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Did GW cancel this event this year? I have not heard anything about it.

I don't think there will be any official statement. I suspect it just isn't going to be organised.

Is there still a Memphis HQ? If so they might host something, or there could be a Golden Demon, but I think it's unlikely that there will be a Games Day since the tickets would have been up for sale months ago.

I thought rumor was that GD was dead and buried in Wells' backyard.

Alright, Just wanted to make sure I did not miss a release or anything.

It reminds me of when they just let Ard Boyz fall by the wayside.....

I am under the impression that Games Day (of any variety) has died in its current form for the foreseeable future.

However Golden Demon in the UK will go ahead but be like it was ages ago with regional heats before final at WHW.

Games Day has been left to die in the quiet of the distant night. Which not many people mind because all it was any more was a "pay money to come buy our stuff" event.

 Breotan wrote:
Games Day has been left to die in the quiet of the distant night. Which not many people mind because all it was any more was a "pay money to come buy our stuff" event.

I gather that the last Games Day in England was an excellent example of 'Not with a bang, but a whimper'.

The Auld Grump

It was pretty bad, if that's what you mean.

You didn't get to play games as the last games day UK. A games Day without games is like a ham and pineapple pizza without any ham or pineapple.

 darefsky wrote:
It reminds me of when they just let Ard Boyz fall by the wayside.....

Or when Specialist Games just mysteriously started shrinking and then were gone.

Expecting GW to make announcements that highlight the removal of products, services or events? Nah, easier to just pretend it never happened.

As I've said several times on this forum, those big displays and demo games took staff to run. Fine when you had a fleet of stores with 3-4 staff, each with a fair amount of time to donate to the Games Day event, and even work on the day. Now that most of the shop staff are gone, and the remainder doing a many-armed Indian God impression when working in store, it's quite obvious that the Games Day in the format that we knew (and loved) was simply no longer feasible.