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Author:  madd0ct0r [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:17 pm ]
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Well, that's not entirely fair.

the rulebook and swordwind are both still available for download from the main site

All the fan-created but approved lists seem to have vanished in the transition, as have the articles.

grrrrrr.
am i just unable to find it or have they purposefully reduced the number of armies available for EA?
Author:  Chroma [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:28 pm ]
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Quote: (madd0ct0r @ 28 Oct. 2008, 13:17 )

am i just unable to find it or have they purposefully reduced the number of armies available for EA?

They've reduced the number of armies down to what they actually sell... that's pure GW!  *laugh*

Looks like the articles are gone though; anyone know if they'll be reposted?
Author:  Dave [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:30 pm ]
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Yep, they did exactly what they said they were going to do.  Give me a PM if you're looking for something Doc, I have every article on the old site.

No idea if they're going to be reposted.  I doubt it though, most of the 40k articles are gone as well and they haven't reposted many of those.
Author:  Chroma [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:41 pm ]
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Quote: (Dave @ 28 Oct. 2008, 13:30 )

No idea if they're going to be reposted.

Looks like some of the "assets" files are still available if you know the URLs.  Both Chaos lists are still accessible if you follow the links (and my corrected link) in this thread:

http://www.tacticalwargames.net/forums/ ... 82;t=12463
Author:  Mephiston [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:58 pm ]
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The articles section can be got to via this Link. Working as of 14:00 GMT 28th Oct 08.
Author:  Chroma [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:04 pm ]
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Quote: (Mephiston @ 28 Oct. 2008, 13:58 )

The articles section can be got to via this Link. Working as of 14:00 GMT 28th Oct 08.

Maybe they're cleaning house as we speak, cuz that link goes to a "resource deleted"-type page.
Author:  blackhorizon [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:05 pm ]
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I can still access the site & forum without problems.

http://www.specialist-games.com/

If you visited new GW site clear your history and cookies.
Author:  Mephiston [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:05 pm ]
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Hmm, change your country to be UK and try again?
Author:  Legion 4 [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:12 pm ]
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Forgett'a 'bout it !  :D   DRM SoW, FWC, E/W, etc., etc. ... :))
Author:  javelin98 [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:24 pm ]
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Good old GW.  Can always count on them to know what's best for us and do the right thing, even if it hurts.  You'd almost think they were a government entity or something.

I'm wondering how long it might be before they get bought out by someone.  Hasbro could do it with their pocket change.
Author:  Warhead [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:32 pm ]
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Well what can you expect from a morally bankrupt bunch of banana eating monkey spankers!
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:38 pm ]
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Quote: (javelin98 @ 28 Oct. 2008, 11:24 )

I'm wondering how long it might be before they get bought out by someone.  Hasbro could do it with their pocket change.

I don't see it happening. Sure Hasbro could easily buy GW, but do we really want that to happen? Look what happened to Avalon Hill when Hasbro bought it.
Author:  Brother-Captain Parzval [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:16 pm ]
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Quote: (Warhead @ 28 Oct. 2008, 16:32 )

Well what can you expect from a morally bankrupt bunch of banana eating monkey spankers!

Thank you Warhead - you made me laugh my ass off once more... :vD
Author:  javelin98 [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:12 pm ]
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Quote: (Dwarf Supreme @ 28 Oct. 2008, 08:38 )

Quote: (javelin98 @ 28 Oct. 2008, 11:24 )

I'm wondering how long it might be before they get bought out by someone.  Hasbro could do it with their pocket change.

I don't see it happening. Sure Hasbro could easily buy GW, but do we really want that to happen? Look what happened to Avalon Hill when Hasbro bought it.

Oh, I certainly wouldn't say that I want it to happen.  But really... well, look at it like this.  

I'm a high-powered Hasbro exec (not really, but it'd be nice) looking for the next step in growing the company, and I see a small gaming company struggling along.  GW has a current market cap of £74m, or around $116m.  Hasbro's revenue is huge;  for the third quarter of 2008, they brought home $1.3 billion, with net earnings (profit) of $138.2 million.  That's just in the third quarter.

So, in order to buy every piece of outstanding stock in GW, and thereby take total ownership of the company, it would cost me, as Hasbro, just about three months' net earnings, and that's if there is a hostile takeover using just cash, rather than some kind of a stock swap deal.  And there aren't really any angels or grey knights out there to try to stop me, as I am the 800lb gorilla (that's a 362Kg gorilla for you metric types).

In return, I get their manufacturing facilities in Nottingham and Memphis, their stores, their existing inventory, their receivables, and most importantly, their intellectual property, including IP that has been largely neglected and left to rot for years in the underground catacombs of Tom Kirby's basement.  40K, WHFB, LOTR, Space Hulk, Epic 40K, BFG, Blood Bowl, Necromunda, Mordheim, Talisman, Dark Future, Mighty Empires, Man o' War, Space Crusade, Warhammer Quest, Judge Dredd, and lots of smaller titles -- all of these would become the property of Hasbro, delivering twenty years' worth of game development, designs, rules, molds, and fan base to Hasbro for just writing a check.  

I'm honestly surprised that they haven't done this yet, but if Tom Kirby et. al. continue to run GW into the ground, it may be in their near future.  Maybe that's their plan -- get GW down to a point of being reasonably attractive to takeover, then negotiate stock packages for the BOD and top execs, who walk away fat and happy.  Or fatter and happier.

So, yeah.  We may not want it to happen, but it's a surprise it hasn't happened already.
Author:  Dave [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:32 pm ]
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Quote: (Dwarf Supreme @ 28 Oct. 2008, 11:38 )

Look what happened to Avalon Hill when Hasbro bought it.

Technically Avalon Hill was disbanded when Hasbro bought it so in my mind they saved a lot of quality games.

What didn't you like about it? ASL is now with Multi-man and we got a bunch of new Axis and Allies and Risk games, Battle Cry, Monster's Menace America...
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