool papercraft buildings in PDF that if I can make modular will be my main terrain so She Who Must Be Obeyed wont complain that my stuff take too much space.

M.