Ok I've got a problem.

After years and years GW release a magical game i've always wanted to play. Fortuoutously I got paid today and last months overtime money came in as well meaning I actually have enough to pay GWs insane fair and reasonable price.

So there I am giddy from pre-ordering my copy and my gf of 7 years (who in all this time has never expressed any hint of interest in my hobby) walks in and says "oooooh can I paint those"  

So now what do I do, let a complete novice loose on my limited edition 60 quid boardgame, or try and distract her with lolcats/chocolate/bright shiny things?

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So there I am giddy from pre-ordering my copy and my gf of 7 years (who in all this time has never expressed any hint of interest in my hobby) walks in and says "oooooh can I paint those"  

So now what do I do, let a complete novice loose on my limited edition 60 quid boardgame, or try and distract her with lolcats/chocolate/bright shiny things

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Reading through the various forums (warseer, bols, etc) it's quite an eye opener reading people's reactions to the game:

"Blood Angel Terminators! But I can't use them with X chapter. The box is useless to me"
"No proper bases, I can't use this in 40K - ripoff!"
"I don't play stealers or marines so I won't be getting this"
"If I get this, I'll have to start a stealer/blood angel army"

Seems people are having a hard time getting around the fact that this doesn't need or require 40k to play or are upset they can't use it to boost their 40k armies. Expectations have changed it seems.

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Epic- A version of the game with even smaller models that is often dominated by titans which are vehicles the size of a large building and have the ability to pwn...everything. There is also infantry, whose only function in Epic is to provide valuable traction to Titans walking across snowy paths.

I think the price is a disgrace and a outrage, I got the 1st ed for $80 Aussie dollars, there is no way on this planet am I going to pay $165 Aussie dollars for this game, even though its a awesome game.

Ha! Hopefully she'll have forgotten by the time your copy of the game arrives...  

Funnily my wife, who should really be far too busy doing her midwifery training, is going through a 'I want to paint some miniatures and buy an Ikea display case to put them in!' phase  

Thankfully she just wants to paint random things like Daemonettes and Sisters of Battle, hopefully she won't want to go anywhere near the minis from this set...

Anyway... if she persists, order another copy..?  

About pricing in France:

1st Edition: ~60€
2nd Edition: ~75€
3rd Edition: 78€

So price increase between 2nd and 3rd Edition is not that big.

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If you can. Limited edition...

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What? 15 years ago?  

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Could be, I do expect to pay $100, but any more is just a outrage.

Yes GW did make excellent games. And FFG already have a number of those excellent GW oldies, But FFG are much more successful than GW where in the boardgames market. They are better at selling them, better at supporting them. Successful games get continual reprints.

With Space Hulk under FFG's wing you'd have a game that will be continuously available. Not these silly one offs that you get from GW.

Space hulk is as much a board game as FFG's Doom or Decent. Both have plug in corridors and rooms for a board, both have miniatures as playing pieces.

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Is that maybe more to do with the way the currency exchange rate has gone than the GW pricing? I don't know much about that kind of thing, but did hear something a while back about how with that recession thing and our government's financial idiocy our UK currency was worth much less against most other currencies, with the exception on the Australian $ which had dropped even more in worth.

I may buy this, but I'm not in any rush and will probably see it and play it in real life at some point and see.

What is with the 'limited edition' thing though? Is it like a not actually that limited edition of million(s) of copies that'll take years to sell anyway, and they're just claiming it to whip up an extra buying frenzy? Or is it really only going to be on sale for a brief period and if so why would they do that rather than make money from it ongoingly? Lastly does limited edition imply less likelyhood of support in terms of new extra scenarios/rules/modes/supplements?

The key here is making EXTRA money ongoingly: Rather than merely diverting funds from 40k players pockets. (See the fate of Specialist Games)

Sorry, I really do believe that this will be a one off print run from GW. However, as I speculated above, farming off to FFG, who operate in a slightely different market, could be a win-win situation for GW.

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A potential that I see happening is that the game will sell out, the rulesbooks and board tiles are put online under Specialist Games as a PDF and the miniatures stuck up for sale as direct only collectors minis.

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"Games Workshop" and "limited edition" seems to be a fairly worthless combination of words, Helms Deep castle set thingys was "limited edition" initially then about 6 months later it appeared again. There was also a special spare marine captain only available with a specific deal on the 3rd edition 40k starter set. About a year later the same model appeared as a generally available SM captain. Battle of Five Armies boxed set...again wasn't that initially meant to be one print run/limited availability? A few years on its still available.



Buy it if you want it, not just because its limited edition... if it sells really well GW will just keep it on or release it again in a year or so.

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