Games Workshop has decided to make their newest book release, Death from the Skies, a web only exclusive.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=7900032

As a retail store, we take this is an attempt by Games Workshop to test the waters as to whether or not this is a reasonable way to market their products. It is our intention to make the waters hot and say in no uncertain terms that we do not approve of them cutting out stores. We value our partnership with GW, but this move is not in any way beneficial to the community or the stores which promote and sell their products.

To that end, we are banning use of Death from the Skies in any official format. Rules for flyers presented in White Dwarf are still allowed, but any new rules, including changes to point values, will not be respected or allowed in tournaments or any other event sponsored by [the store]. We will continue to stand firm on this until GW reverses their decision as to making Death from the Skies a web exclusive.

We understand that this decision will hurt sales. We will sell fewer flyers and we will undoubtedly have fewer people attend our events. However, we need to make a stand and let GW know that we consider this decision to be irresponsible and unacceptable in our business relationship. Our industry is difficult enough without manufacturers deciding on methods to cut us out of the industry.

We will be contacting local stores and encouraging them to also take a stand.

If you enjoy having a store to play games, meet new friends and enjoy your hobby, I encourage you to take to the message boards. Discuss what we're doing. Discuss what GW is doing. Ask them to allow you to buy from your local store.

As always, we appreciate your business. We would also appreciate your understanding regarding our decision.