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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wouldn't call Cursed City a "discount box".

I'd call it a disaster.

Aye - it wasn't a discount box (like Indomitus was, for example), it was possibly the worst attempt at marketing and releasing a boxed game that I've seen GW manage since, what, Dreadfleet?

 Dysartes wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wouldn't call Cursed City a "discount box".

I'd call it a disaster.

Aye - it wasn't a discount box (like Indomitus was, for example), it was possibly the worst attempt at marketing and releasing a boxed game that I've seen GW manage since, what, Dreadfleet?

Dreadfleet's problem is that it wasn't Man O' War. If they'd just made it as a Man O' War 2.0 it would have probably done a lot better and been picked up a good chunk more. Instead it was this strange standalone random ship game with no real purpose.

Cursed City however...

Being vague about it's limited status up to weeks AFTER its pre order, suddenly gone forever and now the seperate bits released are...nearly the cost of the game itself without 75% of the rest of the contents. Ooof.

I’m still kinda torn on Cursed City.

It was an absolute gak show of a release. There’s no debating that. And the communication was beyond poor.

But. That it’s super limited nature wasn’t mentioned, and even contradicted a few times meant it wasn’t on Scalper’s Radars.

As ever, I got mine so I’m Alright, Jack. But had I missed out, I think I’d have been more pissed off if it was a PS5 type scalpers paradise.

Not that it makes much difference, but Radukar's court is £78.50, not £85.

SamusDrake wrote:
Not that it makes much difference, but Radukar's court is £78.50, not £85.

No worries I was going off the cost of the Necron Combat Patrol which is the same price in New Zealand you guys can't catch a break on pricing. Could get a paint for the difference

 DaveC wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
Not that it makes much difference, but Radukar's court is £78.50, not £85.

No worries I was going off the cost of the Necron Combat Patrol which is the same price in New Zealand. Could get a paint for difference

It was nice of you to give us some idea of what we should expect.

Phwoar, Radukar's Court pricing makes me doubly glad I got Cursed City

On a more positive note, Radukar The Beast looks like an ideal model for Underworld's A Crushing Terror rules. The two vampire dudes are just there to give him moral support...

tneva82 wrote:

 DaveC wrote:
Radukar the wolf is £23.50, €30, $35
Radukar's Court is £85, €110, $140

That's just crazy money for the court! the full game was £125

That's the nature of beast with discount boxes.

It wasn't marketed as a discount box, it was a boardgame...

Do note that Black Knights can still be build as Hexwraiths

You could, but hopefully someone would stop you before making a mistake like that. Not only are they horrible to put together, but also utter trash on the tabletop.

Already a bit miffed that the new Wight King is stuck in a boxset for the foreseeable future, but making that snazzy Chaos Warrior lady an event exclusive has me downright disgruntled.

*shrugs* Such is the fate of GW products. At least it has more value than an obscure miniature game that dies in the dark when you sell it years later.

Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Really dig these wolves, by the way :



Guess we could make profiles for them to play in Cursed City, but their bases will be troublesome to handle on the tiles. Maybe put some of them on a 40mm round base, it should be possible with certain poses.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’m still kinda torn on Cursed City.

It was an absolute gak show of a release. There’s no debating that. And the communication was beyond poor.

But. That it’s super limited nature wasn’t mentioned, and even contradicted a few times meant it wasn’t on Scalper’s Radars.

As ever, I got mine so I’m Alright, Jack. But had I missed out, I think I’d have been more pissed off if it was a PS5 type scalpers paradise.

Yes and no?

Stores were/are getting extremely limited stock of just about everything new. Scalpers know a lot of GW consoomers will pay an extra 50-100% if it means they get their impulse bought plastic-crack NOW. Whilst the scalping numbers may not have been as high, I'd still wager a sizeable amount bought into it expecting they'd be able to turn a decent profit on them inevitably going Temporarily Out Of Stock for a while - this was the fate of a lot of Crimson Court's and Be'lakors.

Well better not talk more about cursed city... I have nothing good to say about this really... The freaking nerve....

Cursed City still available in some places. Heck, local GW here got an extra box last week due to a mistake with a customer's order. Saw 4 in a game store in Utah. They're out there, just need to find someone to get you one if you're still looking.

Using Cursed City and Direchasm vamps as a base, I'll add that new SC undead box and have a great start to an undead army.

I didn't expect GW pricing to shock me anymore, but those Cursed City villains are bonkers. I didn't even try to get the game, because I thought I could get it in the restock. Lulz. Luckily all I *really* miss are those rat swarms, there's just not much on the market with decent quality.

