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2017/10/19 08:21:30
Subject: WizKids has a new Partnership with Games Workshop: 1st releases page 3
WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
Reveals Plans to Release New Games set in the Critically Acclaimed Warhammer 40,000™ Universe
October 19, 2017 – Hillside, NJ – WizKids, the leader in high-quality pre-painted miniatures and established board games, today revealed a multi-year partnership with acclaimed fantasy miniatures company, Games Workshop. The new partnership will extend the Warhammer 40,000 universe IP across multiple categories, including, Dice Building Games™, board games and more!
“We’re thrilled to be working with Games Workshop and the Warhammer 40,000 license,” said Justin Ziran, president of WizKids. “This beloved franchise is known the world over and our partnership will allow us to create amazing products and experiences for fans everywhere.”
The multi-year deal will span numerous categories and include the most iconic Warhammer 40,000 characters and more. WizKids will create two new board games, along with dice games based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, with additional plans to republish classic board games Fury of Dracula and Relic.
WizKids will begin rolling out the new product lines in mid 2018.
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2017/10/19 08:22:46
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
Nostromodamus wrote: Pre-painted blind-buy spess muhreens with an ultra-simple set of rules and a couple of paper maps would probably sell more than it deserved to...
Simple fun you can just jump into, instead of all the fun of navigating a phone-book sized rulebook full of tables and tedious, ambiguous rules? Who would enjoy that?
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2017/10/19 11:47:32
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
Where the warp did this deal come from. No idea what sort of games they will come out with. 40K heroclix sounds like a terrible idea, so hopefully something else.
Maybe an airplane game using the flightpath system?
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2017/10/19 12:05:02
Subject: Re:WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
Given my experiences with Wizkids' Star Trek Attack Wing, this is negative news, they have a very poor history when it comes to any kind of long term support for a game, breaking games with expansions and factions and general poor rules writing/implementation and further complication from poor FAQs and so on.
I get that GW is moving to them from their relationship with FFG but WK are a much less stable company and flit from one thing to another once the initial buy-in money has gone.
2017/10/19 12:14:18
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
warboss wrote: Is there a permanent stickied thread for Chaos players to complain every time someone/anyone gets models or rules besides them? If not, there should be.
2017/10/19 12:18:05
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
Nostromodamus wrote: Pre-painted blind-buy spess muhreens with an ultra-simple set of rules and a couple of paper maps would probably sell more than it deserved to...
Simple fun you can just jump into, instead of all the fun of navigating a phone-book sized rulebook full of tables and tedious, ambiguous rules? Who would enjoy that?
Funny, that's exactly how I view 40k 8th
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2017/10/19 12:40:57
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
Will be interesting but I really do think it was a mistake moving away from FFG and going to WizKids. FFG is like the gold standard in the gaming industry, lets just call WizKids not and leave it at that.
Though I wonder how much of the fantasy flight and gw break up was that fantasy flight was devoting all their effort to Star Wars and not very much to GW.
warboss wrote: Is there a permanent stickied thread for Chaos players to complain every time someone/anyone gets models or rules besides them? If not, there should be.
2017/10/19 12:52:41
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
vonjankmon wrote: Will be interesting but I really do think it was a mistake moving away from FFG and going to WizKids. FFG is like the gold standard in the gaming industry, lets just call WizKids not and leave it at that.
Maybe in the quality of their products, but FFG isn't all that great either. At the end of the day, the old FFG40k/fantasy games they released with GW license will be better then anything wizkids will product, but FFG has huge support issues and gamer ADD also.
Just look at star wars. Its one thing to the next just to release as many products as possible even if it competes with their own products. They still have the luxury as most people buy anything because its labeled "star wars".
Crazyterran wrote: Though I wonder how much of the fantasy flight and gw break up was that fantasy flight was devoting all their effort to Star Wars and not very much to GW.
A high amount. Star wars = printing money. GW = meh, fans might buy but they rather spend $ on the expensive models then board games
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2017/10/19 13:01:40
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
At the point FFG got the starwars 'human' (as opposed to just spaceship) minis licence there probably wasn't much choice
even if GW had been willing to swallow FFG moving in on their tabletop field (eg Imperial Assault wargame version, rune wars, legion) and FFG had another big pot of cash to pay GWs licencing fees after they paid for the starwars licence both of which would be difficult asks
the amount of effort in terms of manpower, manufacturing etc they'd have being putting in to the starwars stuff would have left their GW stuff stagnating
better for both sides to make a clean break and then that left gw looking for a new board/card/dice game partner and it looks like they're taking the same approach as they have with the video games more smaller non exclusive deals, we've already had a hook up with Ninja Division and now one with Whiz Kid, and I expect to see more in the future
2017/10/19 13:21:41
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
str00dles1 wrote: A high amount. Star wars = printing money. GW = meh, fans might buy but they rather spend $ on the expensive models then board games
TLDR is that Disney are whoring out the Star Wars license to everyone just like GW are doing with their license, thus the brand has lost most of it's interest.
Could someone post some picture examples of some wizkid games? I have never heard of them before. Collectible dice games? Like Yahtzee or something?
Really wish they had never wrecked MechWarrior like they did. Loved that game. MageKnight and Mechwarrior were my gateway into plastic crack. Still Have all my mechwarrior stuff too.
2017/10/19 13:34:05
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
mjl7atlas wrote: Really wish they had never wrecked MechWarrior like they did. Loved that game. MageKnight and Mechwarrior were my gateway into plastic crack. Still Have all my mechwarrior stuff too.
MW Clix was probably the most fun I've ever had on the tabletop out of literally any other game I've played.
Still have all my stuff too.
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2017/10/19 13:35:19
Subject: WizKids Announces New Partnership with Games Workshop
While I'm thinking this is just GW using wizkids as a printing service in exchange for letting them make 40k dice masters for two weeks, I would be so so so hyped if wizkids saw sanity and make battlefleet gothic constructible strategy game.
Imagine it, PIrates of the spanish main meets 40k.
