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I was impressed by their resolve to stand up to the bully that GW has become. Here is their announcement;

"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 Gryphon. 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."

What do you think? Is GW justified? Should players and retailers boycott?

I agree online retailers are already taking most of the customer base. Though I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule having a place to actually play your games and where you can meet new people is a something invaluable to the community.

Maybe read down a couple threads before posting?


http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/508055.page

20 Page thread already, if this is another store then just add to the other thread, otherwise their just late to the game as well.

And some of them have already reversed the policy due to customer backlash.

Already a thread literally touching this one in the N&P list.

Online retailers still buy from GW so it's not like GW has been cut out of a deal.
GW is like the Godfather, they get a cut of everything.