The Vampire troops are at least okay price-wise and I'm tempted to get some wolves. I liked the donkey head ones, but never had a reason to buy some.

Sarouan wrote:
*shrugs* Such is the fate of GW products. At least it has more value than an obscure miniature game that dies in the dark when you sell it years later.

Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Really dig these wolves, by the way :



Guess we could make profiles for them to play in Cursed City, but their bases will be troublesome to handle on the tiles. Maybe put some of them on a 40mm round base, it should be possible with certain poses.

I like the crow on its back. It reminds me about Living Dead Peasants from Fireforge Games.

Bad feels all around.

Indeed.

Anyways. I’m hoping for Kragnos to be this week’s pre-order.

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

Davor wrote:

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

I don't recall any GW embargo.

Davor wrote:

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

No no; we should all rush out and buy Radukar's Court because that will show GW that we wanted to buy Cursed City, and want them to produce more product which they'll refuse to sell to us in the future!

...wait... no...

 Overread wrote:

Davor wrote:

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

I don't recall any GW embargo.

Not directly, but the state of GW was so bad that people stopped playing/buying. Of course the bar for improvement was so monumentally low that it didn't take much for them to hit record profits by smiling at the camera instead of directly spitting at it.

 Overread wrote:

Davor wrote:

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

I don't recall any GW embargo.

Sorry I don't understand. Never said nothing about an embargo. I guess it went over my head. All I was just saying was there is something we can do about it. Any time I see anyone says "we can't do nothing" I just like to say there is something we can do. Lots of times, there is always something we can do. We just choose not to do it. There is a difference.

 Dysartes wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wouldn't call Cursed City a "discount box".

I'd call it a disaster.

Aye - it wasn't a discount box (like Indomitus was, for example), it was possibly the worst attempt at marketing and releasing a boxed game that I've seen GW manage since, what, Dreadfleet?

Models at cheaper price on limited run. Pretty much norm for gw discount boxes. Side game along isn't uncommon either.

Davor wrote:

 Overread wrote:

Davor wrote:

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

I don't recall any GW embargo.

Sorry I don't understand. Never said nothing about an embargo. I guess it went over my head. All I was just saying was there is something we can do about it. Any time I see anyone says "we can't do nothing" I just like to say there is something we can do. Lots of times, there is always something we can do. We just choose not to do it. There is a difference.

It's right there in bold. You didn't use the word embargo but it's close enough to what you said that it should have been obvious he meant 'describe the something like this that actually happened'.

Cronch wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 DaveC wrote:
Radukar the wolf is £23.50, €30, $35
Radukar's Court is £85, €110, $140

That's just crazy money for the court! the full game was £125

That's the nature of beast with discount boxes.

It wasn't marketed as a discount box, it was a boardgame...

So were hh boxes. Just bought for models.

Limited box with models available　separateiy at more price. It's discount box with game as side.

I am not sure what to think of the fact that Radukar's Court is already Temporarily out of stock.

jullevi wrote:
I am not sure what to think of the fact that Radukar's Court is already Temporarily out of stock.

Probably they didn't make many, or not many in your region.

Or alternatively people are insane and just had to buy them even at those absurd prices, lol.

I look at the set and would never have guessed a price over $100AUD, let alone over $200AUD.

ERJAK wrote:

Spoiler:

Davor wrote:

 Overread wrote:

Davor wrote:

Sarouan wrote:


Yep, Cursed City is gone, we can't do much about it anyway.

Yes there is, we can do something about it. It's called not buying their products. Something like this actually happened only a few years ago. Dang we all have short memories.

I don't recall any GW embargo.

Sorry I don't understand. Never said nothing about an embargo. I guess it went over my head. All I was just saying was there is something we can do about it. Any time I see anyone says "we can't do nothing" I just like to say there is something we can do. Lots of times, there is always something we can do. We just choose not to do it. There is a difference.

It's right there in bold. You didn't use the word embargo but it's close enough to what you said that it should have been obvious he meant 'describe the something like this that actually happened'.

Ah, I see now. I thought when embargo was used, I thought it was something people did as a group decision (something like what a government would do), while I just saw it as individuals just fed up with GW bs.

I am tempted to get a 3d printer now. Some of those STL files links on Dakka are pretty sweet. Since I don't game anymore and want to restart the hobby, maybe that would be a good place to start. After all, if I can't buy GW product, may as well be able to buy something that doesn't run out. Just not sure if I am capable to do 3d printing. Still doing my homework on that right now.

*edit*

Just realized going off topic now. Sorry for that.

That would be a boycott, not an embargo